Child Death & Stillbirth Awareness with Domenique Rice

Domenique Rice wears many hats – staunch activist, laid-back California transplant, savvy Brooklyn girl, superstar salesperson – but her most important role is that of (bereaved) mother of five. Domenique never had any reason to suspect that something was amiss in her second pregnancy, at least, not until it was already too late. Like most parents, stillbirth and preventative measures were never discussed with Domenique, leaving her completely blindsided when at 36.5 weeks pregnant she unexpectedly went into labor and her second child and first son, TJ, was born still.

In between her morning "TJ coffee" where she holds space each day for her son, rocking a successful sales career, and loving on TJ's living siblings, Domenique is passionate about sharing her stillborn son, creating stillbirth and child death awareness, and connecting with other child death families to support them in their nontraditional parenthood. Grief is not something that parents should need to hide. Stillbirth affects over 23,000 families each year, and Domenique is not willing to stand by while any of them are silenced for one moment longer.

Feel free to connect with Domenique on her well-regarded Instagram account, @stillbirthmamafightingforlight, where she is actively breaking down stigma and dropping knowledge to prevent stillbirths from happening.

Resource Links... 

Return to Zero Hope: Return to Zero: H.O.P.E. (rtzhope.org)

Push for Empowered Pregnancy: About | PUSH Pregnancy

In this episode we talk about:

• Being an Unapologetic Grief Sharer
• Child Death & Stillbirth Awareness 
• Preventable Stillbirth
• How we never "get over it" after the loss of a child 
• TJ coffee 
• Signs from TJ
• And, so much more! 

 

 

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NEW Meetup Group - Healing Hearts for Child Loss: Healing Hearts Meetup Group for Child Loss (Calgary, AB) | Meetup

 

With love and blessings,

Shauna xo

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