ideas for preserving scan photos?

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I believe they fade after 5 years?

Was thinking of scanning/photographing and printing my 12 & 20 week pics and framing them or putting them on a canvas or something.

has anyone done anything nice and creative to preserve/display theirs??

dd1 is 11, hers have not perished. although i did scan them too, just in case!

I got a framed picture/verse about how precious he is and how much I cherished carrying him and it has spaces for both scan pictures. Can't remember the exact verse but it's a Winnie-the-Pooh type thing and a really nice memento. Didn't cost much off ebay if I recall.

Which reminds me I should probably start looking for another one once I've had my scan this time round...

Photograph the scan photograph with a digital camera and then you'll have it forever.

I bought an album and put all mine in. We did take pictures of them on our phones at the time but will make sure we have copies now I didn't realise!

I don't think they fade my scan pics from DC1 are sti perfect and they are 16 years old now

We scanned them into the PC, you could also just photograph them. I know they say you shouldnt laminate them?

Don't, whatever you do, laminate them. The pics are heat sensitive and lamination will destroy them.

We took digital photos of them then put those photos into a photo book.

I laminated mine. Don't do that. I cried for ages afterwards!

Mine are 10 plus years and no fade. They are just in an old fashioned album!

Oh no Dandy

I do try and remind my patients not to do that but I must admit I forget to mention it when we are really busy.

They shouldn't fade if kept in a book or photo album. They are on thermal paper, so the main enemies are strong sunlight, radiators and....laminators!

I'm trying to find a frame with apertures for five photos... blastocyst, 7 weeks, 12 weeks, 20 weeks and just born... no luck yet, think I'll get one made. (Or forget about it in whirlwind of newborn baby stuff!)

I found my mums scan picture of me which is over 20 years old and I can assure you it's still in tact :)!

Not on the high street do nice keep sales

From encasing into glass to imposing on metal etc

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