The thing that no one tells you when you have a stillbirth is how much you will want to talk to people about it.

Pregnant women who go to sleep on their back are almost four times more likely to have a stillbirth, Auckland University researchers have found.

She's just had a stillbirth, and they need me.

So is having a stillbirth -not officially, perhaps, but thanks to a case in Indiana, we're halfway there.

Patel's case opens the door for any woman who expresses doubt about her pregnancy to be charged if she miscarries or has a stillbirth.

But because less than 100 women fit into that category and had a stillbirth the finding "should be interpreted with caution," the researchers said.