When a tiny baby is born before its time, and is too fragile to survive,
usually during the second or early third trimester, there is still
birth of the baby.. A loss of this kind is huge for the grieving parents
to face, yet most of them still want to both see, and to hold, their
tiny little infants. It is a very special part of that grieving process,
of letting go of the dreams of what might have been..to hold and to
bond with their tiny little one.
What can be even harder is discovering that you have nothing to wrap or
dress your tiny loved one in, as nothing will fit ,or is appropriate for
the simplest of touches that are possible when holding, and saying
goodbye. And so to have your little one passed to you in a rough, or not
very attractive, piece of cloth only makes that awareness that much
sharper and more painful.
Babies are wrapped up in simple tiny blanket like piece of cloth that
most hospital provide. But if the hospital has them, a tiny little
quilt or blanket.... made for this purpose by volunteers... can be
wrapped around their little one for that holding, bonding, and saying
goodbye, time.....
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Michele Bilyeu blogs
With Heart and Hands as she shares a quilting journey through her life in Salem, Oregon and Douglas, Alaska. Sewing, quilting, and wildcrafting, with small format art quilts,
prayer flags, and
comfort quilts for a variety of charitable programs. And best of all, sharing thousands of links to
Free Quilt and Quilt Block Patterns Help us change the world, one little quilt at a time!
