Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep (NILMDTS) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that has provided more than 75,000 remembrance photography sessions to parents grieving the loss of a baby. Since 2005, we have offered this unique healing service—free of charge—to families worldwide.

Our mission is made possible by a dedicated team of seven staff members, a ten-person Board of Directors, and more than 1,400 active volunteers, including Affiliated Photographers, Digital Retouch Artists, Dispatchers, and Area Coordinators. We also partner with nearly 1,900 Medical Affiliates across the globe, altogether maintaining an active presence in all 50 U.S. states, every Canadian province, and 22 countries.

To ensure families receive quality images even when a photographer is unavailable, our Medical Affiliate Program trains registered nurses to capture remembrance photographs in hospital settings. Nurses who complete our course, Remembrance Photography as a Best Practice in Perinatal Loss Populations, earn 2.0 continuing education credit hours.

Each year, we support approximately 4,000 families. The delicately retouched, black-and-white portraits we provide are often the only tangible memories parents have of their child - treasured legacies shared with loved ones and displayed in homes.