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Premature babies: Before and after

From little things, big things grow. Powerful images of premature babies.
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Depending how early they are born, premature babies can have the fight of their lives the very second they arrive in the world.

If a baby’s organs haven’t properly formed they may spend weeks or months in an intensive care unit.

A Quebec based photographer, Red Methot, has created a powerful series of images of people of all ages holding photographs of themselves as premature babies. We’re sharing some of those beautiful images below …

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Alice, born at 27 weeks

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Charles, born at 26 weeks

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Emile, born at 26 weeks

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Eva, born at 29 weeks

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Felix, born at 23 weeks, and his brother Alexis, born at almost 33 weeks

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Felix, born at 24 weeks

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Julie, born at 7 months of pregnancy, and her son Kevin, born at 34 weeks

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Lexiani, born at 25 weeks

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Margot, born at 29 weeks

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Noah, born at 32 weeks. His twin sister, Victoria, left in the framed picture, dies after living a month

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Tamica, born at 32 weeks (and 26 weeks pregnant at the time of the photo)

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Theo, born at 25 weeks

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Thomas, born at 23 weeks

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Noah, and Nathan, born at 32 weeks

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Zachary, born at 27 weeks.

WATCH: The world’s most premature baby below …

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