View Message

New Post
Search
Help

This is a reply within a larger thread: view the whole thread

Re: What do you mean born sleeping
by Starla Roxanne
7/28/2006, 7:25 AM
in reply to a message by Mikah
I wonder if "born sleeping" might not be a euphemism for being stillborn?
Archived Thread - replies disabled
vote up1

Replies

- Mikah (guest)   +3
7/28/2006, 7:27 AM
I was wondering that too?
vote up1
- Starla Roxanne   +2
7/28/2006, 8:17 AM
although I wonder...WHy you'd have a birth announcement if the baby was stillborn? I know I wouldn't, no way. It's just too sad.
vote up1
- Chrisell
7/28/2006, 5:30 PM
Actually . . .. . . in Australia (where Brydz is), birth announcements for stillborns aren't unusual. Often it's a way for the parents to let people know that the baby was born still, and to express their grief publicly without having to publish a death notice instead. I see them a lot in Western Australia's main newspaper.
♦ Chrisell ♦All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.

This message was edited 7/28/2006, 5:32 PM

vote up1
- Sophie (eurythmic)
7/28/2006, 11:10 AM
I suppose it's a part of the grieving process, in that the parents don't want to pretend that their child never existed. It's the same as how they're encouraged to wrap the baby in a shawl and hold it and take photos, and to have a funeral. Also it would let people in the area know what had happened without having that awkward conversation when an acquaintance asks "so what did you have?". Just my thoughts.S xx--
The truth is, I have met the right person, only he's not in love with me, and until I stop loving him no-one else stands a chance
(Four Weddings and a Funeral)
vote up1