A baby, still in her mother's womb, grasps the doctor's finger during a c-section. (CNN)
Updated: Friday, 04 Jan 2013, 10:15 AM EST
Published : Thursday, 03 Jan 2013, 6:33 PM EST
PHOENIX, AZ (CNN/KTVK) -- As any mother can tell you, giving birth can be a blur. But every so often a picture brings it into crystal-clear focus. Such an image is getting a lot of attention online.
It's hauntingly beautiful. Unborn Naveah Atkins reaches out of her mother's womb and holds the finger of the doctor performing her C-section delivery. Mom Alicia says, "He showed it to me and I was like, 'Oh my gosh this is amazing.'"
Few lives will be as well documented as little Naveah's. Her mother's a professional photographer. However, it was her dad, randy, who snapped the pic. Randy says, "The doctor called me over and said, 'Hey, she's grabbing my finger', so I ran over there and just grabbed the shot, and I was just in awe looking at it, it was such an amazing picture."
Alicia gave her doctor a canvas print of the photo. She says, "The doctor knew it was an amazing photo right away; he knew, the next day, that's all he could talk about for weeks."
And after thousands of 'likes' on Facebook, she's even gotten a few offers to buy the picture. Alicia says, "A couple of them have said they would love to have the photo for their organization where they're against abortion."
Obviously, Naveah is the newest member to join the growing family of five, although there's friendly disagreement on future growth.
But no matter how many other kids the may follow, this picture of Neveah they will cherish forever.
Alicia says she's going to hang a big canvas print of the picture in Neveah's room. And although she may someday sell prints, she'll never give up the copyright, which she says is priceless.
Comments WLFI.com is migrating to a more stable commenting system called DISQUS. This system is used by CNN, TIME, FOX News, numerous blogging sites and has over 75 Million registered users. Unfortunately we can't migrate our current user accounts to this new system.
To sign up for a DISQUS account, click the DISQUS button just below and to the right and then click Login.
DISQUS lets you login with several different options, including Facebook, Google, Twitter, Yahoo or OpenID. We expect it to allow more conversation and better moderation. If you have any questions, please feel free to comment below.