Miscarriage and Infant Loss Awareness Month Blog Hop

Welcome to the Miscarriage and Infant Loss Awareness Month Blog Hop.

You should of arrived here from Carla's blog if not, please start at the beginning at Jessica's Blog! 

Today, October 15,  is National Miscarriage and Infant Loss Awareness Day. 

This hop was created for those that have either have Angel Babies, for those that suffered a devastating loss with the loss of their own child or someone in their life that has an Angel baby or lost a child. 

Here are a few statistics to keep in mind regarding Miscarriage and Infant Loss: 

75% of all conceptions end in miscarriage

30% of pregnancies end in miscarriage (1 in 3)

15-20% of confirmed pregnancies end in miscarriage

The majority of miscarriages happen in the first trimester

Chromosomal Abnormalities are the most common reason for miscarriages and still births

90,000 children die annually before their first birthday

Nearly 2,500 babies are lost a year in the US due to SIDS

Nearly 30,000 babies are year are born stillborn. This number jumps to 4.5 million worldwide

Stillbirth occurs 10 times more frequently than SIDS

More babies die as a result of stillbirth than all other causes of infant death a year

The above reference statistics can be found on both of the following websites if you would like to find out more information: 

**http://www.hiringforhope.org/pregnancy-infant-loss-awareness.html

** http://miscarriage.about.com/od/riskfactors/a/miscarriage-statistics.html

Too many people in this world grieve in silence over the loss of their children. This hop is ment to CELEBRATE them! You will see many different stories from the wonderful ladies in this hop. Some have themselves loss their beautiful babies, some had family members go through a loss, and some are here to show their support for the women who have gone through it. 

How can YOU show your support today? Here are a few examples:

Keep your headlights on all day

Keep your porch lights on all day

Wear pink and blue ribbons

Light a candle and display it in your window

Release butterflies 

The theme for this hop is any project centered around Angels, babies, pink and blue ribbons, condolence cards, tributes, and  layouts!

There will be a blog prize from Craftin' and Stampin' from online Close To My Heart store. 

The "Your Own Kind Of Wonderful" stamp set is the prize for today's hop. To be eligible, please visit each blog and make sure to comment and follow along the way. Winners will be announced on the Craftin' and Stampin' blog on 10/18/14.

As you may know, I have 4 angel babies myself. I was lucky enough to have my friend, Shell, create the beautiful badges on my sidebar that helps me remember my Angel babies ALWAYS! 

This is me & my angel baby,  Hunter.  He was born August 19, 1997.  He only lived a few short days.  I have a bag full of mementos, these booties that he wore being one.  The diaper pins would have been his but he never came home.  I wanted to preserve something of his in a shadow box.  I love this version from Michael's that has four different layers.  I used three.  The background is a textured pastel green paper and not wanting to put adhesive on the booties, I simply pinned them to the thick paper.

 

I cut the onesie and alpha from Creative Memories Stork's Delivery Cricut cart.  I also used some old Creative Memories baby boy paper (perfect fit era).



I cut the branch from Close to my Heart Artbooking Cricut cart.  The moon and stars are from a Tim Holtz Sizzix die.  I used lots of pop dots to keep the layers propped up.

The blue paper is Rusty Pickle (out of business) and the yellow is more textured paper I scored at a used supply sale.  I cut both of these layers using Kiwi Lane Bracket template set. I am pretty happy with how it turned out.  I will be hanging it on the wall in my studio.

Thanks for sharing these special babies with us today.

You are now off to Melissa L's Blog. 

Here is the lineup should you get lost:

Jessica: www.craftinandstampin.blogspot.com

An'Jenic: www.anjenicgibson.blogspot.com/

Madge: www.thescrappinlounge.com

Haidee:http://created2bunique.blogspot.com/

Lori:  http://www.scrappinmystressaway.blogspot.com/

Carla: www.racincrafts.blogspot.com

Alicia:  Www.goldengoddessdesigns.blogspot.com

Melissa L :Http://papershenaniganz.blogspot.com

Melissa C: http://pinkpolkadotscrapping.blogspot.com

Connie: http://conniecancrop.blogspot.com

Robin: http://www.create-a-latte.blogspot.com/
Sarah: Sarah  www.sarahbiswabic.blogspot.com