![]() ![]() Ambulance fees for seniors and pensioners.Assistance with travel costs to receive medical care.Telehealth – delivering virtual care closer to home.Screening mammography with BreastScreen WA.What have you done to memorialize your baby? Share below or in the comments. Observe Pregnancy Loss Awareness Day on October 15th each year and have your child’s name spoken during this online remembrance ceremony.Donate your breastmilk to another baby in need.Create a collage from the sympathy cards you received.Celebrate on their birthdays or due dates.Participate in a grief photo challenge, like this one from CarlyMarie.Order a graphic with your child’s name.Give your baby an ornament and hang a stocking for them each Christmas.Preserve or press the flowers you received after your loss.Purchase items with your baby’s monogram.Wear your baby’s colors - perhaps the color scheme of the nursery, baby shower or pregnancy announcement.Wear your child’s birthstone (choose either loss month or month of the due date - there is no wrong way to do this.).If you are able, create a mold from your child’s hands or feet.Create a blog or website dedicated to your baby.Create comfort items or baskets for families experiencing loss at your hospital.Donate children’s books to your local library in honor of your child.Add your child’s name the memorial lighthouse for children.Start a foundation or non-profit in your child’s name. ![]() Have your child’s photo age-progressed to see what they would look like now.Take family pictures and include your baby’s items or photo, or ask the photographer to edit in a shadow of your child at the age they should be.Create jewelry from your breastmilk, placenta, baby’s hair or ashes.Keep your baby’s worn clothes in sealed Ziploc to help preserve their smell.Order a custom hand-drawn portrait that includes your whole family, including your baby gone too soon.Cry if you feel the urge while listening on repeat. Listen to a song that reminds you of your baby.Get a tattoo of your baby’s footprints, heartbeat, word or symbol that is significant to you.Get a weighted stuffed animal, like a Molly Bear, in the same weight as your baby.Use your baby’s clothes or blankets to make a quilt.Have a memorial bear created from your baby’s clothes.Create a dedicated space in your home and display your baby’s photos and items.Wear this necklace of your baby’s heartbeat (you will need an ultrasound photo for them to create).Name your baby, no matter how early your baby passed or if you know the gender.Find a scent or perfume that reminds you of your baby, and where it when you want to think of them.However you choose to memorialize your child, my hope and prayer is that you are surrounded with love, community and support as you mourn. I’ve compiled a list of 50 creative ways you can memorialize your baby to help you choose what is right for you. ![]() What feels right to one couple might feel completely wrong to another. Like grief, creating memories and legacies is extremely personal. I needed some physical reminders around me that she lived, even though her life was brief. I struggled to find ways I could memorialize my child and create a legacy from her short life. Even though the physical act of her loss was extremely tangible, the fact that I never got to see or hold my baby made the loss feel intangible. When I lost my baby early in gestation, burying her was not an option. ![]()
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