In memory of 3 babies

Hello and thanks in advance for your help. I recently had 3 miscarriages and I thought that the best way to remember my babies is to have a tattoo in their memory. I am thinking about this for months now but I cant think of something that would be apropriate. It's gonna be either on my foot (close to ankle) or on my shoulder. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated

I have been in the same suitation. I am sorry to hear about your loss. I wanted connecting hearts going down my back (sholder) with my childrens names in them. On the heart at the top with the child i lost I was thinking of adding angel wings.

I would find an artist whos style you like and have them design a tattoo for you. We represent some world class tattoo artists in CT. Check out our list of custom tattoo artists and email some with your ideas about what the experiance means to you. They will draw up a custom design for you. In paticular, check out Nick Baxters work (although some of it is pretty graphic), Lou Jacques, Julio Rodriquez, Tim Harris, jeese, there are lots of great artists in CT, I didnt mean to leave anyone out. I am very sorry to hear about your loss, you deserve the best tattoo possible.

How about 3 cherub's on your shoulder,with DNA strands sort of swirling around the cherub's..Make sure u just don't go to the closest shop..Do some research,and traveling,it will be well worth it..check out Murray,at www.myspace.com/murrwolf Click on view more pics,and u can see some examples of his work..He works at sailors and saints tattoo,in Waterbury..And Tim Harris is good..www.abatattoos.com The crew at hopegallerytattoo.com And Larry Davis,and Orrin Hurley are really good..the shop is in Nyack,NY..It's called Vanguard Tattoo..I don't know of any good artists in Norwalk,or right near your town..

Thank you all very much. I found a couple artists and e-mailed them so I'll see what's gonna happen :) You've been a great help

You know the final concept is really going to be up to you and the advice you've been given is the best...just the first thing that came to my mind was as simple as three little dots somewhere that you can see them....sometimes less is more. Very sorry for your loss.

I have experienced three miscarriages myself. I have also decided that I want a tattoo to remember my babies. I thought about getting three angel babies with the dates on each miscarriage underneath them. i have not decided for sure what I want yet. I am so sorry and know exactly how you feel. For me the tattoo will give me a memorial because with a miscarriage you are carrying a precious life and then all of sudden its gone with nothing left.

I lost my son at 22 weeks gestation. It was a HORRIBLE tragedy. I remembered him with a japanese symbol for baby..his name is underneath that. I was fortunate to have pictures of my son and his feet print. I am currently having an artist develop the feet print, so over time they will not blend to a blob. Those will be tat on my chest over my heart. My other tat of Kaleb is in the small of my back. I am having angel wings added with a halo to my symbol. I am sooo sorry for your losses. J

Hi. I am currently going through my 4th miscarriage (the last 3 have been within the last 6 months). I don't have any children. I was thinking of putting a simple flower of some sort with four petals falling down close to my heart. I am starting to do research on what tattoos are symbolic of grief without being obvious. I will let you know if I find anything interesting. My heart hurts for you, and you will be in my thoughts. : ) K

Hi, I have sufferd 10 miscarraiges and the lose of one twin at 5 months and understand how you are feeling and soo sorry for your loses. I was wanting a tattoo to represent my living and deceased children and decided on the celtic heart for motherhood. This is a really awesome tattoo as you represent each child with a dot either around the outside or on the inside. Good luck for the future and god bless. Angela

i know my mom put my brothers and my name on her ankle like an anklet, it looks really cute but if you don't want people to see it very much i would suggest putting them on you shoulder blades. i know this is really none of my buisness but i have to ask, if you get them tattooed onto you are you really going to be able to let them go?

My ex-fiance' had a miscarraige a little over a year ago. It was really a whirlwind of hurt and confusion. It was going to be my first and I can still remember the day she called me at work and told me that she lost the baby.... I am in the process of getting a lot of work done on my arms and one of the things I am having done is on my biceps a tattoo of a fetus in a womb so I can always hold my baby.... that is just the idea that I came up with that seemed appropriate to me. Hope that sparks some ideas on an otherwise sad subject......J

This just breaks my heart. As a dad of 2 little girls, I can't imagine. If I can think of anything good, I'll throw down.

