**sensitive topic** Stillborn photography

[Heaven]

I'm sorry, this topic may be distressing for some and I wasn't sure if I should post it or not. It's upsetting but I also think it's beautiful.
I never knew that organisations like this existed and I think the volunteer photographers must be just beautiful compassionate people.

Now I lay Me Down To Sleep - ~Infant Bereavement Photography~

It's an organisation that arranges to have volunteer professional photographers come to hospital after a family loses a child so that they can have photos of the baby to remember them by. They have beautiful photos and the photographers aren't paid at all. I have never heard of it at all and I'm not sure if there are other places like it but I thought I might post it so more people knew about it.

[visitor1]

How nice and thoughtful. That truely is a gift for parents to reflect on their lost angels.

[Trish]

It is a gorgeous idea. I am in the process with a photographer of starting up a non for profit business doing a very similar thing. We will be doing photographs of stillborn, premature babies and terminally ill babies. All for free.

As hard as it is, sadly there is a need for such a business. My only hope is that I never have to visit any of my BB friends.

[Heaven]

Wow Trish, that is an awesome thing to do.

[Rach75]

there is a group of photgraphers mostly melbourne based who do this my friend is one of the I suppose head roganisers would be the name they also do pictures of children with life threatening illnesses cancer etc, they donate their time

[Ozstar]

I think it is a beautiful thing to do. The lady who did my DS's hand and feet cast also does casts for stillborns.

[~Belinda~]

Wow, I cried when I saw this website...how thoughtful...how hard it must be for parents to lose a child

[Bathsheba]

I didn't know this service was available! Thanks for sharing Sarajane. So heartbreaking but necessary.