{"id":2441,"date":"2023-05-18T15:11:38","date_gmt":"2023-05-18T14:11:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beta.devon.gov.uk\/registrationservice\/births\/register-a-stillbirth\/"},"modified":"2025-03-13T12:35:02","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T12:35:02","slug":"register-a-stillbirth","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/registration-service\/births\/register-a-stillbirth\/","title":{"rendered":"Register a stillbirth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A stillbirth should be registered at a register office within 42 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Call us on <a href=\"tel:03451551002\">0345 155 1002<\/a> to make an appointment at your nearest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/registration-service\/venues\/register-offices\/\">registration office<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometimes a stillbirth can be registered after 42 days \u2013 the register office can explain when this can happen. You can name the baby in the register.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What you need to take<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You need the medical certificate of stillbirth issued by the doctor or midwife.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who can register the stillbirth<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Please see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/register-stillbirth\" rel=\"noopener\">GOV.UK: Register a stillbirth<\/a> for full details of who can register the stillbirth. The website also provides advice about financial support and support organisations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Baby loss certificates<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If your pregnancy ends before 24 weeks, you can get a certificate in memory of your baby.\u00a0It\u2019s free to get a certificate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Find out how to request a baby loss certificate at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/request-baby-loss-certificate\" rel=\"noopener\">GOV.UK: Request a baby loss certificate<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A stillbirth should be registered at a register office within 42 days. Call us on 0345 155 1002 to make an appointment at your nearest registration office. Sometimes a stillbirth can be registered after 42 days \u2013 the register office can explain when this can happen. You can name the baby in the register. What [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":6268,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-2441","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-08 05:58:36","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/registration-service\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/registration-service\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/registration-service\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/registration-service\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/registration-service\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2441"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/registration-service\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2441\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8092,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/registration-service\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2441\/revisions\/8092"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/registration-service\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/registration-service\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}