Maternity Photos 5

Inside maternity bags of expectant mothers around the world

International nonprofit WaterAid has come out with a series of photos focussing on what moms around the world pack in their bags when preparing to give birth. The goal is to raise awareness of the lack of clean water, hygiene and sanitation in many areas. In some areas it is so bad that hospitals don’t even have safe water access.

 

Australia

Katy Shaw is 31.

In her bag she packs toiletries, snacks, diapers, hat, socks, mittens, clothes and swaddles … Keep Reading!!!

‘Rainbow babies’ are celebrated in these before and after photos

The term “rainbow baby” refers to a baby born following a miscarriage, still birth or infant loss. It references the rainbow at the end of the storm and signifies the brightness and color this new baby brings back to their parents’ lives.

This beautiful rainbow photo shows 7 moms pregnant with their rainbow babies, beautifully painted and dressed in the colours of a rainbow. Months later they got back together to re-make the shot with their babies in their arms. … Keep Reading!!!

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Photographer Captures Expectant Couples in Early Morning Slumber

Between 2009 and 2012 Russian photographer, Jana Romanova, completed a photo-series featuring 40 pregnant Russian couples sleeping, one representing each week of pregnancy. She wanted to capture the most natural, vulnerable moment of the day for expectant parents. She started the project because her friends were all having babies and she was feeling left out, but not ready to have one on her own. Jana wants to fund a photo book for the series and recently hit her fund-raising … Keep Reading!!!

Engineer dad turns his baby’s birth into a moving tribute to STEM

By: A.M., IANtB Science Editor

Fellow science communicator, Destin of Smarter Every Day and his family recently welcomed a fourth little sciencey baby into the world. There were so many sciencey, sciencey feels!!

 

If you’re not familiar with Smarter Every Day, it’s a wonderful YouTube channel that teaches science and engineering concepts, using really cool demonstrations. So, naturally, as a YouTube science educator, Destin had to turn the birth into a science demonstration! Be sure to check out Destin’s … Keep Reading!!!