Why did my baby die? I’m a pathologist. Here’s what I want you to know

Why did my baby die? I’m a pathologist. Here’s what I want you to know

Janko Ferlič/UnsplashWarning: this article is about stillbirth and its investigations, including autopsies and related procedures. About six babies are stillborn in Australia every day – an incredibly difficult time for families. Understandably, they want to know why their baby died. But for one in three stillbirths in Australia, we don’t have a reason, often because the death was not fully investigated. I’m a perinatal pathologist, a specialist…