Cherie Golant has three photos of her daughter Julia at birth. She has a lock of Julia's newborn hair, thick and dark. She has Julia's handprints, footprints and hospital wristbands. She also has memories of 30 hours of grueling labor -- but no official record of Julia's birth. Julia was stillborn, with her umbilical cord around her neck. The state issued only a death certificate. "I remember my discharge nurse said to me, 'You are still a mom. Don't forget that,' " said Golant of San Francisco. "It was amazing to me how important those words were in the days...