If you do an image search for Trinity symbols, you are going to get some really beautiful shapes representing 3. Maybe 3 roses, 3 hearts, 3 angels could all be worked into this type of shape with their names. But I would say a great way to look at it is even though they were never born, I'd focus on the joy and happiness that those 3 little souls would have brought instead of doing something that memorializes their loss. They are real, with names, personalities, etc., just never born. Called back home before their trip. Who knows why... so whatever you come up with maybe a great thing to do would be to pick 3 of an image that reminds you of them standing right there with you smiling and supporting you, because they probably are!

This would be a more extensive tattoo but picture this... A flower seen to be blowing in a gentle wind with 3 petals floating down and the petals morphing into misty gotta look for little cherubs done in very soft pastels....this idea has many possibilities....TAz

YEAH MAN! THAT WOULD BE BEAUTIFUL!!!!

I've been searching the internet in search of examples of tatoos on the same topic. I've lost two babies, one girl and one boy, via miscarriages. Through my search I've come up with two ideas... 1) Heading "In God's Hands", a picture of hands, cupped together, then the original had a baby sitting in His hands, my idea is to have two crosses, one blue, and one pink. 2) Angel wings pointing out to the sides, flying wings (not up and down) with two halos in the middle, one pink, one blue. I'd like this one across my lower back. I'm favoring this one. I'd like to go the a tatoo artist and ask for them to design something for me given those ideas. Anyways, there are my two ideas. Good luck in your search. Good luck with having a successful pregnancy also. Keep believing!

My wife and I lost a lil girl at 8 1/2 months gestation about 2 years ago. That was one of the hardest times we've ever had. My wife is going for some foot prints to symbolize each of our kids one living one gone. She already got a cherub on the shoulder but the asswipe proscratcher fucked it up and the fact that it's wrong ruined the meaning. I got a tribal with her initial done inside it and am now going to expand the tat to add my new daughter's initial. All I would suggest is like someone wrote above research your artist and research him/her over. The tattoo is a great memorial and a memorial is definately a tattoo that if fucked up can set you some deep hate for a shitty tattoo artist. Good Luck

the best tattoo would be three angels or a rose with three petals dropping

I just lost a baby last Valentine's Day. She was 7 weeks old. She passed away from a metabolism disorder. I just had another baby this past May. Right now she's in the Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia. The doctors dont think she's gonna make it. she was affected with the same disorder my other daughter was affected with. just this morning, my daughter stopped breathing, but they got her breathing again. so right now, i pretty much gotta plan for another baby's funeral :( but i have been thinking about getting my 2nd daughters name on me, but i dont know where or what i want it as. my first daughters name and a cross and the day she was born and the day she passed is on my left leg. i'm gonna go back and get angel wings around it with a ray of sun shining through it. but i dont know what to get of my 2nd daughter. any suggestions??

These have all been beautiful suggestions. My neighbor across the street lost her first pregnacy at 3 1/2 months. They are they same age as me and my wife, just reversed. She got a cute dragon for her zodiac sign and a bumble bee the was drawn to look like a child did it on its nose to symbolize the lost child. She wanted it to mean something to her and didn't want anyone who saw it to know the true meaning.

I am so sorry for you moms who have lost babies. My son just turned one, and I couldn't imagine a life without him. My condolences sincerely.

I am having a tattoo done today to remember two babies I have lost. I'm thinking about an angel releasing two butterflies, and then their names and dates underneath.

A Mother is GOD to a child. Thoughts for all the Mothers out there who suffer the loss of a child.

my mam recently had a miscarriage, im gettin the babys name on my forearm wit de wings of an angel....and wen de photos of the baby come tru im gettin the babys face on my chest over my heart as my own remembrance of my brother/sister.....hope everythin works out for you!!!!

I had a full term stillbirth 3 years ago (a boy) and have since had two living sons. I'm also looking for a tattoo that would incorporate all three of my boys.

