Miscarriage; Honouring Your Baby

Miscarriage; Honouring Your Baby
Grieving after Miscarriage? Do you wish to Honour Your Baby? There are different ways you can individually choose to cherish and honour your little one.

Certificate for Your Baby
The Miscarriage Association advises that some hospitals provide a Certificate for Parents to mark what has happened. For many Parents, this is an important momento.

See A Certificate for Your Baby  
http://www.miscarriageassociation.org.uk/information/management-of-miscarriage/after-the-miscarriage/

Examples of Certificates for Your Baby include 
"In Memory of 
__________________

who was born sleeping

To ________________

On ________________

At ______ weeks gestation
     
             signed

_____________________"

See Creating Certificates 
http://www.miscarriageassociation.org.uk/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Creating-certificates.pdf

Bereaved Parents Assocation
You may wish to join a Bereaved Parents Association, such as 
http://www.bereavedparentsusa.org/

Honouring your Baby
There are many ways you can choose to Honour your Baby
http://www.pregnancyloss.info/honoring_your_baby.htm

Annual Remembrance Day
There is an Annual Remembrance Day on October 15th. On this day we Remember and Honour our Babies - Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day. There is a wonderful website - Remembering Our Babies
http://www.october15th.com/

Ceremony of Naming Your Baby
Many beautiful Ceremonies of Naming Your Baby are available. You can draw up your own individual Ceremony. The Archdiocese of Atlanta remembers their Infants with the luminous 'Ceremony and Commendation For An Infant Who Died Before Birth - Embrace' 
http://www.embracefamilies.com/wp-content/uploads/Naming-Cermony-English.pdf

What can I do to Honour the Baby I Miscarried?
Christiane Manzella, PhD, FT, explains that whether you do something privately or invite loved ones to join you, memorializing the baby you have lost can help you grieve and recover from your Miscarriage.
Private actions could include a memory box, journalling. 
Public actions could include creating a memorial, planting a garden in your child's memory.
If you chose a name for your child, dedicating a park bench or memorial brick in your child's name gives you a spot to visit. 
Donating to an organization in his or her name is another way of creating a remembrance in your baby's honour.
See http://seleni.org/advice-support/ask-an-expert/miscarriage-child-loss/what-can-i-do-to-honor-the-baby-i-miscarried

With thanks to Miscarriageassociation, Bereavedparentsusa, Pregnancyloss, October15th, embracefamilies and Seleni.