Parents’ country of origin influences risk of stillbirth

By Melissa Di Costanzo - Parents’ country of origin influences the risk of their baby being stillborn in Canada, a new study has found. The risk is highest when both parents migrated to Canada from the same country of origin, especially from a country with a high rate of stillbirths, said Dr. Joel Ray, a physician at St. Michael’s Hospital and scientist in its Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute.