Special Video: "I Spoke With My Child" beautiful!

[mikep45678]

:oThis is UNBELIEVABLE. A friend sent this to me.

"I Spoke With My Child"
www.ISpokeWithMyChild.com

Incredible and heart-stirring.

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[Veritee]

Yes it is ....

Its a very beautifully constructed flash presentation and made by a professional.

But who are you and what is your reason for having posted here on this forum for sufferers of post natal illness?

Are you someone who needs are support - are you representing a religious or other group?

Perhaps a group to support those who have lost children in childhood?

What was the purpose of you posting this presentation as I am not sure how appropriate a presentation about a child that died in infancy is for a group where the majority of women are struggling to look after their children as best they can and cope with Post Natal Illness - and women who can have fears about their children dieing

- are you sure that this is an appropriate presentation to post here?

We prefer on here for new posters if they are not here for direct support for themselves - to make their purpose in becoming a member of this forum and posting on this forum explicit and it was not clear from your post what you would like to take from this forum or what you would like to give?

I am sorry to sound negative if your intentions were to help women on this forum some way.
But perhaps you have to choose your audience for something like this?

Also if you want this on our forum I think you posted it in the wrong place ?

It might not be the place to have a presentation about stillbirth or children dieing in infancy in a section for those who are currently pregnant.

If someone did have a stillbirth - which does of course happen and has been talked about many times on here - it would be up to that woman to post and I would not think this very professionally produced presentation would be much comfort?

Just my opinion and I may be wrong - perhaps it is because it is 'American Christian' in tone and somehow the way we grieve and the way we worship in the UK does not 'gel' with this approach?

Just my opinion and I may be wrong and I am interested to hear what other members think?

but in the meantime I am moving this to the section 'Life's like that' which may be more appropriate?

I hope to hear from you soon

Veritee

[bam02]

I had a friend 11 years ago with a still birth just 2 days b4 my son was born and we are still friends. but it was not easy. while stillbirth needs to be recognized this affects such a wide audience we need t0 c this?


My friend was lucky to have 2 more children - but never forgot Keriann. i was lucky to keep her as friend even with a child 2 days younger than her daughter would have been and a 3 year old ... As of this year.


Still birth affects more than the immediate family....................


so think about it before posting here.


A-M

[cazfletcher]

i agree. it was not an appropriate item to post on a site such as this

[Veritee]

I agree.

I think that stillbirth and children who die is a legitimate issue for this forum

As long as anything related to this is posted by the person experiencing it or their friends and supporters and if they are not the person who experienced this that they explain clearly who they are and why they are posting about this issue.

( one of our management community members has experienced a full term still birth only 20 months ago and had PNI after that so the subject is fine it is just the where and the way this was posted I am very unhappy about)

However I doubt we shall hear from Mike again.

I think that probably he represents a religious group of some kind who employ a commercial model to promote their faith and posting this on our site was probably part of a campaign to post their 'advertising ' on many forums and boards.

A flash video like this is usually refereed to these days as 'viralware'

and the hope is that you will email it to your friends and therefore the 'message' will fly though the Internet.

I just get protective of the forum and angry that an organization that is religious can use us like this without making sure that what they have posted is appropriate.

The subject of stillbirth is a very legitimate subject on this site - I think we have all been touched by it at some point and many women experience this .


But this was I feel thoughtlessly posted for the wrong reasons .

The reason I did not remove it straight aways was just in case Mike was a father who experienced a stillbirth and so I emailed him and thought I would give him the chance to post to us and if this subject is a real one for him - to tell us why he posted this video and tell his story.
but I have not heard back and it is my feeling that this was just part of an unthinking advertising campaign for a proactive Christian group - and the posting was not appropriate.

If any sufferer had wanted to post this on the forum this would have been fine - perhaps not in the pregnancy section thought!
But posted in this way it is not

All the best

Veritee