In Australia, stillbirth is defined as the birth of a baby without signs of life from 20 weeks gestation or with a birthweight of 400g or more.
In Australia, stillbirth is defined as the birth of a baby without signs of life from 20 weeks gestation or with a birthweight of 400g or more.
The loss of a child at any age is unthinkable and is too often unspoken.
Giving birth to a baby who has died is a heartbreak no family should ever have to face, especially at a time when health and maternity care is so advanced.
Stillbirth is not just a statistic. It is the loss of a precious baby who was already deeply loved, already imagined, and already woven into a family’s hopes for the future. It is an absence that is felt in every plan that was made and every moment that was waiting to be shared.
The grief of losing a baby reaches far beyond parents alone. It touches siblings, grandparents, extended family, and the wider community who were waiting to welcome that baby. It leaves a profound absence; one that is deeply personal and felt in ways words can never fully express.
Every stillbirth is a baby who mattered deeply and a family whose lives have been changed forever.
Thankfully, there are support organisations that walk alongside families as they learn to live with their loss, and researchers who are working to better understand the causes of stillbirth, and address them.
Funding for stillbirth prevention and research remains limited, however. Greater awareness is essential to driving change.
Still Aware is Australia's first stillbirth awareness organisation. We are dedicated to helping prevent stillbirth through evidence-based awareness, education, advocacy and translating research into practice. We believe that education and awareness leads to action, and action leads to safer pregnancies and fewer families experiencing this profound loss.
Babies are stillborn annually in Australia
Stillbirth is the leading cause of infant death in Australia
Babies everyday
That's one family in grief every four hours
These are more than statistics. Every number is a baby born without breath. A mother who gave birth. A baby who never cried. A family forever changed. Parents who never forget, carrying silent grief instead of their baby. Siblings who will never play with their brother or sister. Grandparents mourning a future that will never be. Friends and community members touched by unimaginable loss. A little life taken, but never a little loss.
Understanding these facts is the first step toward prevention:
6 babies are born still in Australia daily
Around 60% of fetal deaths that occur after 28 weeks have potentially preventable factors.
One third of stillbirths are unexplained
Most pregnant women know not to eat sushi
While these statistics are confronting, they exist not to frighten but to inform. Knowledge is power. Awareness creates action. Action saves lives.
Still Aware is dedicated to ending preventable stillbirth through education, awareness, and evidence-based resources. We exist to empower families with clear, practical information that supports safer pregnancies and informed decision making. Every dollar donated helps us reach more families with life-saving knowledge and strengthens our commitment to ensuring fewer babies are born without breath and fewer families experience preventable grief.
We depend on the generosity of our community to keep delivering our resources