Babies Who Die From Terminal Illness Live On Through Photographs

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tammy I think what your doing is super incredible and very admirable. Keep up the great work! Having lost a child several years back, I wish I had had something more than the very sad polaroid that was given to me by the hospital so I could share our child with family that wouldn't of made everyone feel so upset. 10/11/2010
debra tanner i,m a l+d nurse who has been taking photos of babies who have died in-utero. i got into this to help my patients have some memories of their babies; i'm very glad to see this offered on a proffesional level. thank you so much. 4/9/2007
april this is a great thing my friend lost her baby a year ago next month a 5 months . she has only a few pics from the hospital and wanted more but none was available. this is great work 2/9/2007
Kim Israels NILMDTS has been a wonderful service to us. We lost our daughter Jordan. We had NILMDTS come take photos. What a wonderful blessing to have them to cherish. I want everyone to know about NILMDTS. Spread the word!! 1/30/2007
Cindy Meyer This is a truely wonderful idea, it is so touching to know that this parents will have their little one for "a lifetime." 9/17/2006
Sharon My first born daughter, Erin Elizabeth, passed away July 3, 1984. I was in critical condition and never had the chance to say good-bye. I really wish I could have had such beautiful pictures of my daughter instead of cold hospital pictures and a picture of her in the casket. It's about time someone recognizes these babies for the life they lived instead of allowing them to be forgotten as if they never existed. 9/4/2006
Carol I just found this site and find it to be a most remarkable thing for parent's and families...to lose a child is the most devatating thing a parent can go through...but the photographers that have shot these pictures of the babies have done a wonderful job...they truly have caught the essence of these babies...and their beautiful spirit...these pictures are testimony to a life well wanted and always and forever to be remembered...I would love to be able to do the same for parent's in my area...many kudos to these wonderful photographers... 9/1/2006
Lisa Cunningham Crying. Tears of sadness and tears of joy. What an opportunity to express love to another. Someone you do not know and yet who's life you have changed because you cared enough to take pictures. I pray to God that some day our world will be like this because that's His love. Loving someone else without expecting anything from them. Thank you. 9/1/2006
carol these photos are beautifully done. I recall a friends' picture of her stillborn baby boy taken at the hospital. he was layed out naked on a cold table. it would have been so much more dignified had someone assisted in photographing him in a loving, respectful way. 8/30/2006
J. Very hard to watch but absolutely beautifully done. What a wonderful way to remember. 8/29/2006
Fay I lost a daughter after 2 days Elizabeth-Ann in 1967 I wish I had a picture that I could look at & remember it would be priceless. This is a great idea 8/29/2006
Jackie Giordano after 18 1/2 years in NICU we have far more GOOD BABIES then bad at first I did not know what I was getting into. MY first day in the unite I thought what have I let them talke into. MAN I WOULD NOT WORK ANY WHERE ELSE IN NURSING. THESE LITTLE GUYS ARE THE WORLD. I LOVE THEM. 8/25/2006
anita I lost a beautiful baby boy on March5,1970. I called him Dennis, after his uncle. I was devostated, sad,angry a part ripped piece by piece. I always think about him. 8/24/2006
anita still born babies 8/24/2006
PEGGY BARNUM I THINK THIS IS WONDERFUL. MY HEART GO OUT TO EVERYONE THAT HAS MADE THIS POSSIBLE. GOD BLESS EVERYONE THAT IS DONATING THEIR TIME AND SERVICE FOR SUCH A TRULY WONDERFUL SERVICE. 8/23/2006
sharon what a wonderful thing to remember your child in the years to come because our memory fade in time.My granddaughter was killed in a car accident when she was only 13 months old. I wish I had thought to take a picture of her. 8/18/2006
BValdez I am very moved by the mission of your organization.
Gisselle Briones is my 14 month old niece she is currently in the hospital from Trisomy 13 complications. She is listed as critical but stable condition. The name itself makes me cry. I want to thank you all for your compasion for finding time in your busy life to make a difference in devastated parents.		 8/16/2006
carol christo I think that this is a wonderful idea and parents can cherish the moments forever . 7/23/2006
Tami Rich I have worked in NICU's for 18 of the 22 years I have been a respiratory therapist.. This is the most profound gift you could ever give these parents. You are angels taking pictures of angels. God bless you. 7/17/2006
Bev Wyckoff I can't thank you enough for this site. I can't even put it into words. Death is part of LIFE .... beautiful life. It's about time we accept that it's nothing to be feared. 6/27/2006
Mardeanne I wish I would have had a way to do this when my baby Lani Anne died in 1961. She was 2 mos and 3 days old and died unexpectedly. I had her buried in the baby section at the cemetary so she would be near other babies her age.
Thank you for letting me share..deep down I am still grieving for my precious baby girl.		 6/23/2006
Steve Savage This is nothing new. In the early 1900s many parents of children who died had the body photographed to make the child look like it is sleeping on a couch. Other cultures aren't as hesitant to deal with the dead openly & honestly as in the christian west.
The body is the last memory of a grieving mother, so one last photo is a nice memento.		 6/12/2006
Sandy Brewer This is an unbelievably valuable and beautiful concept. I only wish I was a professional photographer..........I would be honored to volunteer. God bless you all for providing the berieved parents with a visual memory that they can keep close to their hearts forever.
 5/12/2006
Anita Walsh I am so happy to see that someone can feel the love and help other's remember a precious gift . They are never gone for their memories and picture's are always with us.I have seen the picture's and what a wonderful gift to some . You have done a wonderful job at taking the picture's and you are a gift in yourself. 4/25/2006
Evelynn This is an excellent story. I cannot believe that these people will actually photograph dead children, though, it does seem like the only way for these despondent mothers to get a chance to really hold their children. 2/5/2006
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