ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on three components: discourses of grief after stillbirth, memorialization, and the Internet. The legal terms of a stillbirth varies nationally and over time. In Sweden, there was a legal change in 2008, when the term stillborn was changed in the national civil registration law from dead after the end of the 28th pregnancy week to dead after the end of the 22nd pregnancy week. The chapter discusses the value changes regarding grief and memorialization that can be observed on the Internet following a stillbirth. Though acknowledgement of the child has changed within hospital care, it is primarily seen as the first important step in the grief process, with the aim of separating the parents and the child from each other. The use of the words angel babies and angel parents seems to be widespread enough to have legitimacy, even if the connotations are not clear-cut.
