Suggestions for the time that you have your baby with you
- Tell your baby that you love them
- Hold your baby's hand
- Kiss your baby's cheek
- Unwrap your baby to see his, or her whole body
- Give your baby a bath
- Think about allowing family members to come and see your baby
- Take your baby outside to let the sun kiss and warm their skin
- Take hand and foot prints, not just one set but two or three
- Take many photos
- Have your photo taken holding your baby
- Take video footage
- If possible take a lock of hair
- Keep one of their blankets
- Write a description of your baby's features
- Write down their story
- Release some helium balloons with a letter attached
- Have someone take photos the memorial service
- Contact Carly and Sam at "To Write Their Names In The Sand"
- Contact Sarah and Richard at Only say it with Flowers
- Keep a journal
- Start an online blog
- Send a sympathy card
- Send flowers
- Cook a meal for the family
- Take some groceries to their home
- If they already have children offer to babysit
- Press flowers that have bloomed on the day of the baby's birth
- Support them in every possible way if they are going through this loss by themselves. If the case is that they are single and do not have a partner, organize for them to have someone close stay with them when they arrive home from hospital
- Take your last pregnancy photo's in a beautiful place, for instance, outside in a garden
- Burn a special candle
- Take photos with your family
- Write a letter to your baby
- Contact "Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep."
- Contact Australian Charity of Child Photographers
- Choose a name for your baby
- Look into arranging moldings for their hands and feet
- Start a blog for support