A good friend recently told me one thing that really helped when her twins were born ten weeks early.
She said hearing about premature babies who have grown into healthy and happy children made her believe that her own babies – now thriving ten-month-olds – could and would overcome their challenges to be OK.
Quebec-based photographer, Red Methot has captured the contrast between past and present perfectly in a photo series called Les Premas, which shows portraits of children and adults posing with black-and-white pictures of themselves as premature babies.
The powerful series is both intimate and uplifting.
Margot, born at 29 weeks.
Noah and Nathan, born at 32 weeks
Theo, born at 25 weeks
Felix, born at 23 weeks, and brother Alexis, born at almost 33 weeks
Lexiani, born at 25 weeks
Eva, born at 29 weeks
Emile, born at 26 weeks
Charles, born at 26 weeks
Zachary, born at 27 weeks
Thomas, born at 23 weeks
Julie, born two months early, and her son Kevin, born at 34 weeks
Alice, born at 27 weeks
Tamica (26 weeks pregnant in the photo), born at 32 weeks
Noah, born at 32 weeks. His twin sister, Victoria (left), died at one month
Felix, born at 24 weeks
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