When a baby dies, parents are pitched into a hidden world of loss and isolation. Their struggle to cope, honor their child’s memory and find support is examined in this Oregonian special report.
Nearly a million families nationwide experience a miscarriage, stillbirth or infant death each year, losses that alarm public health officals and devastate parents like Shannon and Dan Zelazek. See Shannon’s story, writings and an hourlong video conversation with bereaved mothers Kathleen Buckley and Julie Endress.