Laminating ultrasound photos?

EhTheCatLady

Yay or nay? I want them to keep forever I just don't want to ruin them! Has anyone done this?

haylo33

When I was checking out at the OB, they had a sign not to laminate as it will ruin them

Junebug060609

Heat often ruins them.

EhTheCatLady

Any ideas on how to keep them looking new over the years? I heard regular photo albums don't cut it.

elizabe519

I would make copies by scanning them to be safe, you can then laminate or do whatever you need to to those.

meli1025

The heat from laminating will definitely ruin them. I think scanning is your best bet.

alphalyrae

I was told to make photocopies, laminate photocopies. The original's will be placed in my pregnancy journal which I will give to LO.

abby79

Do not laminate. I work at a print shop and we don't laminate ultrasound photos because the heat ruins them. Make copies and then laminate those

emeineke123

Yeah my US tech said to scan them to avoid damage, and since its thermal paper if they ever get wet theyll shrivel up and be distorted. I just cut mine then scanned them at target and made 4x6 pics, worked out great.

Laura_Elaine

Ditto the no lamitaing due to heat damaging them.

I scanned/printed mine, because I was told by a friend that they fade over time. I've put all my sonogram scans in an album, with the "copy" behind it, and my son is now 3.5 and his scans are still in good shape.

pjsparkle03

This is good info! I never would have thought about the heat messing the image up.

danabsd

I scanned all of mine from Beb and put the originals in a little album.

Kinda of like this but not Prom.


I have my favorite (super clear) one in a little frame.  I had the scanned version printed on Snapfish.

Dianageiszler

Don't laminate, it'll ruin it. I know someone who did and it turned it black

Pehrie

I'm just putting mine into frames. Is that weird or something?

vcusano

What about the sticky laminating pouches that don't use heat to seal?  Those should be fine, right?

Mollywarf

Just a tonight but maybe clear package tape? Try and line it up even and on both sides? I did that with a picture and it worked and didn't have the heat factor! Just a thought!

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