• Sudden Antenatal Death Syndrome (S.A.D.S.) is the medical term for stillbirth.
• It is defined as the “intrauterine death and subsequent delivery of a developing infant that occurs beyond 20 weeks of gestation.”
• S.A.D.S. accounts for 15 times as many infants deaths as S.I.D.S. On average there are 2,000 S.I.D.S deaths in the U.S. each year. Annual stillbirth deaths number close to 30,000.
• Stillbirth is unpredictable and random. It cuts across
  socio-economic classes, races, body types, regions and maternal age groups.
• Even women who have had successful prior births can suffer a stillbirth loss.
• There is no uniform stillbirth post-mortem (autopsy) protocol in use today anywhere in the U.S. and no centralized repository for autopsy data.

For more information on S.A.D.S visit:
The National Stillbirth Society at www.stillnomore.org
American Pregnancy Association at www.americanpregnancy.org
WiSSP: http://www.wisc.edu/wissp/when.htm

Kicking is how your baby tells you it's "OK". Uncomfortable at times for you, but reassuring. It means your baby is active and growing.

The practice of “counting kicks” is a low-tech test you can do at home. By monitoring your baby’s rate of activity on a daily basis, you can identify any sudden change (increase or decrease) and immediately get help.