When Alicia Atkins of Glendale, Ariz., was undergoing a routine C-section in October, something extraordinary happened.
Atkins's baby girl – still inside her mother’s womb – reached up and grabbed her doctor's Finger.
Realizing how special the moment was, Dr. Allen Sawyer, who has also delivered Atkins’s other two children, called to her husband Randy to grab the camera.
In a split second, he was able to capture the special moment just in time
And the image has gone viral.
The little baby's name is Nevaeh -- Heaven spelled backward. Even the hospital staff told her parents there's something almost spiritual about the picture of Nevaeh holding the doctor's finger before technically being born.
"It was such an amazing photo. Hospital staff had possibly heard of it happening but they had never seen a photo of it," said Alicia Atkins, Nevaeh's mother.
Atkins is actually a professional photographer herself and owns her own business called A Classic Pin-Up Photography. However, it was her dad, Randy, who snapped the picture.
"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," said Randy Atkins, adding that he was nervous about missing the precious and fleeting moment as he hurried to snap a picture.
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