When Patricia and Kimberly O’Neill turned to in-vitro fertilization to have a baby, they figured that it would not be very difficult. It didn’t take long for them to figure out that the road to having a baby would bring them many challenges and heartaches.

Four years, three miscarriages and 1,616 needles later, the O’Neills finally have their baby. Now, they want to inspire other families who are having trouble getting pregnant to keep going.

A photo of the O’Neills’ baby daughter Landon has gone viral, and it could not be more powerful. The image shows Landon laid out on a rainbow blanket surrounded by 1,616 syringes arranged in a heart. The photo was snapped by photographer Samantha Packer of Glendale, Arizona.

“This is the first time I have been asked to do a photo like this! I was honored and wanted to create something special!,” Packer wrote. “Mom said, ‘4 years, 7 attempts, 3 miscarriages and 1,616 shots.’”

“She jumped at the challenge when we showed up for the shoot,” Kimberly said. “I almost cried. I knew it was going to be perfect.”

Things were difficult for the O’Neills as soon as they started this journey to motherhood four years ago. After going through two miscarriages and several different methods of trying to get pregnant, Patricia was diagnosed with a blood disorder that required injections of blood thinners to keep her pregnancy viable, and she kept every single needle.

“I was done poking myself, I was done with the emotional roller coaster,” she recounted. “It was scary, it was scary up until delivery.”

“Each one of those shots were worth it to get our little girl,” Patricia added. “We cannot wait to get this printed and hung up. We know many couples face infertility yet it’s not talked about very often. Infertility is evil however my wife and I believe in the power of prayer which got us thru the last four years.”

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