Cremation procedure
Hi everyone,
I recently lost my baby daughter. She was 6 months old and passed away peacefully in our arms in the hospital. For all 6 months of her life we were only in hospitals, so everything feels very intense and overwhelming right now.
We are now planning her cremation, and we were told we can stay with her until she is taken into the cremation chamber.
I’m trying to understand what most parents usually do in this situation. Do people typically stay until that final moment, or do most say goodbye and leave before the actual technical part?
I don’t feel afraid of being there, but I want to understand if there is anything emotionally unexpected about it that I might not be thinking of right now in this state of shock.
If you’ve been through something similar — what did you choose, and would you do the same again? Why or why not?
Any perspectives would mean a lot.