I think its a personal choice if you want to keep them or not. I didn't want to keep mine. If they looked like babies to me I would have felt different but they were very early and the one I could see the baby was not in the uterus and it was too painful to be reminded that my body had failed him/her as that baby never had a hope of making it to the uterus. If it did I am sure bub would still be here today. Also my ultrasounds were only ever done after I knew the pregnancy was not progressing. If they were done before hand I would definately have wanted to keep them as a reminder of how happy/excited I was at that moment. My scans with the pregnancies I have lost have only been a negative experience. I also have the option to get the scans in the future (as they are online where I work)
If you do decide not to keep them I would keep the conclusion or the paper saying what the scans read. You never know when some Dr or specialist might want to see them down the track. I am sorry that anyone has to make this decision
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