I had a full term stillbirth 3 years ago (a boy) and have since had two living sons. I'm also looking for a tattoo that would incorporate all three of my boys.

I am so sorry for everyone here who has been through the hell of losing a child.I have one living son and two others who didn't make it past the 5th month and I'm also looking for a tattoo that includes them all. My husband wants to get a cross that takes up his entire back,but he's still looking for a way to incorporate our boys' names and mine as well,along with dates.He's an awesome artist(not tattoo),so he could draw it once the idea comes to him,but so far nothing.I'll be checking this board off and on to see if any of you have a good idea you wanna share.

I am only 17 and had an unexpected pregnancy happen, It caught my whole family by suprise and they didnt see it as a good thing. 2 and a half months into my pregnancy my family finally came around and everyone was excited,,. my boyfriend and I would argue over boy or girl and what kind of person baby would be. Then we went for my first ultrasound and everything was perfect and we got to see and hear babys heartbeat. Six hours after that I was addmitted to the hospital because I was having sivere cramps and bleeding. I lost my baby the next day and It hurt me more than anything iv ever been hurt by, something so precious and special was taken away from me just like that. I dont know how you went thru three of those, i cry alot but i think everything happens for a reason and a tatty is an awesome way to just have it with you kinda thing i was thinking of getting a simple fusion of colors (my favorite and my boyfriends favorite and the color they make together) to sho parts of us combined and then either just a fancy heart ontop of the colors or any other symbol, also it could be neat to have the colors look they were crayoned by a child it would be cute, good luck for your next try if thats what your planning and im not going to say sorry for your losses because i hated when ppl said that to me for some reason i dont see the babys as losses, the can give so much learning and love even if they are only with you a few months

I had a miscarriage a year ago, lost at 9 weeks. I was thinking of having a Phoenix on my shoulder or stomach with a single tear drop shaded yellow and possibly the date in small text inside the bubble.

If you look up the meaning of colored ribbons there is a blue and pink ribbon that symbolizes miscarriage. Hope you find the right one.

I know how it is to miscarry. I lost one in 2005. my husband has a tattoo that is in memory of the one we lost. http://photo.xanga.com/RaymeeJean/35b9167170273/photo.html I am getting ready to get one myself. go check out Kat Von D's work. She did a piece on Miami Ink for a couple who lost one a few hours after it's birth. She is on LA Ink now but you can look at her pics on TLC.com I hope you find just what you want and don't settle for less. Remember it's forever and just remember that just because Heaven Couldn't Wait for your children doesn't mean that you can't wait until the right design finds you and trust me, it will find you. [email removed]

I know the OP has probably already gotten her tattoo by now, but I thought this post deserves as many answers as possible. I stumbled across it when looking for miscarriage tattoos, so I know others will as well. I have also had three losses and have been considering a tattoo for a while now. I have wanted a tattoo for about five years and had been thinking about a small red heart on my back hip. Because of the losses, this plan has changed a bit. I have decided to stick with the red heart but I'll add three "holes" to the heart. I'm still not sure exactly how I want this to look, but I've found my tattoo artist and will discuss it with them to decide on the best look.

I myself just lost my son at 8 months pregnant, just a little under one month ago today. I't is the most devestating and tragic thing that could ever happen to a mother or father. I am already thinking of getting a tattoo to remember him by. Im still a mommy even if i dont have anything to mother. I'm not sure what i want to get though either. I did hear that they could put andrew's ashes into the ink, is this true? Is it safe and how does it affect the healing process or colors if i could put his ashes in the ink then i could get something as simple as a star and always know why the star is there and what it means by the way i really feel for those who have lost its horrible

I've been through a couple surgeries in the past 6 months for ectopic pregnancies and the pain is sooo real. Nobody will understand unless they have lost a child. I was thinking 3 little angels with wings telling secrets and one pointing up to heaven would look cute. And if you change your mind about getting a tattoo then I would strongly recommend getting acupuncture, even if you do get a tattoo get some acupuncture anyway. It will prepare you for the next one and help get the reproductive organs working properly. It has helped me in ways I can't explain! Hang in there and keep your head up. With my deepest sympathy, Leslie

