Ultrasound pics from m/c's

I have a growing collection of ultrasounds that have ended in miscarriage and I'm sick of them being here.

Do I need to keep them? Not once have they asked to see the old/previous ones so is there any point?

Thanks!

Nah, if you don't want to keep them you don't need to.

No, i don't think there is any need for you to keep them if you didn't want to. Your drs would have a copy of the report and maybe the films if they ever did want to look at them.

Thanks, I seem to have this massive stock pile of x-rays, ultrasounds and what not, sick of looking at it all and the ultrasounds are particularly depressing...I shall dump them with the rubbish this week.

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 :comfort:

Oh I forgot there would be a record of the findings from your scans in the past so you shouldn't need to keep the reports.

Hmmm I might file the paper part away (the reports) because they are from all over the place, Hobart, Brisbane and here so might be hard to get a hold of?

I can't stand looking at the actual pictures/ultrasounds so good to know I can dump them.

i didnt take mine..i just didnt want to look at them....

I never got to take home a copy of the ultrasound from my first angel, but I do regret not having it and wish I could get it now.

Buy if it will make you feel better then go ahead and dump them, no use having something around you that is only going to make you feel sad and down *hugs*

Do whatever makes you feel better, i have photos from my ectopic surgery...i hate them, i dont ever want to look at them again....but i cant get rid of them yet :(

Personally I have kept all of mine as they are the only proof that I was pregnant and expecting a baby. I sometimes use them to compare with a new pregnancy to see if they are the same, better or worse for measurements but really just a keepsake of a baby I could have had and now an angel.
My most poignant scans pic are of Annabelle. I have 4 sets of hers and the last at 28 wks showing how perfect she was, the white halo around her head showing how much hair she had even then (black curls). She died at 31 weeks.
It is a personal decision but one you can't make too quickly. Maybe you could put them out of sight somewhere.. but I guess by now as this thread is older you have already parted with them. I have the new scans which are on CD kept in the bottom of the drawer with my journals and nighties. The bigger older style scan pics are in their envelopes under the dressing table out of the way.
hugs hun though because none of us should have to have pictures that we don't know what to do with. We should all have smiling baby pictures.