Preparing babies in the mortuary

I crochet blankets and Angel gowns for my hospital’s NICU. It’s my way to honor one of my older sisters who was stillborn.

This has the most heartbreaking title ever. So sad.

My preemie baby who died, we had cremated because we didn’t know if we would always live where we lived (that was 28 years ago) and we have moved out of state twice. So… his ashes are with us 😊

I’m very much interested in changing my career path from surgical tech to work in mortuary science. Have attended autopsies and assisted. I’m actually a pretty morbid dude much like my surgeon boyfriend. However .. this is the one thing I find very very difficult to cope with . I just hate seeing anything innocent or small being harmed or not with us. I’ve stumbled upon these kind of autopsy videos by accident and it makes me very upset. Is this not the career for me or can I just get over it somehow? Much thanks lovelies! X

The most tragic funeral I've been to was a father and 2 kids died. It was back in the 90s. I don't remember what happened now its been so long. But I have never seen this before or since. Maybe you could discuss it on a video. All 3 were in the same casket. The Father was holding the baby and the younger one was laying against his side on their tummy. It really looked like they were all just laying down for a nap. I remember the wife was just inconsolable. I've never forgotten that one.

My late mother lost and prepared her 7children for their final rest at different intervals and every time i face challenges in life i come down and keep her courage in mind. Much respect and RIP sweet mother💚💚

Do you make sure the person you're putting the baby with wasn't a pervert in any way? I know it's not like they can hurt them. But I wouldn't want my dead child laying with a pervert regardless. Maybe something to think of. Maybe just leave them with their stuffed animal. To me that's just as good.

I dont know if i like the thought of laying the baby with another body i can understand her mortif why but id feel little uncomfortable about it. Id prefer my baby to be laid next to another baby.

Why? This post? To make money on people's sorrow, if this is your profession do not advertise it, because it is not a circus, it's private

I would be honored to spend my last moments before cremation with a baby one last time. I think that is beautiful that they dont leave them alone.

I knew someone who talked about being a mortuary. I said, yeah ...but could you work with the kids and babies? She said, oh I didn't think about that. I couldn't do it either. My stepfather dug graves for years, but he refused to dig baby graves. He would send someone else to dig it by hand. Work the funeral and cover the grave. Because of him digging graves all of those years I got to know a lot of other people who worked for grave services or funeral homes. I wouldn't mind working in a funeral home just as long as I didn't have to work with the bodies. I wouldn't mind helping the families thoughs. Less stressful things.

If I was a mortician children and babies would be hard to prepare for burial.

😢😢😢😢 babies

I wish I had your accent!

I was a teenage runaway, five months pregnant and alone when I went into premature labor.

A kind woman found me huddled between two houses, crying. She took me into her home and delivered my little boy. I named him Jeremy. She wrapped his tiny body in a blue towel and took him away. I saw his little foot move as she turned away with him in her arms.
She came back a half hour later. She sat down on the bed and told me that Jeremy had gone to join the angels. She had placed him in a shoe box and buried him in her yard.
She held me until I had no more tears to cry.
My Daddy found me not long after and took me home. He took me to a kind doctor. If Daddy knew about Jeremy, he never asked.
I do not know where my son lies but I know where he is and
that I will see him ome day soon.

Thank you for this. My grandbaby died at 29 days. I’m thankful for the respect

I love that you use baby products and diapers, and especially that you don’t put them by themselves!! Thank you!!

You two are really pretty

As a person who worked in a casket company, it was hard to deal with the baby casket. I was always more careful when dealing with these little caskets. God bless them!

No se porque están felices esto tan triste

I worked in labour ward and caught the NICU babies. Some parents did not want to see or name their deformed or dead babies. If the babies lived for a short time and parents wanted nothing to do with them, we used to Christen/ Baptise them with Holy Water before death, only believers could perform this.
Babies were treated with so much respect after death, they were bathed and dressed, swaddled and carried to the Mortuary where they were also treated very gently and respectfully.

My grandson was born in May and only lived for 5hrs, it's a heart wrenching situation 😢😢😢 he was such a beautiful baby ❤❤❤

Thank you so much for your care. I so wish my son had been treated this way…I have no photo due to the inadequacies of the nurses and hospital!

Why bother? They’re DEAD this is ridiculous

Very Beautiful ❤ What important work you do 👏 Thank You 🙏

Aww that's cute the babies aren't alone😢

I NEVER EXPERIENCED A BABY LOST.ALMOST DID MY DAUGHTER CORD ALMOST CUT OFF HER OXYGEN SUPPLY. COUPLE HOURS IN NICU SHE WAS FINE.SHE 7 NOW WE ARE SO GRATEFUL I COULD NOT IMAGINE😢

I think it’s absolutely beautiful that you place the baby next to an adult so they are not alone. I use to find it sad to see a small baby alone on a big tray

Thank you for you most crucial work. And also the kindness you show the family and the baby.

So caring and such compassion shown towards the babies..... am so happy to hear babies are carried out in someone's arms

I helped prepare my grandson for one of the days of his funeral…he was stillborn…I held him…told him about our family…sang to him…read him my favorite childrens story…I even spent the night wit him…it was a beautiful experience I think

That is really sweet you place the littles with some one.

Its not like that.n😢

My 6 month old granddaughter passed just 1 pound shy of coming home...she was a premie with DS and a heart defect that had been repaired...a sick nurse spread a virus. One of her twin brothers was a stillborn at birth. My daughter and SIL have been through so much loss. Her skin color at viewing was very dusky/dark/ashy so I'm not sure if the embalming was the cause or the 3 week delay to the viewing but it was obvious. She was also somewhat swollen. I would say the grief made it tolerable but not a good job.

Bless y'all heart for what you do.

My godfather was a funeral director. I used to romp around the home at 6. I made angel gowns, and my family thought it was weird. But somebody has to do it.

Why I couldn’t see my baby in the coffin

We buried our 2.5 yr old over 40 years ago. The mortician did a wonderful job. You all do great work. ❤

My sweet baby was born at 24 weeks. My husband worked for the funeral home. I was so lucky to be able transport her to the funeral home, my husband was able to dress her. It was nice and comforting.

My bay born 34 weeks gestation didnt make it, funeral home did very good job. I think about it every day 😢

My younger brother was missing for 4 months, until I saw a news report that someone found human remains .In my gut I knew it was him and I was right. He was in his 40’s this was last year and it is still so hard. I was asked to attend a baby’s funeral 10 days ago but it really hit me hard and I just couldn’t attend. I pray that things will get easier maybe I expect too much of myself and just need time 🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻😢

I wanted to be a mortician until I became a mom. I don't know how I'd react to babies so I don't think I'd be a good mortician. Otherwise, the dead don't bother me.

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In Call the Midwife show,they always showed babies were put in with adults.

It takes a special person. And I do not have the heart to do it. Makes me cry just watching. I cried when I lost my parents & Im so thankful someone did that for us.

Thank you for normalizing this topic. We need to discuss death much more

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This is a really beautiful post and I am so moved that you would be so kind and respectful to keep a baby with another person despite them dying alone 😞 this had never occurred to me and frankly I think this is an incredible gesture 😞💙 one of the hardest things I ever had to do as a trainee nurse (we are talking 30 years ago) was being taken down to the morgue by a senior nurse and dressing a baby to be viewed by a family, it was heartbreaking and I remember to this day the physical things we had to hide (in the end though I think she looked beautiful 😞☺️💙) I was 18

Everytime I have to pick up a baby, I hold them our entire transportation. I may not be their mum, but atleast they get a mummy's touch on their way to the funeral home

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