17 Stunning Images of Newborn Babies Straight Out of the Womb (PHOTOS)
Marry Fermont, a photographer from the Netherlands, takes gorgeous photos of newborn babies positioned exactly how they lived for 9+ months in their mothers' wombs. Marry photographed 99 births, and the 100th was the birth of her own daughter, which was photographed by her associate and friend Lobke Koppens, who studied photography under her. Marry claims to have been the first birth photographer in the Netherlands, and she actually studied midwifery to understand more about the miracles of childbirth.
The images are beautiful, and give new moms an idea of how their babies lived inside of them before they came into the world.
Image via Marry Fermont
Sometimes Midwives Help With the Photos
Marry says, "Since I documented my first birth (2011), I often ask the midwife to hold the baby like this (if the baby’s temperature is good and there is time."
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Marry's Own Beautiful Daughter ...
... Liv. Photographed by her associate Lobke Koppens and held by her husband Denny.
These Gorgeous Photos ...
... make me wish I had one like this of my own children, but maybe it will give some of you pregnant moms out there some ideas for your own photos.
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