1,616 injections created 'rainbow babies'

Seven embryos, three miscarriages and 1,616 injections lasting four years, O'Neills's family happily welcomed London's daughter.

Surrounded by rainbow-colored towels, baby London sleeps in the middle of the heart, lined with hundreds of syringes, symbolizing injections that her mother, Patricia O'Neill, spent while trying to conceive. London O'Neill girls were born on August 3, after seven embryos, three miscarriages and 1,616 injections lasting four years.

London is in the middle of hundreds of syringes.(Photo: Samantha Packer).

Initially, Patricia and her partner Kimberly O'Neill made a "rainbow baby" picture as a reminder of the birth. However, after posting on social networks, the photo has become a symbol of hope for inferior parents.

Sharing with CNN, Patricia said she and Kimberly met about six years ago, while working at the nursery. At that time, they all had children of their own. Seven-year-old Patricia and Kimberly's son are 14 years old. In 2014, the couple decided to have a common child and Patricia was pregnant. In January 2017, Patricia and Kimberly were officially married.

Patricia's pregnancy journey is not easy."At first, we thought it would take nine months for a fertile clinic to arrive," the woman said. "But, the truth is completely different."

From the day of deciding to have children, O'Neill's family failed seven times in tears. Patricia is pregnant three times but does not pass the 6th, 8th and 11th week.

Realizing something is wrong, doctors do genetic tests and conclude that Patricia suffers from a deficiency of V Leiden, leading to an increased risk of abnormal blood clots. According to Mayo Hospital, women who fall into this situation are more likely to develop blood clots during pregnancy.

After losing the third baby, Patricia became desperate."I think that's all. I can't take it anymore , " she said. "But for me, who is always by my side, is determined not to give up."

Listening to Kimberly, Patricia agreed to use the last embryo and put her faith in Dr. John Couvaras, a reproductive-endocrinologist with nearly 30 years of experience.

"Patricia's case was very dangerous because she had been in vitro fertilization and had multiple miscarriages. Besides, the patient showed signs of ease of swelling, low vitamin D content and enzyme deficiency" , Dr. Couvaras identify.

Thorough consideration, Dr. Couvaras decided to give Patricia blood thinners twice a day to help the fetus circulate blood. In addition, women cannot travel or operate much. In order to ensure the health of the baby, Patricia will repeat every two weeks.

Finally, after four years of struggling with hardships and costs, sweet fruit came to the O'Neill family. At this point, Kimberly came up with the idea of ​​taking a London baby photo among the syringes she kept herself every time Patricia went for an injection.

The couple went to Samantha Packer, the author of a series of "rainbow babies" pictures , babies born to mothers who had miscarriage, premature birth or had premature babies.

Patricia and Kimberly couple with their daughter.(Photo: CNN).

The photoshoot took place after London was one week old. Parker spent more than an hour meticulously putting needles into a heart shape. Seeing that needle-shaped heart, Patricia and Kimberly immediately burst into tears.

Currently, the "rainbow baby" photo of the couple O'Neill and female photographer Parker attracted more than 60,000 shares. "The picture recounts a difficult journey, love with sweet results is the child. I think that's why it received such attention," Parker said.

Patricia said: "I hope couples are trying to give birth to a child who can see some light at the end of the tunnel. All you have to do is try to reach the end of that path."