In the News

Augut 2008

• CTV News: A couple talks about a difficult loss

July 2007

• Pregnancy Magazine: Our Golden Boy, a dream pregnancy ends with a "crash" C-section
• Carolina Parent:  Your First Connection to Your Baby

March 2007

• CBC Morning News: Vasa Previa (Video link,11.8MB)
• CTV Newsworld  (Video link, 5.6MB)
• Global News: An emotional appeal from a grief stricken Toronto couple (Video link, 5.3MB)
• CBC Radio: World Report (Audio link, 0.5MB)
• CBC Radio: World Report (Audio link, 0.5MB)
• CTV News:  Pregnancy Study (Video link)
• CTV.ca: Screening urged for pregnancy complication
• Sympatico MSN:  Couple urges routine screening for fetal condition
• CBC News: Couple urges routine screening for fetal condition
• Express and Star Online: Tragic couple's new baby joy
• The Litchfield Mercury:  HEARTBREAK FUELS FIGHT TO SCREEN FOR TRAGIC CONDITION

February 2007

• World News: Doctors retreat over life-saving baby test
• World News: Babies die as hospitals skip tests to save money
• The World's Best Homepage:  Doctors to back test for Vasa Praevia
• Reform: NHS hospitals reportedly resist conducting check for vasa praevia on unborn children in order to prevent costs of caring for the condition
• NHC Support Campiagn News:  Babies die as hospitals skip tests to save money.  (States that fewer than 10% of UK hospitals routinely scan for vasa previa.) 
• Burton Mail:  Couple's baby scan victory
• Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists:  RCOG Statement on Sunday Times story 'Doctors retreat over life saving baby test'
• IVPF Press Release: International Vasa Previa Foundation Applauds Sunday Times in the U.K.
• TimesOnline:  Doctors retreat over life-saving baby test
• BBC London radio 94.9 fm "Drivetime" interview with Daren Samat
• BBC News: Call for pregnancy screenings (video)
• BBC News: Parents help change policy (video)
• ITV London Tonight: Interview with Daren Samat
• South Bucks Star: Its our duty to Henry
• Bucks Free Press:  Bereaved parents head campaign
• This is Local London:  Bereaved parents head campaign
• This Is Hertfordshire: Bereaved parents head campaign
• Sunday Times: Natalie Samat's personal story
• Sunday Times: Babies die as hospitals skip tests to save money
• The News and Observer:  Vital Screening

January 2007

• Kansas City Star:  Little Boy Beat the Odds, Parents on a mission to spread the news and get more pregnant mothers tested to save lives.

November 2006

• ICWALES: My marriage failed after we lost Ellie

October 2006

• York Region.com: Mom Launches Fundraiser
• BurlingtonFreePress.com:  "Remembering our babies": To the ones we've lost

September 2006

• IVPF Press Release:  Sophie's Walk 2006
• Tallahassee Democrat, Tallahassee.com:  Fundraiser Walk for vasa previa in honor of Chase Lewis
• SouthCarolina.com:  The International Vasa Previa Foundation Announces its Fourth Annual Global Walk
• The Franklin Press:  Sophie's Walk planned to raise awareness about rare prenatal condition
• Quad-Cities Online:  Sophie's Walk for Vasa Previa
• Actualidad:  Anuncian marcha contra Vasa Previa en 50 ciudades del mundo
• Aztec21:  La Fundación International de Vasa Previa Aununica Su Cuarta Caminata Global
• Leavenworth Times:  Child's condition sparks mother into action
• EFE: Anuncian caminata contra vasa previa en 50 ciudades del mundo
• Hispanic PR Wire: The International Vasa Previa Foundation Announces its 4th Annual Global Walk
• Hispanic PR Wire: La Fundación Internacional de Vasa Previa Anuncia Su Cuarta Caminata Global
• El Hispanic News:  La Fundación Internacional de Vasa Previa anuncia su tercera caminata global
• El Vocero Hispano: La Fundación Internacional de Vasa Previa anuncia su tercera caminata global
• El Mundo Austin/San Antonio: La Fundación Internacional de Vasa Previa Anuncia Su Cuarta Caminata Global
• El Columbiano: La Fundación Internacional de Vasa Previa Anuncia Su Cuarta Caminata Global
• 7 Días: La Fundación Internacional de Vasa Previa Anuncia Su Cuarta Caminata Global
• Periodico Extra Hispano:  La Fundación Internacional de Vasa Previa Anuncia Su Cuarta Caminata Global
• USALatinTrade.com:  La Fundación Internacional de Vasa Previa Anuncia Su Cuarta Caminata Global

August 2006

• The Express and Star:  Heartbreak couple call for scan change

April 2006

• The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists:  Placenta Previa, Placenta Accreta, and Vasa Previa
• Staffordshire Newspapers - Burton Mail:  Campaign to Save Babies

August 2005

• ABC 4 News:  Salt Lake Couple Educates Public on Dangerous Birth Condition after Daughter Dies
• Dagblad van het Noorden: Lopen in de strijd tegen onnodige babysterfte
• Haagsche Courant: Meer baby's levend op wereld via Sophie's Walk
• Hispanic Business:  The International Vasa Previa Foundation Announces It's Third Annual Global Walk
• Hispanic Wire: The International Vasa Previa Foundation Announces It’s Third Annual Global Walk
• La Raza Online:  La Fundación Internacional de Vasa Previa anuncia su tercera caminata global
• New Jersey Herald: Walk to raise awareness of rare birth condition
• Pensacola Runners Association:  Sophie's Walk for Vasa Previa

