NILMDTS offers the gift of healing, hope and honor to parents experiencing the death of a baby through the overwhelming power of remembrance portraits. Professional-level photographers volunteer their time to conduct an intimate portrait session, capturing the only moments parents spend with their babies. Parents are gifted with delicately retouched heirloom black and white portraits free of charge.

These priceless images serve as an important step in the healing recovery for bereaved families. NILMDTS remembrance photography validates the existence and presence of these precious babies by honoring their legacy.

NILMDTS recruits, trains, and mobilizes professional quality photographers around the world.  Through NILMDTS, medical personnel are given a meaningful option to offer bereaved parents by creating remembrance portraiture for their babies.

Through further engagement in the organization, such as the NILMDTS Remembrance Walk and online support, families become a part of a compassionate and supportive community.  Parents gain a sense of inclusiveness, alleviating the alienation and perception of being alone in their pregnancy or infant loss journey.

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Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep

Missy Thomas

Ali Furtwangler

Sandy Puc'

Nilmdts Headquarters

The Photographers and Retouchers team at Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep captures intimate and poignant portraits of babies for parents experiencing loss. Volunteer professional photographers conduct the sessions, while retouchers delicately enhance the images, ensuring they are treasured heirlooms. This team provides a crucial service, delivering beautifully retouched, black-and-white remembrance portraits to bereaved families at no cost, assisting them in their healing journey.

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