Thankyou so much i have been trying to find the picture of kats work holding the baby in the hands for months now i myself lost my baby in april o7 it would have been my first i saw the tat kat done on miami ink show and decided than thats what i wanted i just had to get the pic for my local tattoist im booked in thursday the 25th. I also am having trouble getting over it although yesterday i was in a car accident i was driving and a car failed the stop sign and hit me my family belives i lost my baby at 8wks for a reason as i would of been 8 months yesterday and who knows what would of happen if i was still preg. my heart goes out to all of you .

My wife and I just recently went through our third miscarriage March 26, 2007. She was five months along. Our first two didn't make it to seven weeks about seven years ago. On my back arms I have one baby angel sleeping on a crescent moon and on the other a baby angel drinking a bottle on a cloud. For my son I am going to get his last sonogram (which was on my birthday) and put his first and middle name written in toy blocks. We plan to try one more time next year, if you decide to try again we wish you all the blesssings in the world.

i was just reading through and wanted you to know that you are not alone in this world. I lost my son at 19 days old. He never left the hospital with me. It was a genetic disorder that unfortunately they have no cure for. I had to let my son go and get rest. God has him now and that is what helps me throught the pain. I am looking for just the right tattoo for him and havent found it yet. Im 25 live in florida and it would be nice if i had some great ideas to help me as well. wish you the best and im praying for you.

I found this thread on a search as i am trying to figure out another tattoo for myself. i lost my baby at 4 months. the hardest thing i have had ot live with. the tattoo i just got is the egyptian knot of isis. i wanted to name her isis. and also. it represents strength. and that is what i need as i see around me many friends having children. though i am 19, i know i have plenty of time. its still hard to deal with.

Hi everyone...so sorry on your losses...perhaps i can help out with an idea...When my daughter Emily died from SIDS, i had 2 other children remaining, a 8 yr old boy and a 18 mos daughter...Gardenias have always been my favourite flower, so I placed 3 in her casket...for my 3 kids....I had a tattoo on my back of 3 gardenias, joined with a nice vine...important to me that they were connected and a butterly above the flowers...It looks pretty, but the meaning to me is what is important....My heart goes out to anyone who is looking for ways to honour a child they have lost...Peace.

Hi everyone...so sorry on your losses...perhaps i can help out with an idea...When my daughter Emily died from SIDS, i had 2 other children remaining, a 8 yr old boy and a 18 mos daughter...Gardenias have always been my favourite flower, so I placed 3 in her casket...for my 3 kids....I had a tattoo on my back of 3 gardenias, joined with a nice vine...important to me that they were connected and a butterly above the flowers...It looks pretty, but the meaning to me is what is important....My heart goes out to anyone who is looking for ways to honour a child they have lost...Peace.

I know where you're coming from. I had two miscarriages last year and one this year. I got my first tattoo for the first child i lost. It's a heart with wings and a halo and it's below my belly button, i figured it was a good place since it was close to where the babies were. Hope this helped.

Here is my idea. I hope someone will see it, and like it, or give them an idea for one. What about a shooting star with a tail. Symbolizing going straight up, like to heaven. In the tail streams you could put the name, date, anything u would like. Maybe even a saying in it. And for the ones who have lost a few loved ones you could add to the tail. Making it wider for the space you would need. And for some who will lose more loved ones with time, you could always add the tail being wider later in time. I'm sorry for your losses.

