Fig. 4

Personal care options offered and used. The incidence of personal care options offered to parents at the end of the infant’s life varied, as well as the incidence of parents taking advantage of each option offered. Keepsakes are memory boxes, hand- and footprints, locks of hair, etc. Support person is husband, family or friends who are present. “Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep” is a volunteer service of professional photographers. Special clothing/blanket are items that the family chooses to bring in to the hospital. Private birthing/c-section classes are prenatal educational sessions offered in the setting of a lethal prenatal diagnosis. Skin-to-skin is parents holding their baby on their bare chest