Nova Scotia private member’s bill seeks solace after still birth, miscarriage
HALIFAX — A Nova Scotia woman who miscarried after contracting a serious infection and later lost a young child is urging the province to establish a day of awareness about miscarriage, still birth and infant death.
Paula Harmon said families are often forced to suffer with the painful loss of a pregnancy or young child in silence and isolation.
“This is a pivotal opportunity to improve awareness around the issues related to still birth, miscarriage and infant and early child loss,” she said of a private member’s bill introduced by Progressive Conservative MLA Tim Houston Wednesday seeking to proclaim Oct. 15 as Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day.
Harmon said the awareness day would honour grieving families and help break down the taboo of speaking about pregnancy loss and infant death — something she knows all too well.