There is an organization called "now I lay me down to sleep" that helps capture the moments of life of either stillborn babies or babies that will pass away. They take photographs.  Here is a link that has a video. Its very sad.

I know this is a little disturbing, but I would totally do this. Its proof that there was that little person.

Just watch the video and read more about it..

http://betsysphotography.com/blog/2008/03/now-i-lay-me-down-to-sleep

...and what are your opinions on this?

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aww:(. both of my grandmothers and my aunt had a stillborn, it took my mom nearly 10 years to get pregnant with me. im scared ill have pregnancy problems:(.

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have u ever asked ur doc to run tests to see if there is anything that would cause u to have problems?

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I was on "stumbleupon" and came across a blog that talked about families taking this kind of pics in the old days and someone left a comment about now I lay me down to sleep and i wanted to check it out. And i had tell u guys about it.

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"this is my daughter. She was stillborn. She is an angel now, And I miss her."

thats how I would explain that. Oh well if they arnt happy, Its my walls and I choose to cover it with whatever I want.

i mean, It was still their house... it wasnt your babysitters' yet. So that family had the right to have those out

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The video didn't work on my computer, but that is essentially what they're doing, right? I mean tell me if I misunderstood, but that's what I got from your post.

I understand people grieve in different ways, but I don't think that a stillborn baby was ever alive, and I think it's grotesque to try and remember them in that way.

But that's just my opinion; people have the right to feel and to grieve however they so choose.

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They have no way to remember them without these pics. I mean, these women went through 9 months with these children. Why is it wrong?

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I don't like open casket funerals and I don't like pictures of dead babies. Maybe that's just me.

These women went through nine months without knowing what the baby looks like and they still fell in love. You don't need a visual reminder to remember the pregnancy or the tragedy of giving birth to a stillborn. You think that women forget things just because they don't see a picture on the mantelpiece every morning? No. My mother can still vividly remember every one of her miscarriages and she doesn't need pictures to do it.

I don't have any pictures of my grandmother, does that mean the time I spent with her is any less valuable? Hardly. She lives in my heart and in my mind, just like a stillborn would.

Plus, most people have ultrasound pictures. Personally, I'd rather have a picture of an ultrasound, a picture when the baby's heart was beating and their body was growing and their brain was developing rather than a picture of a little dead body. Cold and still, covered in make up and lying dead under bright lights? That's not how I want to remember my child. They might look like they're sleeping in the picture, but you know deep down that they're not.

But as I said, people have every right to grieve in their own way.

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Come rest your beautiful heart ♥
 
Forever suddenly seems a lot shorter,
doesn't it?