Facts & Figures

• 1 in 140 babies are stillborn in Australia each year

• 1 in 4 pregnancies end in a loss

• On average, 6 babies are stillborn daily in Australia

• The number of babies stillborn each year is only slightly less than men with prostate cancer and women with breast cancer.

• Since the commencement of the TLC program in 2002, we have distributed almost 20,000 teddy bears to bereaved families.

• Many of these families TLC has supported either personally or through our 1800 number, website, online support groups and email.

• The TLC program is offered in every maternity hospital across Australia.

• Teddy Love Club is the original bear giving bereavement support program in Australia.

• TLC supports research into stillbirth and works closely with the Stillbirth Foundation Australia.