Viral picture of ‘pregnant’ man has actually touching story behind it

After a Kentucky couple suffered two heartbreaking miscarriages, they’re now spreading pleasure on the web with their hilarious and mind-bending maternity picture shoot.

Iana Thomas and her companion, who’re having a child boy in December, posed collectively behind a tree, creating an optical phantasm that makes it appear as if it’s the father-to-be with a child bump.

“This photo really explains us well,” Thomas shares with Yahoo Lifestyle. “Not only for the sense of him ‘stepping in my shoes’ but the humor behind it. He’s always been my ‘goofball.’ That picture, in particular, spoke volumes to us and his personality.”

Robert Morton, 29, the photographer, collaborated with the anticipating dad and mom on the idea. “A common saying for most couples is ‘We’re pregnant.’ Of course, it’s just figuratively speaking, but how would it look if [they both] really were pregnant?” he says. “That was the inspiration for the photo.”

They additionally needed the picture to have an essential that means for his or her neighborhood. “A lot of African-American men aren’t in their children’s lives nowadays, and with this picture we wanted to show things from a different perspective,” Morton provides.

Since the picture was shared, it’s gotten quite a lot of consideration.

“We were at the shoot and said the exact words, ‘What if this goes viral?’ And it actually did! It was like something we had spoken into existence, it’s so real,” says Thomas. “A lot of the people took a negative approach to the photo at first and didn’t understand the humor, art, and concept behind it, but we love it, and ultimately that’s all that matters.”

While the misleading picture is unquestionably humorous, the remainder of the photographs from the collection communicate to extra solemn instances.

“We became pregnant two months before this pregnancy and lost the baby. It was the second miscarriage we had suffered due to unknown reasons,” Thomas says. “Two months later we came upon we have been pregnant with our rainbow child. They say after each storm there’s a rainbow of hope.”