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opinion- Duggar photos
Don't know if anyone else saw the news, but the Duggar family has released photos of their miscarried daughter.
Since I saw it on TMZ, I doubted the truth of it, but it seems to be verified. Apparently they gave them out at the memorial service, and they were on Michelle's twitter.
I felt really sorry that she miscarried. Even if it was to be her 20th child, the los of even one is difficult. Now it seems like they're making a spectacle of it, and my sympathy is dwindling. While it's hard, some things, I feel, just aren't for cameras.
Here's a link to an article covering it. And there's a link to the photos if you can handle/stomach/bear it.
Re: opinion- Duggar photos
oh wow. i won't look but wow. knowing them they seem pretty pure of heart. i don't know if they are making a spectacle so much as perhaps are naive or not understanding of leaks that might occur. and from a judgement standpoint i don't know that i'd pass those out at my own child's memorial (it's just not something a lot of people want to see), but i've never been in that position obviously so i really can't say.
sadly i think it was probably a mistake that will cause them pain in a time when i am sure that's the last thing they need.
and on a slightly unrelated note, michelle duggar has twitter??????
ok, so i looked at the pics...not nearly as bad as i thought. it mostly just shows the baby's foot and hand, which are so small they don't even seem realy.
i agree wtih MD...i think their intentions were really to memorialize their loss and they did taht in their own way. i can't imagine going through a loss like that, so i can't say what i think is an appropraite way to handle it.
I wasn't going to look, but since Bucks said they weren't bad I looked. I really don't see anything wrong with them at all. Many people put a photo of the deceased on a card with a prayer or poem at a memoral service so I can see why they would do that in this case.
I don't think I'd put them on tv or the internet if they were photos of my own child, but that's kind of how they live their life. Everything is on tv.
I just feel bad that they have to deal with critiques over the death of their child. I have a soft spot for them because I've watched the show since the beginning I guess.
The photos were far from grotesque, but just very strange. It's just hard to see a picture of a dead child, no matter what the reason.
I really don't think that after losing a child, it would be within my own instincts to grab a camera and take pictures. Maybe photos will help them get over the grief. It just seems odd to me to pass out the photos. Especially since they live in the public eye
I can't look. I've seen pictures of still borns on the bump and it really affected me. I realize that my moment of discomfort is nothing in comparison to the loss of a child. I just don't think that photos of dead children should be ogled by the general public. In my opinion those are private pictures to be kept for yourself and your family, but not for any stranger to see.
That said, they couldn't have kept those photos private if they wanted to, so I don't blame them for the picture being available on the internet.
To each his own. I think they are fine. Just sucks the Internet sucks it right up.
And seriously, Michelle has twitter!? Weird!!
Most if not all hospitals have staff specialty trained in loss and grief of babies. Its usually part of the hospital grief program that they arrange for the pictures. Either they have some talented staff that can take the pictures or there is a volunteer organization where photogs volunteer their time, talent and cost to take the pictures for the grieving family. In our NICU we have a nurse practitioner that makes cast of the feet to turn into a keepsake and we have a photog on call.
I will say that photos on the bump in siggies I definitely do not like. I like to be given the option to look at the photos if I want to (like City did with the post here). The random siggy pics that pop up in posts that aren't even related to that topic really irk me.
Most of the bump siggy things irk me though, but that's neither here nor there.
It's very kind and special of those photographers to do that for the parents who wish it. I have a friend who's a nurse and works post-pardum here in NYC, and she was familiar with the process, but even she was shocked that a family would release photos of such a tragic moment. I think my actual aversion to everything is the fact that they made it so public.