I am new to this .....maybe looking for answers?? i dont really know as my head is all over .We found out last monday that our baby had died ....I went on tuesday for the first lot of tablets and on thursday morning we went in .....i delivered her at 2.15 am on friday ....At the moment I cant really talk in about it all in detail but I need to ask your advice .
We decided to let them do tests on Annabel ....but i am not sure if i want her to be cremated or buried as yet ...I know this is a dificult issue but if she was cremated would there be enough to scatter?? and if she was buried ....where?? would she need a full funeral etc??
My head is all over but i need to think of these things .
xxx
Hi, i am so sorry for your loss.
I lost my LO in january - i thought i was 17 weeks, but routine check up showed no heart beat and baby had died at 13-14 weeks. this was mon 9 jan.
we went in on the tuesday for oral medicationa and then went back on thurs 12th jan for internal medication, my baby was born at 8.45am on the thursday.
We decided against a PM and decided to have a cremation.
The hospital arranged everything for us, free of charge, with a local funeral director and the hospital chaplain. He came to see us at home and to talk about the service.
We had our cremation on mon 23 jan, just the hospital chaplain and me and my DH - it was the saddest and worst thing i have ever had to do, but the chaplain did a lovely service.
the funeral directors collected the ashes later that day and the chaplain collected these for us.
he then met us the next day at the babies` memorial garden at the hospital and he did another little service as he buried the ashes.
We now know exactly where our LO is, amongst other babies in a beautiful garden.
in july 09 i had a MMC at 8 weeks gestation, i had a D & C and we told hospital to deal with it for us and that was the end of it.
We never thought about this until we lost our LO this year. we then started to feel guilty about how we had dismissed our other one.
We mentioned this to the chaplain and during our service, he mentioned the other one we had lost - this then gave us some peace,
Although it was the worst thing we have ever experienced, i am so glad we did it. our LO has been laid to rest in alovely place and we can visit whenever we wish.
We were lucky that our hospital were so helpful as that made it easier for us.
It is not an easy thing to do, but i am so glad we did.
sending you lots of hugs.