I came across this thread while searching for my tattoo. I plan on getting two sparrows on either shoulders. I am still looking for the correct ones. I had 2 miscarriages last year in 6 months and have been planning to get one for a while now. That is what i came up with. i wish all of you the best who have gone through/are going through this. I still have not been able to get pregnant again since. God bless

I also lost my first child due to miscarriage. My son was my everything and I am wanting to get a small, discrete tattoo of either angel wings or his name but am having a hard time finding a design that I like. If anyone could help, it would be greatly appreciated. -Bridget

All.. I wanted to let all the people who have posted on here about how brave you all are. My wife and I lost our baby at 7 weeks last year, and as those of you who have been through such an experience, it is the most devestating thing to ever have happen. Janet Jackson's song "you dont know what you've got till its gone" fills me with emotion as i think of our loss. You all had me in tears as i read through this thread looking for inspiration on how to remember our baby who moved on too soon. My wife is 7 weeks pregnant again, and so we are having a truely nervous few weeks, but assuming that all goes well, i am planning to have stars done for my wife and baby, and a shooting star for the baby we lost. Hugs to all the people out there who have lost, and strength to those who are going through this now. Peace to you all Nick

I just had a DNC today for my 17 week old baby (in untero)... I actually had twins, but one must have passed earlier and was absorbed. It is the worse feeling in the world, to go and expect to find out the sexes of your twins, and not only is there only one there, but he died the week prior. I am so devistated, and crying while i type this. But my idea is to have my husbands deceased mother cradling my unborn child in heaven, with the date of the dnc under. Probably going to use my "tax stimulis" check for this. Good luck and deepest condolences to everyones loss.

Wow I came on line searching for tattoo ideas to remember my baby girls and I read your stories. My boyfriend and I miscarried twin girls at 5 months last August. It doesn't really get in any easier with time does it. You remember every detail of the pregnancy and the moment that your life came unravelled. It makes you crazy with sorrow but you never want to let go of it because thats all you have. As a mother you are literally empty and you can't help but think if only i had done something diferently they'd be here. You look at other children and you wonder what your's would have looked like. You hear pregnant women complain about being big and uncomfortable and you want to shake them and tell them how blessed they are. Thank you for your stories I am so sorry for your loses I hope we all find exactaly what we're looking for to keep our babies alieve forever in our hearts

I lost two babies. I am convinced they were girls (no idea why), so I named them, Charity and Hope. I want to get the Japanese symbols for their names and some cherry blossoms for them. Cherry blossom is a very delicate flower that blooms for a very short time. For the Japanese this represents the transience of life. This concept ties in very deeply with the fundamental teachings of Buddhism that state all life is suffering and transitory. It seemed appropriate for me at least. I hope you find something that speaks to you.

Im sorry to hear of your babie's passing. I was 6 weeks and 6 days along last month when I was rushed to the ER because I had a tubular pregnacy and didnt know it, well it burst. And I was almost, along with my baby. Before they rushed me to sugery they took the first picture of our baby for us, so from that my Fience and I are planning our matching tattoos right now. An outline of the baby sitting on clouds (as it looks in the picture), blank inside , with wings in light color, with a beatiful sun rise above the clowds, and a dark star night below. Hope your tattoo helps you feel better about missing them.

My husband and I lost one child at 9 months old. He never came home from the hospital. He was born pre-mature and his lungs never developed. Six days after his death my daughter was born. We now have a 4 year old daughter and a almost 2 year old son. My husband and I are looking to get a tatoo to remember our son by. He passed away in January so we were thinking something about January. Any idea?

I am so sorry to hear of all of your losses. I lost a baby at full term six years ago. Time has healed some of the pain. I still think of her everyday. I have a daughter who is turning 18 this week and she wants a tattoo for her b-day. She is getting angel wings on her back with her sisters name (Justice) on top. So I decided to get one with her. I am getting her name in pink and little angel wings below it on my chest close to my heart. I had a miscarriage after that loss, but a year later had a beautiful little girl she is almost 4. My advice to all of you is to keep trying, and to stay strong, seek counselling and pray. God bless all of you

Look lady! Tatoos suck! Who'd want one? I know I don't! The only tattoo I'd have is a removable one or one with pen ink!

A sweet and simple setimental tattoo might be something like a female angel holding an infant, possibly you might want to add your baby's name underneath in a nice font, personally I like traditional Italian scripture. I hope that my idea help you, and I would like to offer my deepest sympathy and warmest wighes that you, and all the mother's out there who've had miscariages, will soon have beautiful, full-term healthy babies! Keep holding on! God Bless!

