Advocating for the health of your baby? If not you, then who? (Part 1)

10/19/2018

Presented by Sherokee Ilse, BA, BLFA

ABOUT THE PRESENTER:

Sherokee Ilse, BA, BLFA
Sherokee is an International speaker, grief and loss trainer, bereaved parent and author of 18 books/booklets mostly on infant loss, including her first and most popular self-help book for parents and families, Empty Arms: Coping with Miscarriage, Stillbirth, and Infant Death and a co-authored book with Tim Nelson, Couple Communication After a Baby Dies: Differing Perspectives. Her newest book is, The Prenatal Bombshell: Help and hope when continuing or ending a precious pregnancy after an abnormal diagnosis.

She had three babies who died too soon and two living sons. Through her newest organization, Loss Doulas International and Baby Loss Family advisors, she trains and helps certify individuals to become one-to-one companions, advisors, guides, and navigators to families soon after hearing the bad news, through their process of preparation and meeting their baby, and beyond.

Marti Perhach

10/22/2018 10:16:48 am

Thank you, Sherokee, for sharing your expertise with us and for the comfort and support you bring to so many families!

Sherokee Ilse link

10/22/2018 09:36:37 pm

Thank you, Marti. I am hopeful that parents and care providers will take the time to watch this important video on parent advocacy and working towards enhanced care and awareness of things to do to help have a healthy baby going forward. Parents need and deserve information to make good decisions. Professionals have an ethical responsibility to help parents be fully informed. Thank you for this opportunity!

Amy Megan

10/23/2018 09:04:54 am

Thank you so much for this presentation! It's hard for me to be assertive with authority figures, such as doctors because of the assumption that they know best. But making sure parents know to advocate for their child is so important. Being an adult now, my mother still advocates for me when I am too timid to ask more medical questions because I don't want to come off as bothersome. It is something I hope to practice and improve on to make sure my child will get the best care.

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