August 2004

• Den Haag TV: Sponsorloop levert 3500 Euro op
• De digitale hofstad: Sophie's Walk loop sleept 3500 Euro binnen
• Hispanic Business: The International Vasa Previa Foundation Announces its Second Annual Global Walk
• Gezinsbode: Sponsorloop Sophie's Walk
• Groninger Stadskrant: Negentig wandelaars lopen voor Vasa Previa
• KDUH TV: A 5k walk in Scottsbluff on Sunday is aimed at raising awareness about a rare condition that affects mothers–to–be
• Nieuwsblad van het Noorden:  Sophie's Walk
• RTV Noord: Sophie's Walk levert 3500 op
• Stadsradio Den Haag: interview met Nederlandse voorzitter Marlou van Dijck
• TV Noord: Sophie's Walk levert 3500 Euro op
• TV Noord: Sponsorloop voor vasa previa
• TV Noord and Radio Noord: Interview met Jolanda Brons, lid van de Nederlandse VPF

July 2004

• Aunt Minnie.com:  US diagnosis of vasa previa prevents perinatal mortality

June 2004

• Diagnostic Imaging Online:  Report from AIUM: Prenatal ultrasound diagnosis averts fetal deaths from vasa previa

May 2004

• The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists: Vasa Previa: The Impact of Prenatal Diagnosis on Outcomes

February 2004

• The Star Ledger:  One short life, one lifelong mission

January 2004

• The Penn Stater:  Charlotte's Legacy  (2.61 Mb PDF)

December 2003

• North Dallas/Park Cities People Newspapers:  Donut Sales Raise 'Dough'

November 2003

• Contemporary OB/GYN:  Vasa previa: Are most perinatal deaths preventable?
• Pregnancy Today:  A Severed Connection Early Detection of Vasa Previa Can Save Lives

September 2003

• Leicester Mercury:  They Couldn't Find the Baby's Heartbeat. All I Could Hear Was the Dull Echo of My Own ... Our Little Girl Had Gone

August 2003

• Factiva:  Walk to Alert on Childbirth Risk
• The Dallas Morning News:  Sophie's Walk to raise awareness of rare womb condition
• The Dallas Morning News:  Taking steps towards stopping a baby-killer
• Runtex:  Sophie's Global 5K Walk/Run for Vasa Previa
• Haagsche Courant:  Westlandse loopt deel Sophie's Walk
• Hispanic PR Wire:  The Vasa Previa Foundation Announces it's First Annual Global Walk
• Hispanic PR Wire:  La Fundación de Vasa Previa Anuncia Su Primera Caminata Global
• La Tribuna:  Honduras se une a marcha contra enfermedad de "vasa previa"
• Sun Sentinel: Marching Against A deadly Disease A Bereaved Mother Starts A Global Walk Against vasa Previa
• Newswire story from EFE:  Honduras se une a marcha contra enfermedad de "vasa previa" (en Español)
• Greenville Online:  Greenville family spreads word about vasa previa
• Univision.com:  Marcha mundial contra "vasa previa"

April 2003

• Evening Times:  Mum's crusade to cut baby death toll
• Kennedy March
• Haagsche Courant: Born out of grief and comfort
• Westlandpost: If we can save one baby
• ´t Hele Westland: 80 kilometers for vasa previa
• SBS6: Heart of the Netherlands. Saturday april 19

March 2003

• Univision:  Vasa Previa: puede matar a tu bebé (en Español)
• Univision.com:  Vasa previa: una condición que puede matar al bebé que estás esperando (en Español)
• Austin Statesman:  Austin couple hopes to teach through tragedy
• Aetna Intelihealth:  Few Pregnant Women Are Tested For Deadly Condition

February 2003

• Woman's World magazine:  An Angel Named Sophie

August 2002

• WPBF 25 TV (local ABC affiliate): Woman to Walk for Vasa Previa
• WPBF 25 TV (local ABC affiliate): Continuation of "Woman to Walk for Vasa Previa"
• Boca News: Mom on a Mission
• MSNBC Coverage: Woman to Walk for Rare Vasa Previa
• Palm Beach Post: Mom honors daughter's death
• Sun Sentinel: Memorial Walk

May 2002

• Realparents:  My Miraculous Baby Survived Vasa Praevia
• BeyondFertility.com:  Just What is Vasa Previa?
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April 2002

• UKParents: Vasa Previa, What Is It, And How Would I Recognise It
• Mothersbliss.com: Vasa Previa 
• EveningTimes: She was our miracle baby then Rebecca almost died
• NursesNetwork:  Vasa Previa
• Preciouslittleone.com:  My Miraculous Baby Survived Vasa Praevia

January 2002

• OBGYN.NET: International Vasa Previa Foundation

• UKParents: This is our story of our precious princess Jessica Mae Stewart

• Margriet magazine:  "Mijn zwangerschap eindigde in een nachtmerrie.  De dood van onze Julia had voorkomen kunnen worden." (Dutch)
  Margriet magazine:  "My pregnancy ended in a nightmare. Julia´s death could have been prevented"

• De Parel: (the Pearl), a Dutch Newsmagazine:  Vasa Previa.
• Dutch national television (Ned 1. Gezondheidsplein, 15.10-16.00).