Religious Woman keeping Miscarried baby

[Jary08]

I wonder if anyone on here has heard about it?

On a forum im a member of, someone posted a thread on a woman who had had a miscarriage and kept the baby. Sorry i dont have the link but it showed pictures of her with the baby and her chilren holding it....i think the baby was about 4/5 months gestational age.

Basically, everyone was saying how disgusting and sick it was and thought it funny that they had put a little hat on the babys head. Now i know the woman will need professional help as she sounds very upset by this and i completely understand, as will some of you on here, but i couldnt believe how some commenters were being so horrible about it. It seemed no-one understood tht this would have been a very traumatic time for her.

I just wondered what you ladies think of it...if i find the link again ill post it.

[LittleBit310]

I did not see anything in there that said that she took the baby home. What I did see was a very upset mom saying goodbye to a baby. I aunt had several mc at about 5/6 months just like that lady and she held the the baby and counted the fingers and toes and she is just fine today with two healthy children. That was how she said goodbye to the angel that went back home.

[KellyA74]

It stays at a funeral home or in the hospital.

[Jary08]

I wish it would say what religion she was from too, but i think the need to keep the baby is due more to her loss and grief than anything else.


And keeping a dead person in your home is illegal in America? what about the day before a funeral? doesnt the coffin come home before its buried?

[KellyA74]

Regardless of the ethical and moral issues of this......Where is she from?  This isn't legal in the states....You can't keep a dead person in your home.

[Mumita]

Well call me crazy but I don't think its THAT bad as you guys are making it seem.  The baby lived for a short period of time after she miscarried, its not like she's going to flush the live baby down the toilet, or save it in a jar like in a science classroom. she as many would probably want to do is give the baby some confort on the few breaths that the baby will have outside of the womb.
Sorry if i'm being to crass but she is grieving the only way she wants to grieve on the loss of a child.  She probably put the hat on so it wouldn't get soooo cold on its last moments. These things don't affect your life so don't judge, I'm sure that other people will think that some things that you choose to do are as weird and disturbing.
I wouldn't want to have my other children there but she chose to let them meet their sibling for a few moments.

[tarrah87]

ok that is a little disturbing but sad baby must be younger than 4/5 months bc i had twins at 21 weeks and they were quite a bit bigger than that..... that's very sad but i due believe she needs some help.