• "Promote, support, and conduct research related to stillbirth and perinatal loss
  • Conduct the collection of the world’s largest registry of pregnancy accessible to researchers who share our passion for the prevention of stillbirth and neonatal loss. (Pregnancy Research Project)
  • Provide patient education materials to health care organizations and the public to help inform expectant families about any risk that exists and how to manage or reduce that risk
  • Host Stillbirth Summits – multi-day conferences that bring together researchers, health professionals, bereaved families, and stillbirth advocates to learn about emerging evidence in stillbirth prevention and care and work together to support all efforts
  • Provide family support materials and companion services to bereaved families
  • Support and encourage legislation at state and federal levels that provide support for stillbirth prevention efforts and improve care of families experiencing perinatal loss
  • Provide speakers to health care professionals, academic institutions, and public organizations to increase awareness of stillbirth issues, help disseminate current and emerging research, and enhance support for stillbirth families
  • Host a nationwide telephone grief support line for bereaved parents and health professionals
  • Provide online video support groups for:
    • bereaved parents
    • grandparents and extended families
    • couples experiencing pregnancies after loss
    • parents challenged by parenting living children after a loss.
    • fathers
    • coping with infant death
  • Raise awareness of issues related to pregnancy and infant loss and stillbirth prevention
  • Monthly newsletters, blog postings and podcasts to bring current and relevant information from the experts to our constituents."

 

 

 

NILMDTS Work

"NILMDTS offers the gift of healing, hope and honor to parents experiencing the death of a baby through the overwhelming power of remembrance portraits. Professional-level photographers volunteer their time to conduct an intimate portrait session, capturing the only moments parents spend with their babies. Parents are gifted with delicately retouched black and white portraits free of charge.

These priceless images serve as an important step in the healing recovery for bereaved families. NILMDTS remembrance photography validates the existence and presence of these precious babies by honoring their legacy.

NILMDTS recruits, trains, and mobilizes professional quality photographers around the world. Through NILMDTS, medical providers are given a meaningful option to offer bereaved parents by creating remembrance portraiture for their babies.

Through further engagement in the organization, such as the NILMDTS Remembrance Walk and online support, families become a part of a compassionate and supportive community. Parents gain a sense of inclusiveness, alleviating the alienation and perception of being alone in their pregnancy or infant loss journey."

NILMDTS Reach

"NILMDTS has gifted more than 70,000 complimentary portrait sessions since 2005. Through our volunteer photographers, NILMDTS reaches every state in the United States and has been present in 40 countries worldwide.

The NILMDTS Remembrance Walk has expanded to multiple states and also includes a Virtual Walk. The Walk brings together more than 5,000 participants to remember and honor their babies and also raise awareness of pregnancy and infant loss.

The ongoing support for the pregnancy and infant loss community from NILMDTS have brought together a reach of more than 1 million on social media and 40,000 NILMDTS email subscribers."