kind service for parents of stillborn babies

[Jewel1310]

22 years ago on April 7th I had a stillborn daughter. She was born at term a day before her due date. She was my first daughter and it was a tragic experience. The photos that we had were not good. There would be no way I could ever show anyone (I know that sounds morbid to some but to me she was so real and I wished I could have made her real to others).

This year on her birthday I was looking on line and found a site that does restoration of up to 2 photos for parents of stillborn babies at no cost. I just got the photos back and I am in tears. They did such an amazing job. I wish I would have had these pictures so long ago.

While I hope no one else has a need for this service, I wanted to post to say what a lovely thing this company has done. They are Angel pics at hollywoodfotofix.com/angelpicorder. Truly amazing and oh so grateful.

 

[Cruisin]

What a nice service to have available.

I'm glad that it brings you comfort.

 

[mickeyboat]

How wonderful. I have a feeling these pictures are coming to you at just the right time.

I am sorry for your loss.

 

[Robinrs]

That is AMAZING!

My son died 3 days after he was born in 1986. He was absolutely beautiful but I haven't looked at the picture since then. It's in a metal case my mother left for me when she died and I swore I'd look at it one day and 24 years later I still cannot.

I am so glad you found some solace. God bless...

 

[Jewel1310]

Thanks Cruisin and Mickey. I appreciate the kind words. While it is still sad it is nothing like it was the first few years. None the less, the pictures are wonderful and made me happier then I could have ever imagined.

 

[MichelleinMaine]

I'm sorry for you loss and so glad they were able to restore the pictures for you. I lost two little ones and have no pictures. I know how very much it means to be able to share with others.


As an aside (and again, I hope no one here ever needs it, but it is a wonderful gift to those who might)- there is a group of photographers who will take professional portraits in the hospital of babies who have passed away. I have a few friends who work with them and another received pictures when her daughter died. It's an absolutely priceless gift.

That organization is nowilaymedowntosleep.org

 

[Jewel1310]

Robinrs so sorry to hear of your loss. I can completely understand. It took me a while to look at the pictures and you really need to do things when they are right for you. I bet your son was beautiful. They are never forgotten and have an impact on our lives.

Thanks for your post and so sorry for the loss of your little boy.

 

[Jewel1310]

Michelle I am so sorry that you have no pictures of your two little ones. How kind that you still posted the link to the photographers. What a special service and appreciate you sharing it. Sorry for your loss as well.

 

[tink_n_pooh]

The photographer that did our wedding is a member of the network at www.nowilaymedowntosleep.org and I've seen some of the work that she has done, its absolutely amazing. I never knew there was an organization out there like this one and they are truly angels

 

[tigercat]

My son died 3 days after birth. The only pictures I have of him was of his birth and right after. He was fine when he was born but right after they discovered a heart defect that they couldn't fix back then. That was almost 31 yrs ago. His birthday is May 9th, 1979. I always thought that I would get some of the slides (they were all slides) made into photo's and put them up with the rest of my kids but never did. I had him in a teaching hospital and the Dr's wife was a photographer. The Dr. was way ahead of the times and was often at conferences giving lectures. The pictures were all very tasteful. I was thankful that I did have the pictures as they were the only thing I have of him.
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[Jewel1310]

Tigercat how true that your physician was way ahead of the times. Not that it eased the situation you experienced in May of 1979. I can't imagine how hard that would have been esp if everyting looked normal at first. My condolences.

 

[tigercat]

Thank you. It is funny. Even though it has been 31 years this year I know that the time period between the 9th and the 13th will be relived in my head. My emotions will be all over the place. Things are not as bad as they were the first couple of years but it is still there. After my son died I met an older lady. She told me that she had had a son die something like 50 years before and she still remembered everything that happened that day. I don't remember many days but those ones I do.
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[dakcp2001]

hugs to all of you! I am a student nurse, and my first week in maternity I worked with a lady who gave birth to a stillborn baby. I still release a balloon for him with her every year on his birthday. I love her, she is the strongest woman I know!

 

[ORMom2Four]

I am so sorry for your loss and so happy that you found such a wonderful service!

Babyangelpics did photos for us of Jaren too (he's in my sig). We treasure them greatly. Did you have them sent digitally too? I took the digital ones of Jaren, cropped them a bit, made them b&w and added some aging to them. They look so beautiful that way that I had them printed & framed.

 

[DisneyFairytale]

I just had the sad experience of going through this with a friend of mine about a year ago. She delivered a baby girl 2 months early but she lived for a few mins before passing.
Thank you so much for sharing this site, I will be passing this along to her. Thank you.

 

[Sleepy]

Working in a factory, there is a lot of time to chat with the people around you as you do your job. I became friends with a lady who who was pregnant. She eventually told me that was not her first baby. In fact, her first died during the 7th month and she gave birth shortly after. She said it was an awful experience. Like you, I won't go into the details she told me, but getting the baby cleaned for pictures was nearly impossible. The images from her story are still fresh in my mind and that was over 20 years ago. I wish I could remember her name. I would love to recommend this website. I think she would appreciate it.

 

[PaulaSue]

What a WONDERFUL gift!

Sorry to hear about your DD.

 

[Nennie]

Thank you so much for posting this!!!!

My son was born still in 2006, and I have the pictures on my computer, and never even had prints made b/c it was so hard to look at, and b/c I knew that others would not want to look.

I'm going to send 2 of the pictures to that company, and see what they can do with them! I will let you know how they turn out.

Thank you again!!!!!!

 

[daughtersrus]

To the OP and others, I'm very sorry for your loss.

I hope that you don't mind if I share another link. This is to a charity service that also takes pictures of children.

http://www.acpcg.com/index.htm

My daughter has a very rare genetic disease. We were helping with a conference a few years ago for families with this disease and similar diseases. We were able to find a photographer from this organization that was willing to come to the conference and not only take pictures of the children but with their families as well. She also took candid shots of the conference, the run/walk and the family gatherings.

For many, it was the first time that their children had been professionally photographed. For us, I know that it was the first time that we were able to get a family photograph.

 

[TEENEE]

My condolenses to those of you who have suffered such a terrible loss. I have a friend who had a daughter that was stillborn. Watching her go through that was horrible. The hospital took pictures of Victoria for her. Over the years the pictures have brought her comfort. I saw the pictures, she was a beautiful baby. Thanks for sharing the links for the photographers that do such amazing work. I will pass them along to her.