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She just wants to raise awareness and show others they aren’t alone.

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Mum of three stillborn triplets has lashed out at online trolls who have targeted her for posting pictures of her unborn children.

Amanda Morrison, 33, from Georgia, has been called a ‘baby killer’ and a ‘psychopath’ for trying to reach out to other parents who have lost a child.

She found out she was pregnant in August last year following months of fertility treatment, reports Daily Mail.

Sadly three months into the pregnancy, she received the devastating news that she would lose her triplets.

After they were delivered, she was allowed to spend some time with them to say goodbye.

To commemorate the emotional moment, Amanda took photos of her holding the children and built a mini shrine to her lost babies in her home.

She posted her pictures online to help raise awareness and support for other families.

However, despite many positive responses from mothers and fathers in similar positions, Amanda has been left horrified as online trolls have called her a ‘psychopath’ and ‘baby killer’.

Amanda said: ‘I have had negative feedback, telling me it is disgusting to show my children’s pictures because they are dead.

‘I have been called a baby killer and worse. I have been called a psychopath because I shared pictures of foetuses that never lived. I have been told horrible things.

‘But I have found a lot of moms that have lost children that I have connected with, as we share a special bond.

In the 15th week of her pregnancy, she got the terrible news that she had no functioning cervix and that she should prepare to lose the babies.

She said: ‘It all came crashing down. It was the news that no mother should have to hear. You have so many thoughts that run through your mind at that time.

‘I started frantically researching, doing more research than you would do to cram for an exam, to see if there is anything that might help.

‘I cried, I begged, I pleaded for someone to help me. I remember screaming out at the hospital that this wasn’t real. I just felt numb.

‘Seeing my angel babies were the same emotions that any mother would feel. I was in love like no one could explain but another mother.

‘I counted their fingers, I counted their toes, I memorised them instantly. I kissed them and held them and had to let them go.

‘I get to see them only in those photographs and at the same time it is painful because no other photos will ever be taken.’

Amanda is using her heartbreak and experience of losing her triplets to reach out to and support other parents in the same situation.

Despite being stunned at some of the online vitriol she has received, she claims she is determined to help raise awareness of how to help parents of ‘angels’.

She said: ‘I can say that through all the negative comments, I have realised how quiet society wants us to be about child loss.

‘People need to realize that it’s okay to mention our children’s names. While it hurts, the fact they are remembered makes us proud.

‘They need to know that we don’t want you to walk on egg shells around us, but we need them to understand if for instance we just stop in the middle of the store sometimes if we see children’s items.

‘People forget there are mums like us that would give up everything just to have a moment with our children, even if it were a situation most other parents would find annoying, like cleaning up mess.

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  • people are just so cruel and don’t think before they act.

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  • How horrible for her. There is too much trolling going on I this world it makes me so angry

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  • Sorry you had to go through this and sorry to hear there are people out there who feel the need to make such negative comments !
    I went through miscarriages and made pictures of the fetus as well. Not all mums who lost their unborn babies get to make picture’s and I think it’s special (and helpful for your grieving process) you got to do that, but some might think this is bizarre.
    Nearly 8 years ago I lost my sister through cancer. Till some years after her death I wished I made pictures of her dead body, just to help me realize that she was really gone, this desire faded now but for many years I felt that way.
    And in parts of the world they celebrate the dead people !
    Just saying nothing is strange, follow your own feelings.

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  • So sorry to hear of your heartbreak. Those nasty comments are defamation of character. You had no choice in the sad loss of your unborn babies.
    You need good listeners who will support you in the ways you need and can appreciate it, not to be bad mouthed. The photos are beautiful and and don’t believe otherwise. You are prepared to make others aware of the reality of such tragedies. I am glad you have had contact with those in similar circumstances to yourself. Yes, you may need help but not in the way people are inferring. It may help you with the grieving process. People need to realise that it can take a year or more to regain your ability to get back to something of a normal life if you lose and elderly person. I can’t begin to think how hard it must be to lose 3 innocent little people who never breathed.

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  • My sister lost little twin boys at 23weeks gestation. It is a heartbreaking loss. You have every right to share photos of your precious babies. They are beautiful little angels watching over you now. You are not alone. Do not listen to the haters they do not understand so just scroll on past their comments and feel the love from all the positive posts. Take care xx

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  • One of the hardest thing about losing a baby is other people’s discomfort when you talk about that baby.

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  • No matter how long you carry your children , they are still your babies and no one can take that away from you.

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  • I would ignore these horrible people on social media,so sad to hear of your loss of your babies.

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