10 amazing photos that show how babies fit in the womb you HAVE to see!

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I don’t know about you but when my babies were born I wondered how they ever managed to fit inside my womb, especially my big 4th baby.

These magical photos by Marry Fermont from Fermont Fotografie capture precious insight into how babies were curled up in the womb.

Marry says “When I documented my first birth, it was the midwife who showed the parents how the baby was positioned in the womb. I loved this photo so much and I noticed it was so nice for the parents to see! You see the baby coming out, but once they’re out it’s so hard to imagine that they were ever inside of you. This gives you a little idea how it fitted. Since I documented my first birth, I often ask the midwife to hold the baby like this.”

These photos are just gorgeous and certainly show us how babies were curled up in the womb. It’s no wonder babies like to be held and snuggled when they are born after being so bundled up.

See more of Marry’s amazing photos on her website here.

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- - meedee said
  - 09 Jul 2021
    11:24 am
If only we remained that flexible.

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- - ella12 said
  - 17 Aug 2016
    4:18 pm
The photos are so sweet, thanks for sharing.

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- - mom103920 said
  - 09 Jul 2016
    2:41 pm
My eldest was a Frank Breech (bottom first). She spent the first 18 months using her feet just as much as her hands to play with. She never wanted to uncurl and stretch out much. It is incredible to look back and recognise how small your bub once was, and how the jigsaw fitted together in that space. Beautiful photos.

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- - Jennalee said
  - 09 Jul 2016
    12:11 am
Such amazing photos

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- - tessie said
  - 05 Jul 2016
    11:04 am
What a wonderful insight. They do look so comfortable and I’ve often wondered the same thing. How did someone so gorgeous and big stay comfortable for 9 months. Now I know

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- - robyn_smithwick said
  - 04 Jul 2016
    7:49 pm
Truly amazing! That is why most babies like to be wrapped up firmly after birth .

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- - mt05 said
  - 04 Jul 2016
    11:21 am
any wonder they want to get out and stretch

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- - meedee said
  - 03 Jul 2016
    11:03 pm
Its such an amazing process. A true miracle.

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- - Missey Grace said
  - 03 Jul 2016
    2:24 pm
These are so precious to keep the memory of a new life.

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- - fatty82 said
  - 02 Jul 2016
    11:02 pm
That is so amazing. No wonder it takes them so long to uncurl their bodies

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- - mom172741 said
  - 02 Jul 2016
    9:26 pm
So beautiful. Amazing how they can curl up and squish in there

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- - mom74252 said
  - 02 Jul 2016
    12:39 pm
isn’t nature / life Just amazing?! What wonderful photos!

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- - cheryl swales said
  - 02 Jul 2016
    9:31 am
What gorgeous photos, depicting how flexible their little bodies are to be able tof stay in the womb for 9 whole months before making their way out the birth canal

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- - mom67623 said
  - 02 Jul 2016
    6:45 am
what a miracle and very interesting to see how the baby does fit in the womb till birth. A miracle and now we can see how it is, we learn something new every day and this is one of those things that are wonderful to see

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- - mom101628 said
  - 01 Jul 2016
    11:05 pm
Had two pretty big bubs [for me] at 8lb then a 6lb one and finally a 4lb – it was just so difficult to handle this little bundle as she was so tiny – I found it so hard to bathe her, hold her and not let her slip through my fingers. But amazingly you’d never know who was big or little now from their sizes.
These photos are just so wonderful – thanks for sharing them.

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- - VernaB said
  - 01 Jul 2016
    9:35 pm
Wow so amazing!

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- - Sam said
  - 01 Jul 2016
    8:56 pm
LOVE!!!

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- - tobrien84 said
  - 01 Jul 2016
    8:56 pm
Just beautiful! My youngest baby will be 4 in 2 days time, she was a big 10 pound baby when she was born, yet looking back at pics she looked so tiny. I wish they stayed little for longer

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- - Nas01 said
  - 01 Jul 2016
    8:21 pm
I love these photos there so magical.

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- - june11 said
  - 01 Jul 2016
    6:26 pm
I remember holding a friend’s baby when he was 4 days old. He seemed so tiny, so light I was frightened I would drop him. His older brother was a bit older than him when I first held him. Now he is 4 years old, so tall and seemingly heavy I can barely pick him up (in an emergency).

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