What have you done in memory of your angel baby?

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They are being cremated and we'll have their ashes, and I'll also be getting a tattoo, but I feel like I need to DO something. If that makes sense? Like for example, I love the idea of planting a tree, and maybe we'll do that in the spring, on what would have been their due date. But I'm not sure. I know if the tree died, that would destroy me and this house is probably not going to be our forever home, so we would have to move away from the tree. I won't release balloons, lanrerns, or anything else like that.

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I had a few miscarriages and got a birth flower T-shirt with my son's birth months and 3 babies breath flowers to represent the miscarriages. I also got a rainbow on my mama necklace to represent that my babies are rainbow babies (born after loss). You could also get a necklace with the birth month gemstone for either the month they were due or the month you lost them. If you got hand or feet prints, you could have that made into jewelry or an art print out. Etsy would be a good place to look.
So incredibly sorry for your loss 💔

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Does it have to be a tree? What about a big potted plant. Something that can stay with you when you move one day. You could decore the pot with the letter of their name or something. When my first dog died i was devastated. I took her collar and her batman halloween costume and put it on a stuffed teddy bear. My daisy bear. Having it close helped me grieve.

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what about making an epoxy/resin mold? you can put flowers, pictures, ashes, literally anything with meaning into them and they’re not super hard to make! I’m making one for my grandma

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I never had a body to do anything with. No pregnancy test. No ulrasound. Absolutely nothing. I didn't know I was pregnant until the baby was gone and I was in the hospital hemorrhaging. We both got tattoos, did a tree and it died (I wasn't shocked since it's hard to grow trees here), we do a birthday celebration just us every year, a due date celebration, my husband has had art work made for our baby, we both write letters, we have a custom lantern from etsy we light when we miss our baby, a resin heart with an anatomically correct baby the size our baby was, and more. My mom made us a beautiful pillow in remembrance of our baby and checks on me each of our baby's birthdays. Our kids know they have a sibling in heaven, but they're only 3 and 22 months so they don't understand. Our oldest just knows she gets to eat cake. I'm planning another tattoo and so is my husband. We also have more art we'd like to get. The art we get is small enough to go in an album if we choose.

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I donated the building of a water well to a rural area in his name. I like to believe that he is happy every time someone benefits from it.

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I am so incredibly sorry you are going through this. 💕 
Give yourself time and don’t feel like you have to do it right now (unless, of course, that is what you feel you need). 
Hugs your way!

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That’s how my plant collection started, a recent miscarriage. I wanted a vining plant I could take care of and watch grow. It has grown so much since I’ve gotten it. Instead of planting a tree outside, in the event you do move and can’t take it with you, there are options you can get for trees indoors. A couple indoor options would be a bonsai tree, fiddle leaf fig or even a ficus rubber plant/tree. The ficus rubber tree is one of my favorite house plants. I have enjoyed it so much I had gotten two more. Depending on which kind depends on how fast they grow but my burgundy ficus has been a fast grower with lots of sunlight.