After 6 Miscarriages, A Couple Celebrated Their 'Rainbow Baby' With A Jaw-Dropping Photo

One in four women will miscarry at some point in their lives, a devastating statistic in its own right. But Jessica Mahoney, a pediatric nurse from Connecticut, has experienced the tragedy of losing a baby not once, twice, or even three times. She's had six miscarriages.

So when Mahoney found out she was pregnant with her second child, she and her husband Kevin decided to do something special to celebrate their "rainbow baby" (a child born after a miscarriage or infant death). They weren't going to do a maternity photo shoot that just celebrated the child they were currently expecting — they were going to celebrate all of them.

The Mahoneys teamed up with JoAnn Marrero, a photographer who specializes in newborn and birth portraits, to flesh out an idea they had, Bustle reported. 

"I was touched by Kevin's words and his goal of making sure that, this time, his wife would get all the maternity photos that she always dreamed of having," Marrero wrote in an email to Bustle. 

"Jess wanted something rainbow-inspired because of the many fertility struggles she and Kevin had encountered, and so I knew I had to do something extra special for her family," she added.

The final photo, celebrating their beautiful "rainbow" that followed the storm, will take your breath away. To create this colorful effect, Marrero said enlisted the help of her fellow photog and mentor, Mary Maloney, to set off vibrant smoke bombs at just the right moments.

"It was crazy fun!" Marrero said. "One by one, each smoke bomb was set ... and with each burst of color we watched this portrait coming to life behind my lens." 

Maloney shared a behind-the-scenes shot on her Instagram; Marrero's advice to anyone interested in getting similar smoke-bomb shots is to "pull the ring and run!" since it creates a bit of a mess.

But even through the commotion, Jess, who's due this November, "stood with composure and her pregnancy glow came shining through like the sun," Marrero told Bustle. "It was as if we were shooting a Skittles commercial, but sweeter."

"I know these captured moments are going to be passed down for generations to come," she said in another interview with CBS News. "This was definitely her moment, a proud mother-to-be for the second time."