I lost a baby about a year ago and I still cry about it today it has been so hard for me to move on and I thought a tattoo might help with the healing process. I'm not religious so angles and crosses wouldn't be for me I'm looking for something that would incorporate my living disabled daughter and the baby that I lost.

I have had 3 mc too, and I have 1 angel flyng on wings and 3 stars with the birthstone color for each 1 of my babies, I don't want to be negative but if I loose babies I can add more stars....so sorry for your lost.

well we are not alone, are we? I had a beautiful healthy baby girl and lost her to SIDS after 12 days. There is nothing worse. Her 3rd birthday is comming and i have not stopped searching for the right tatoo. i have learned that i want to make it as positive as i can. i wnt to remeber her in life, i just cant look at my body (art) and cry for the rest if my life. I want wings and a heart, i like the hole in the heart idea, i wanted an angel carryn an infant up to heaven with her bithday and angel date and in the arms if the angels but i cant find anyone to draw if how i like it. any ideas in south florida? i feel your pain, all of you, i always thought there was a reason for everything until i was robbed of my perfect baby girl. RIP Ela! I miss you!

I too have lost a baby to a miscarriage so I am getting a butterfly with a ribbon wrapped around it and each of my kids name aswell as the name of the baby we lost printed on the ribbon. Sorry about your loss hope this helps

Hi I have just recently had twins at 24 weeks gestation and unfortunately one died at a day old and the second at 5 weeks. A friend of ours has just done a tattoo on my my husbands back. each one has their full name at the top,underneath he has their life size (exact print) of their hands, then feet and underneath that it has their date of birth to date of death. My friend is in the process of designing mine. Mine is going to have something very similar with an angel in it. I am sorry ot hear to all of you of your loses.

My husband and I have had two miscarriages in the last two years. It is definitely the most emotionally draining and hardest time of my life, but there was also a lot of joy and growth in the process of healing. I have wanted a tattoo for a while now and had decided on exactly what I wanted until a few days ago. I turn 30 on the 10th of April and want to get my tats done then. I want something to symbolize the two babies we lost, but I don't want it to be glaringly obvious. I think I'm going to use two small Forget-Me-Not flowers on my foot.

Last year i had two miscarriages, and not a day goes by that i dont think what if? They were both early, at five weeks the first time, and seven weeks the second time. I have become convinced through dreams i had that i was carrying a boy the first time and a girl the second time. I plan on getting a heart with butterfly wings around it and inside the heart i am going to put the hope ribbon for child/infant loss awareness. Underneath im going to put the words "Too beautiful for earth" from a poem about an angel writing a babies name in the book of life. I wish all of you luck in conceiving and carrying a full term healthy baby and then raising that child to become an adult. I know how it feels to wonder why you cant do something so many women can do. you feel defective almost, and the empty feeling that never goes away isnt something i would wish on anyone. And for all of you fathers looking for ways to memorialize your children forever, i applaud your strength. I hope that all of us can focus more on the joy of having them with us for even that short time. The pain and emptiness will never go away but the thought that we will be reunited with them again someday is a small comfort. Good luck to you all!

I will re-iterate, I am sorry for everyone's loss who posted. My wife and I just lost a set of identical twins at just over 3 months gestational. I will be getting a tattoo very soon to memorialize the loss. It has been very difficult over the last 3 days. I was thinking of getting chinese or japanese symbols on my calf. Or the gemini symbol somewhere else. Not sure. I have noticed most of the posts are for women.....or for tattoos more appropriate for women. If anyone has some other ideas please let me know. Thank you, Mike from MD

hey everyone, i just wanted to say ur not alone. i just lost my baby on april 29 i was 18 weeks. this was my third try. my first two was 2yrs. ago. this was the hardest one though cuz we actually got to hear his heart beat and see an ultrasound. i had to deliver him then go to surgery because my afterbirth wouldn't come out. i was in the hospital for 4 days, my husband took it so hard he wouldn't even stay with me at the hospital. i got footprints,and pictures. i even got to hold him. we named him colin ray pierce, colin means young cub and ray means royal. anyway we r getting matching tatts of footprints with his name and date of birth around them. also i wanted everyone to know if u r having multiple miscarriages u should research causes ur self don't just trust ur doc cuz there could be something more to it. like i was told about endometriosis, now i'm having some test run, because alot of the symptoms match me but it is only detectable through surgery.

