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I told her how sorry I was and that I loved her and did not want her to suffer. I would rather suffer every day for the rest of my life than to allow her to suffer one moment in life.

~Mom of an Angel

Everything was going great. As already having two "normal" pregnancies under my belt, I felt confident. I knew there was always that chance of hearing bad news but I said "no, not me, not our baby."

~A Heartbroken Mother

We felt that if our daughter had been in a car accident and was on life support with the same internal injuries, we would not keep her on life support and let her suffer. This child deserved the same dignity."

~ A grieving mom

I initially thought I would "be brave" and continue my pregnancy. But I came to realize that ultimately it wasn't about how strong I could be, how deeply I wanted this baby or what important lessons he could teach me. It was about what he would experience in his short life. Given his diagnosis, he would have known only suffering. As his mother, I couldn't allow that to happen.

~ A mother at peace

It was our ignorance for believing that all pregnancies led to a healthy baby. It was my arrogance for believing that since I had the best medical care, took prenatal vitamins even before and during my pregnancy, never took drugs, never smoked cigarettes and drank about half a glass of wine a year, that our baby would be safe.

~A bereaved mother

A mother will stop at nothing, including her own hurt, both mentally and physically, to protect her child.

~Brokenhearted Mother


Links for Memorial Resources:

Baby and Infant Loss Memories
Ideas for creating memories - Baby and Infant Loss Memories has been created to help parents who have experienced the devastating loss of a child through miscarriage, stillbrith, neo-natal death and infant loss.

Portraits by Dana
Dana is an artist that captures the essence of our angels in her work.
For a beatutiful memorial portrait please check out her website.


Remembering Our Babies
We provide a large varity of Memorial Keepsakes for Pregnancy and Infant Loss.


Personalized Memorial Gifts
When words just aren't enough, find our personalized sympathy gifts
to help you to express how you feel.


Personalized Memorial Stones
Memorialize your Angel with a personalized memorial stone or garden paving stone.


Grief Loss Recovery
"Hope and Health Through Creative Grieving."
Unique Website that offers insight on dealing with grief and memorial ideas.

Now I lay me down to sleep
"The Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep Foundation is there for parents and families to help aid them in their healing and bring hope to their future through remembrance photography, and honor their child. It is through remembrance that a family can truly begin to heal."

NILMDTS is a a nonprofit organization that has provided thousands of families of babies who are stillborn with free professional portraits with their baby. *While the heart and mission of this foundation is that no family would go without remembrance images, some guidelines do apply:
*(Babies must have reached a 25-week minimum gestational age. In addition to this requirement, each baby’s condition is evaluated to ensure that our photographers can capture a good photograph. Although our volunteer photographers are used to seeing many of the anomalies that certain conditions result in, they are not medical professionals and so to retain our volunteers we do ask for the hospital to assess the condition of each baby before we attempt to find a volunteer photographer. We may have a limited number of volunteers in some areas.)


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