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Silverio,  \nUniversity of Liverpool, United Kingdom  \nREVIEWED BY  \nHope Blocksidge,  \nThe University of Manchester, United Kingdom Amy Delicate,  \nUniversity of Birmingham, United Kingdom  \n*CORRESPONDENCE  \nJennifer M. D. Kremkow  \n[jennifer.kremkow@elmhurst.edu](jennifer.kremkow@elmhurst.edu)  \nRECEIVED 31 October 2025  \nREVISED 25 November 2025  \nACCEPTED 01 December 2025  \nPUBLISHED 18 December 2025  \nCITATION  \nKremkow JMD and Lamberson J (2025) Parent-to-parent advice before the birth of a stillborn baby.  \nFront. Psychiatry 16:1736265 .  \ndoi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1736265  \nCOPYRIGHT  \n© 2025 Kremkow and Lamberson. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY) . The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.  \nParent-to-parent advice before the birth of a stillborn baby  \nJennifer M. D. Kremkow 1* and Jessica Lamberson 2  \n1 Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Elmhurst University, Elmhurst, IL, United States, 2 Department of Nursing and Public Health, Elmhurst University, Elmhurst, IL, United States  \nIntroduction: Stillbirth is a traumatic experience for parents who expect to welcome a living baby into their family, but find out during their pregnancy or during birth that their baby has died. Some stillbirth literature focuses on the lived experiences of parents such as memory making activities; however, few articles offer peer advice to newly bereaved parents.  \nMethods: A self-administered online survey was utilized to collect parent-toparent advice for newly bereaved parents. After data cleaning, 194 parent participant responses to the question “What should new loss parents know before the birth of their stillborn baby?” remained. Content analysis was used to analyze the responses.  \nResults: Content analysis generated four main clusters respondents felt newly bereaved parents should know before the birth of their stillborn baby: (1) the birthing process,(2) the decisions about their baby,(3) memory making activities, and (4) the emotions before and after their baby’s birth.  \nDiscussion: This manuscript builds on limited previous literature by focusing on advice parents who experienced the birth of a stillborn baby would give to new loss parents experiencing stillbirth before going to the hospital. Advice from parent participants may be helpful for newly bereaved parents, healthcare and mental health providers, and organizations or non-profits supporting newly bereaved families.  \nKEYWORDS  \nstillbirth, perinatal bereavement, loss, grief, parent experience  \nIntroduction  \nStillbirth is a traumatic experience in which parents and families unexpectedly and unwillingly find themselves. Instead of planning for a joyful, positive birth experience, parents whose baby is stillborn experience a range of emotions, from shock and disbelief, to guilt, grief, and isolation (1–3) . Beyond individual feelings of grief, bereaved parents are also impacted by social implications associated with stillbirth such as silence and stigma (4) . Bereaved parents may experience negative psychological outcomes and increased risk of mental health conditions such as anxiety and depression (5, 6) .  \nIn the United States, primary consensus defines stillbirth as fetal death after 20 weeks gestation. If gestational age is unknown, stillbirth is defined as fetal weight greater than or equal to 350 grams, excluding pregnancy terminations (7) . In the United States,  \nFrontiers in Psychiatry 01 [frontiersin.org](frontiersin.org)  \napproximately 21,000 babies, or 1 in 17","cbCail1JCBGkReCe","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCail1JCBGkReCe","pdf",781247,"English","# Introduction\n## Definitions and prevalence of stillbirth\n## Psychological and social impacts\n# Methods\n## Online survey and content analysis\n# Results\n## Advice clusters for newly bereaved parents\n# Discussion\n## Implications for parents, providers, and organizations","[{\"question\":\"What was the study designed to collect from parents who experienced stillbirth?\",\"answer\":\"The study collected parent-to-parent advice for newly bereaved parents, using the question: what new loss parents should know before the birth of their stillborn baby.\"},{\"question\":\"How was the advice from participants analyzed?\",\"answer\":\"After data cleaning, responses from 194 parents were analyzed using content analysis to identify major themes in the advice.\"},{\"question\":\"What four main clusters of advice emerged from the parents’ responses?\",\"answer\":\"Parents’ advice clustered into four areas: the birthing process, decisions about their baby, memory-making activities, and emotions before and after the baby’s birth.\"}]","Parent-to-parent advice before the birth of a stillborn baby | PDF",1790586958,25]