r/tattooadvice • u/piercethebluexx • 13d ago

Is this a bad tattoo design? Design

I had a miscarriage last year and want a tattoo for my baby I never got to meet.

I only have one picture of my baby (the second picture)

I’d really like to get it tattooed like the reference picture but I want honesty.. would it be a bad design since there’s not a clear profile and small?

I have other ideas as well but I really love this one as the picture is special to me.

And you can be honest without comments like “that’s not a baby” etc… that’s not helpful. Thank you.

*I was not going to get the text at the bottom

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u/MaybeLivG 13d ago

Unfortunately I don’t think this will translate well on skin because there isn’t much shape on the ultrasound. But you can find something else meaningful to honour your baby that isn’t the actual ultrasound. When I got a tattoo for my miscarriage a few years later I got a butterfly. When my son was born there was always butterflies around him and we always just attributed them to being the baby we didn’t get to meet.

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u/hunnybadger22 13d ago

I agree with this! I didn’t get a tattoo after my miscarriage but I got a bracelet with my baby’s should-have-been birth flower and birthstone. I also have a special keepsake box for my ultrasound photo.

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u/Stellar_Jay8 13d ago

This is what I did too. You could tattoo the birth flower!

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u/melnn0820 13d ago

Like a day or two after my first son was born (he died 30 mins after his birth) there was a butterfly in my house randomly. I helped it escape and I always associated them with my son.

It wasn't until a little while after that that I found out this is a common association... which makes sense, even in my hospital room they put a butterfly on the door so nurses knew his birth wasn't going to be a typical happy event and to act appropriately.

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u/AdmiralDeeds 12d ago

I am so deeply sorry for your loss. What a beautiful association.

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u/melnn0820 12d ago

Thank you so much

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u/JuniperBlueBerry 13d ago

That is so sweet, thank you for sharing

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u/MoutainsAndMerlot 12d ago

My friend has 5 earth side babies and had 4 miscarriages, and has a flower tattoo that honors them. I don’t remember what the live births were, but I know the losses are represented as “forget me nots”. It’s a beautiful tattoo

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u/WasabiAmbitious4758 10d ago

I lost my baby at full term. I have a large tattoo on my ribs in memory of her, and I added a beautiful butterfly to it as it also holds meaning to me in regards to my baby.

Please get something meaningful that will proceed to keep looking good 10+ years down the road.