Hello everyone, i want to let everyone know that i feel everones pain and cry as i read these. We can all relate in some way or another. I too lost my 4 month old baby. Her name was Shayla and she was born with a genetic disorder cal SMA. Spinal Muscular Atrophy. All the nerves in her spine were dying, she couldnt move her legs very well or her head. we didnt find the out until she was 1 months old and has test done. We were always in and out of the hospital and one day it came down to an emergency rush to the childrens hospital. we stayed there about 1 week and had a seriouse meeting with the doctors and decided what was best for her. At this point she had a breathing machine and was giving morphine several times a day to keep her happy. Now she is my guardian angel! Every day passes min. by min. I Think about her several times a day.I am currently trying to find the best tattoo for this and i am still on that journey. I am sooooo sorry to everyone that goes through something like this. Please everyone keep ur head up, were here through this together.

i sold my baby. i wanna get a tattoo to remember that. any ideas? something with a dollar sign, maybe....

my ex's girlfriend recently fell down the stairs and lost her child and he we went to get him a tattoo today on the inside of his forearm it is a baby angel flying towards his hand with a ribon coming out of its mouth goin down his arm sayin in memory of faith its really good

i hacked 3 2 year olds to death with a hardened banana peel. any ideas for a tattoo for that?

My heart goes out to all of u who hve lost a child or children. I lost my 2 year old daughter Selena 10-25-04 to a devastating house fire. I suffered 3rd degree burns due to walkn thru the fire attemptn to save her but I failed due to a backdraft explosion that threw me outta the room. My 2 sons n I were forced to listen to her cry n scream for mommy cuz the firefighters wuldnt let me back in n there was nuthn else we culd do. I culdnt decide wat tat 2 do for Selena so my whole left arm is dedicated to her. I have currently 17 tats on that arm in memory of my daughter right along with all the burn scars. No matter wat u do, the memories will always be there for ya, just cherish the good ones. U never know wat u got till its gone. God Bless

Everyone, there's gotta b sum kinda appology for this NOZ character, everyone on here is pourn their heart out w their grief n he wants to try n thnk he bn funny. So ignore his stupidity n dnt let it ruin ur days cuz he is obviously hvn a bad day. God Bless

i am so glad this thread had continued for all these years, despite some hurtful negative comments. i did a google search for tattoos to remember babies and this thread came up. it is so inspirational to see so many people who dont know each other at all connect in support of each other. i 1st miscarried almost 4 years ago. i am convinced the baby was a girl, though i never found out. i have a 19 month old daughter now who was supposed to have a twin brother. at first i thought a tattoo was a superficial way to remember them, but now i feel that if i want a tattoo in general it should be of the most meaningful thing in the world to me: my babies. i call my daughter my lady bug so i want a ladybug tattoo for her, but i cant think of what i want for the 2 i lost. i know i would like them to incorporate love and nature. good luck to all of you and keep the love of our children alive

