You can often visit your baby after leaving hospital. Spend as much time with your baby as you want. If you have lost your baby during or after the birth, the first few days are crucial for gathering moments and memories.Try writing a diary or a letter to your baby. Many families find it helpful to write about their experiences.You may want to press any flowers you receive so you can keep them for the future.Keep letters and cards people have sent you.Here are some suggestions of things that you can do to help create special memories: Some ideas for how you may want to remember your baby A Christmas bauble ornament with Chloe's name on that we will hang on the tree every year as a family tradition (I have a matching one for my son now too, who is six months old).".A book that I write letters to Chloe in.This shows in chronological order all of my pregnancy, delivery, and the 12 hours we spent with her. A few books on grief that we were advised to read at the time.The strip of paper from the last time we heard her heartbeat.Her ID bracelet and discharge paperwork.The clothes we dressed Chloe in along with her blanket, all still unwashed.The nail varnish that I had worn that day.The clothes we were both wearing the day I went into labour.I have a photo album with the hard copies of all the photos we have of Chloe.I have all the sympathy cards people sent us, and cards from bouquets of flowers we received.Chalkboard that we used through the pregnancy to take photos each week, it still says 40 weeks, the photo was taken the day before I went into labour.So my husband made a large wooden chest, which I painted and decorated. The box was made because the very small memory box they give you at the hospital is so impersonal, and just too small to capture everything we wanted to. "A few months after we lost Chloe, I created a memory chest and a photo book of my journey with her. Some of these ideas might be helpful for you if you're not sure what you might want to keep for the future.
This is an example of one family's memory chest that they created for their baby Chloe. Kathryn, who lost her son Arthur One family's memory box It keeps his memory alive to be surrounded by these mementoes." We have some beautiful photographs and moulds of his footprints. I wear a locket necklace every day with a photo of him in it and a lock of his hair. "The things we have to remember Arthur are now some of my most treasured possessions. You might want to collect scan pictures, pressed flowers you’ve received, letters, the cord-clamp, your baby’s blanket or clothes or your own or your baby’s hospital name band. Some hospitals offer a memory booklet to record details and measurements of your baby. One day you might want to show a surviving child their twin or sibling. If a twin or triplet has died, you could take a photograph of your babies together. Or you could put them in a sealed envelope or box, which you can open later when you’re ready. Some hospitals are able to store these keepsakes for you if you aren’t ready to take them home yourself. Some people have also said it can be nice to read a book to your baby and then keep it in your memory box to return to later. You might want to have two sets of baby items such as blankets, teddies and outfits so the baby can have one set and you can keep the other set for your memory box. You may want to take photos of the baby or take handprints or footprints. You can speak to your midwife about creating a memory box. In the future, it may be something that help you to remember your baby with more clarity. Making a memory boxĪ memory box is a box or envelope that holds items from your birth and memories of your baby. We wanted to give you some ideas and examples that other families have found comforting and helpful. But we know that some families regret not creating keepsakes and memories.
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It can be hard to know how to commemorate the huge loss of your baby and the future that might have been.
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