b'A Really Beautiful Goodbye I want people to starttalking about death. Akhila MurphyFull Circle Living and DyingTradition often defined what men and women could do to honor their dead, but Full Circle encourages everyone to participate in a way that feels meaningful to each one.SACRED SPACE WHEN AN INFANT DIESRecently, Full Circle Living and Dying began assisting families whove suffered the loss of a baby, whether from miscarriage, stillbirth or death after birth. Stillbirth alone claims about 24,000 infants in the United States each year, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control.If the death occurs in the hospital, parents have the legal right to take their infant home and care for its remains there, Murphy says. After birth, its possible to place the infant in a CuddleCot, a small, portable bassinet equipped with a device that cools the babys body, allowing the family to take their child home to say goodbye there. A doula associated with Full Circle raised money to buy a CuddleCot, and the nonprofit makes it available to anyone who needs it. In addition, another cooling devicethe Caring Cradleis available for parents at Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital. Its made exclusively for hospital use, but, like the CuddleCot, it gives families a little more time with a baby who dies.The CuddleCot and Caring Cradle are tools in a broader movement in the United States encouraging hospitals to provide more sensitive services to families grieving the death of an infant. CuddleCots are widely available in hospitals in the United Kingdom, according to the nonprofit Ashlies Embrace.Full Circle continued on page 19'