BUFFALO, N.Y.-- A new memorial was dedicated Monday, to lives lost in perinatal deaths at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Buffalo, on National Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness Day.
The memorial remembers those lost in miscarriages, ectopic pregnancies, stillbirths or early infant deaths.
The Western New York Perinatal Bereavement Network assists families who have lost their babies. Their mission is to assist the community in meeting the needs of families who have lost a baby from one of these tragedies. Chritine Scott with the Network said, "The memorial garden provides a concept, providing a foundation for a peaceful, permanent gathering place for parents who have lost children. It is a known fact that symbolic gestures do play an important role in the healing process."
Approximately 1 in 4 pregnancies end in a perinatal loss.