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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Oh and to the PP, even today, even with an autopsy, I never got a death certificate. Most states and countries don't require provision of any official documentation. If a baby is stillborn, it's possible you'll still get neither a birth nor a death certificate. I know my parents never got either. If this was more than 20 years ago, the attitude on stillbirth was this: get over it, forget it, and move on. If they don't want to talk, you have to respect that boundary. It's a traumatic thing and[b] if I don't want to discuss my experience with stillbirth, it's up to me[/b].[/quote]

Sorry, but I respectfully disagree when it comes to surviving siblings, especially if they have questions.  Would you refuse to talk about this with your children if they asked?  I can't understand that nor can I understand how this is helpful to anyone.  There is plenty of evidence that it is very damaging to siblings who have lost a sibling and grown up in a family where the dead sibling is never acknowledged or discussed with them, and the details of that sibling's death are shrouded in secrecy.[/quote]

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