Actually, I am very familiar with this. Usually when a baby is stillborn or dies shortly after, the parents & family get to hold the baby and say their good-byes, have a minister come in (or not) and grieve etc. , even take pictures it's generally always done at the hospital. I have NEVER seen anyone take the baby home and then take the baby to the funeral home. However strange as it may be, I wouldn't do it, but I completely understand if someone else did it. The death of a baby/ child is one of the most painful things in the entire world. The siblings grew close to their unborn brother/sister as well. Most families just do the funeral , but what these people were actually doing was celebrating the baby's birth then mourning the baby's death. Sounds bizarro, but I bet it helped them to grieve. I think they have 7 or 8 kids & they have a little girl with a severe genetic disorder.