10/16/2026
Nearly 21,000 babies are stillborn every year in the United States. 💜
For thousands of families each year, pregnancy ends not with the homecoming they imagined, but with an unimaginable goodbye.
These babies were anticipated. They were celebrated. They were loved before they were ever held — and that love does not disappear after loss.
During Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month, we share statistics like this to help make visible a grief that can too often feel invisible.
Say their names. Remember important dates. Check in on their parents. Give families the space to talk about their babies — whether their loss happened days ago or decades ago.
Because stillborn does not mean forgotten. 💜
This October, we remember the nearly 21,000 babies behind this statistic and every family who carries their memory forward.