I was in a slightly different situtaion, after years of being told i couldnt have children, my partner and i fell pregnant. We are both young (early 20s) and were very much inlove. I suffer many medical conditions, one of which is polycystic overian syndrome - which stopped my period since i was 17. Subsequenlty I had no idea I was pregnant until my breasts began to hurt. I took a pregnancy test and to be honest - freaked out. I was scared more then anything - I had been sick for a few weeks and had had multipal Xrays, MRIs and CT scans. I also suffer from a seriosu blood clotting disorder and I am supposed to self inject blood thinners for 6 months before I fall pregnant and for 6 months after delivery. I had not been doing this, because we were not trying for a baby, infact, I had jsut been cleared for international adoption! I feared the worst, and my family and I went to the GP. He told me the situation and asked me what i wanted to do. Basically, I was looking at a child that would be very very ill. If it survived to the 9th month, chances are that both myself and he/she would die. If by Gods hand we boith lived, we would be looking at a child that would have a very high chance of spinabifida ( my uncle had died at 6 months) a brian deformity ( my cousin had died at 1day - after being born with only an 8th of a brain) Emotionally, finantially and physically we couldnt afford this. My doctor cried as he told me this and said he was amazed that I even fell pregnant. and held my hand as my family and I made the single hardest decision of my life. As Christains we had never believed in termination but suddenly I was faced with reality. It wasnt as though I didnt love my baby, if i didnt want it or it was a mistake i would have given it up for adoption. But this was a decision I had to make. This was me "turning off life support" as my doctor put it. She was 6weeks gestation, and we called her Taylar - since we dont know for sure she was a she - so taylar works both ways and my partner and I grew sick of people calling her "it" or "the baby". We needed a way to grieve and that was part of the way. Everyday I wish I could hold her in my arms. Every day a little part of me is still empty. My partner got " i will hold you in heaven" tattooed on his upper arm. and he engraved our wedding rings with the same. I also got a heart tattooed onto the underside of my wrist - like in a direct line from my ring finger underneath. But it is in white ink, so only i can see it, and only if others are really really looking. I see baby Taylar as being my gift from God. She is the most loved baby in the world, even though she isnt here. His way of saying dont give up. his way of telling me that he has a baby waiting for us in heaven and if we trust in Gods way, we will have one on earth. My deepest condolences to those of you who wenrt given time like me. I was able to prepare myself somewhat mentally, and you wernt. I turst in God and know He will provide for you .xxxx.

I had a miscarriage back in August of '09. I've been thinking about getting a pacifier the color of my baby's would-be birthstone tattooed on my foot. However, since I'm not done having babies, and there's always a chance I could miscarry again, a part of me wants to wait until I'm finished having children. If I were to miscarry more children I would want the rings of the pacifiers linked together, or at least have them tattooed all at one time so they can look like one collective tattoo. Any living children I bring into the world I plan to commemorate in a family of ladybugs. My husband, the biggest bug, me, slightly smaller, and all our little baby bugs, all crawling up my ribcage, following daddy bug. My heart goes out to all of you moms and dads out there who have lost someone very small. I wish you success in your further attempts to expand your family. But regarding the poster who said something to the effect of, 'if you get a tattoo for your miscarriage, won't it make it harder for you to get over it?' That's just it, you're NEVER going to get over losing a child. Why would you want to? Why would you want to EVER forget that you held something that precious inside you, even for a short while? Why would you even want to TRY? A miscarriage isn't something to be brushed off and erased from memory. There was once a tiny beating heart in there, with ten fingers and ten toes, your brown eyes and his funny grin. Now you tell me, do you really want to "get over" that?

I had a miscarriage back in August of '09. I've been thinking about getting a pacifier the color of my baby's would-be birthstone tattooed on my foot. However, since I'm not done having babies, and there's always a chance I could miscarry again, a part of me wants to wait until I'm finished having children. If I were to miscarry more children I would want the rings of the pacifiers linked together, or at least have them tattooed all at one time so they can look like one collective tattoo. Any living children I bring into the world I plan to commemorate in a family of ladybugs. My husband, the biggest bug, me, slightly smaller, and all our little baby bugs, all crawling up my ribcage, following daddy bug. My heart goes out to all of you moms and dads out there who have lost someone very small. I wish you success in your further attempts to expand your family. But regarding the poster who said something to the effect of, 'if you get a tattoo for your miscarriage, won't it make it harder for you to get over it?' That's just it, you're NEVER going to get over losing a child. Why would you want to? Why would you want to EVER forget that you held something that precious inside you, even for a short while? Why would you even want to TRY? A miscarriage isn't something to be brushed off and erased from memory. There was once a tiny beating heart in there, with ten fingers and ten toes, your brown eyes and his funny grin. Now you tell me, do you really want to "get over" that?