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Late Term and Child Loss
Best remembrance gifts/ideas? Share yours.
Just wondering about in what some of you might have done or what people have gifted you with to your LO. So far Timmy has a star named after him and a tree planted for him here in our yard. Friends have also given me a necklace with his initials on it. What about you? What are some ways that you can think of to remember your LO?
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Re: Best remembrance gifts/ideas? Share yours.
BFP #2 - EDD 2/26/12 M/C 6/28/11 @ 5w2d
BFP #3 - EDD 4/7/12 M/C 8/2/11 @ 4w2d
Too beautiful for this earth
BFP #4 - EDD 12/09/12, Lucille arrived 11/26/12
You ladies may think mine is a bit morbid...
My friends all chipped in and got me a tear drop necklace that will be taken over to the funeral home and a little bit of his ashes will be placed into the necklace.
My cousin is planning on designing me a necklace with his initials.
Hun, I don't think that's morbid at all. I have seen some people give me the side eye when they found out I took pictures of my Annabelle after she passed away, and you know what. I don't care one bit. Nobody understands unless they have been through this. It's not morbid, it's powerful, comforting, and healing...
Thank you. I just know having with me around my neck is a nice idea.
The hospital took a picture of Jack for me and that is in his memory box and my friends took pictures of him as well. They told me when I'm ready to see them, they have them for me.
Exactly. I was told that I could always have pictures taken and never look at them if I don't want, but I could never go back and take pictues if I decide later that I want to see them... It's a comfort just knowing there is proof out there that our babies existed. :-)
Twin boys born too early at 17w4d and 18w2d in February 2010
Transabdominal cerclage placed September 2010
DS born at 35w1d in February 2011
Twin girls born at exactly 36w in February 2013
It is definitely not morbid.My DH and I both have pendants with Adria's ashes(mine is the teardrop as well).My DH bought his,mine was a gift from the funeral director(we went to school together).
I also got a charm necklace from my birth month board ladies with an A,a sapphire,and a hummingbird,and those are all on the chain with my teardrop.
We also have a matted,framed print of the name Adria with it's meaning and origin.
A friend who does woodcarving carved a pair of angel wings with her name in a heart in the middle with a hook to hang it on the wall.
T1 diabetes diagnosed 11/95 due to severe pancreatic injury
BFP 1 1/22/10 EDD 9/30/10 Adria b. 9/11/10 d.8/9/11, Transposition of the Great Arteries,
Pleural effusion, Kidney Failure
BFP 2 4/26/12 EDD 1/3/13 M/C 5/13/12
BFP 3 10/3/12 EDD 6/17/13 Twins! Preston and Juliet b. 5/22/13
DH and I both have tattoos some friends also bought us a pear tree and I love the idea of wearing your childs ashes! I found a Tiffany's necklace that I want for that reason but DH asked me to wait until after Christmas.
Our neighbor got me one of these:
https://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=10858454&findingMethod=rr
She used a picture from nilmdts with hisw name and day he went to heaven on the back. I keep mine attatched to my purse.
For Gracie, I got a heart shaped Tiffany necklace engraved with her initials and dod. I don't wear it all the time, but it does sit in a special box. I want to get a tattoo with all my kids names, but I haven't thought of a special enough design yet. I was a little lax about my 2 other tattoos, but this one must be perfect.
Edited to add: If anyone does go with Tiffany, you can take your jewelry there and have it cleaned and reboxed. I have already had mine cleaned twice, and it looks brand new.
I have a necklace that is a heart with an amethyst in it which Is Emily's birthstone. my husband bought it for me for valentines day which also happened to be a day before.
Her gravestone is beautiful too it has her name and birthday along with "always in our hearts"
we sent out birth announcements which I had one custom framed and we are working on getting a beautiful picture of her feet custom framed also.
I have a tattoo of her footprints and name on my left shoulder
I dont think its morbid to have a necklace with ashes in it... I think it is a lovely idea.
DH bought bracelets for both of us with the babies names and birthdate. We did not take off our hopsital bracelets until we had these.
We have their urn on our entertainment center and they have little pumpkins.
I ordered an ETSY necklace and will be getting either a ruby ring or charms for my Pandora bracelet (I already have birthstone charms for DH and I).
We have their photos upstairs in our room and their hand and foot prints framed in our formal living room on the mantle.
We are making ornaments with their photos for our Christmas tree and have found paper lanterns that we will release on their birthday next year.
Jenn
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