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Posted on 04/12/2018 1:41:07 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Matching images of a South Carolina baby boy taken within weeks before and after birth show he continues to sleep in the same exact position as he did in the womb -- capturing the baby boy’s personality while highlighting the humanity of the preborn.
Michael Steppling was caught in a laid-back pose with both arms up over his head when his mother, Sarah Kelleher Steppling, had an ultrasound at 38 weeks in her pregnancy with him.
Michael continued to sleep in the same position after he was born, and his easygoing demeanor emerged even more clearly after his mom had taken countless photos of him as he continually repeats the pose.
That prompted Kelleher Steppling to share on Reddit side-by-side images taken three weeks before and after her son’s birth, which were then picked up by other media.
“From day one, this kid knew how to relax,” she told Yahoo’s Lifestyle section. “He always slept with his hands up like that. If you were to go through my phone right now, you’d find probably about a million and a half images of him sleeping in that exact same position.”
“One day, I thought to go back and look at his ultrasound pictures,” she continued. “I saw that one and was like ‘OMG! He sleeps just like that now!’”
Michael also similarly reposes when he’s nursing, which Kelleher Steppling has captured and shared on Reddit as well.
“The reaction online has been overwhelmingly positive,” she said, “and that’s quite a tall order for Reddit!”
The photo-sharing site has a reputation that in part includes negative responses to what some users have shared.
Sharing photos of her son has also allowed her to connect her with other parents who have experienced some medical challenge in the first few months of their child’s life, in particular because of another certain photo.
“He had unexplained hemolytic anemia and severe prolonged jaundice for the first month of his life,” Kelleher Steppling said of Michael, “which is why he’s resting on that blue light in the (particular) picture.”
A number of the parents who saw the photo knew the light was for baby with jaundice — a liver condition causing yellowing of a newborn baby’s skin and eyes — because they had been through the same thing. They offered her their support and advice.
In Michael’s case, it meant doctor visits every one to two days for blood monitoring, plus a 48-hour hospital stay.
His mother reported that of course “he took it all like a champ.”
“Now he’s almost three months old and starting to wake up from his newborn phase and wants to play and interact,” Kelleher Steppling said. “We’ve been reading Kurt Vonnegut to him at night, and I swear, he gasps in all the right places.”
She said she looks forward to hearing Michael say “Mommy” for the first time, and that she and his father consider themselves to be very fortunate.
“Every time he smiles at me, my heart melts,” Sarah said. “He really is as laid-back as he looks in this picture.”
Too cute!
One of the most beautiful and amazing things in the world and Democrats have no problem aborting them...sigh....
One of the most beautiful and amazing things in the world and Democrats have no problem aborting them...sigh....
In fact, planned butcherhood encourages it. God will get them for that.
cute little mass of cells on the left, cute little baby on the right
I don't know how a human can perform or have an abortion. Murdering the next generation is not a good long term plan for humanity.
“cute little mass of cells on the left, cute little baby on the right”
Are not progressives angling to raise the age past birth that the poor infant remains a little mass of cells?
How long before we rightfully consider progressives to be mere masses of cells?
My girl Amy slept in the “frog” position for a couple of years.
My son’s profile today is the spitting image of his ultrasound profile 30+ years ago.
Found a position he liked, and he’s sticking with it. Super adorable; thank you for posting!
Be very “afraid” of these people - they will kill your babies and take your guns to make sure you get snuffed, too.
They’re ghouls - terrible people.
Amazing...it is perfect and he’s lucky...
So small and so precious. Adorable.
Democrats want to take care of you from cradle to grave.
The only problem is they don’t want you to get to the cradle.
Precious.
Why doesn’t David Hogg ask politicians/’leaders’ and, especially, Planned Parenthood to hear the cries of children soon to be born?
He’s a creature of habit already.
History of human civilization is Moloch vs God.
“The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.”
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