Hello Everyone!

As most of you may know or for those of you who do not know; myself, Brooke Powers and my boyfriend, Adam Schommer lost our son Owen March 16, 2017 at 34 weeks 4 days gestation. He was born silently but his voice spoke volumes to those who knew him. Owen will forever be loved beyond words and always remembered in the hearts of family and friends. 

We will be doing the Let's Not Be Still Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness Walk/Run put on by the Star Legacy Foundation in honor of Owen. The Star Legacy Foundation works with individuals, medical professionals, organization and hospitals in order to raise awareness, support and research on pregnancy and infant loss. If anyone is interested in joining us on this walk/run you are most definitely welcome to join our Team Owen Donald! If you have any questions about that please feel free to contact myself or Adam.

In honor of Owen and this amazing foundation I am trying to individually raise $350 for the almost 35 weeks I had the honor of carrying my son. As a team I am hoping to double my indivdual goal and get $700. If you can donate individually to my page or to our Team Owen Donald Page every cent or dollar counts for this cause that is so near and dear to our hearts. 

1 out of 160 pregnancies in the U.S. ends in a stillbirth, about 26,000 yearly across the nation. Nobody deserves to feel the pain of going through pregnancy or infant loss I will continue to support every foundation, organization or research project in order to help other families that have or are going through these situations. Please help me to help others! 

God bless!

Love,

Brooke

Here are a few resources to learn more about stillbirth for anyone who is interested.

"Stillbirth is the most understudied issue in medicine today"  -The Lancet Medical Journal, 2011

Nature America Inc   https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/stillbirth-risk-factors/

Center for Disease Control & Prevention   https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/stillbirth/facts.html

March of Dimes   http://www.marchofdimes.org/complications/stillbirth.aspx