40 Moms Celebrate Rainbow Babies in 'Incredible' Photo Shoot After Suffering Miscarriages

Photo: Ashley Sargent Photography, LLC

On July 21, Sargent, ofAshley Sargent Photography, LLC, gathered 40 mothers in Fyffe, Alabama, with many holding their babies as they posed for photos while dressed in all the colors of the rainbow. The resulting images show the women holding balloons and letting them go to honor their lost little ones.

“It was very humbling and very emotional. I cried seeing them all together and seeing all of us who have overcome,” Sargent tells PEOPLE. “Knowing each of them and hearing their stories, it was just incredible to step back and see what we had all pulled together. I knew nearly all the moms personally. I had seen their stories unfold.”

Sargent says she got the idea after doing several newborn photo shoots of rainbow babies. She shared a few online, and several moms commented on the photos with their own stories.

Kelli Kidd, a mom of two,posed in the photo with her 4-year-old son, Lawson, after experiencing two miscarriages in 2012, according toGood Morning America.

She added: “I felt so alone. I really didn’t have anyone to seek out help from. I felt like if I could be a part of [the photo shoot], it might help someone else.”

Sargent says each of the women signed up for a color and excitedly picked their outfits. The shoot took four weeks to organize, but “I love to have a project I can be passionate about,” says Sargent.

She documented the event in a video in which the mothers are shown laughing and sharing their stories.

Sargent — who described the shoot as part of a healing process — spoke through tears as she opened up about struggling with infertility herself.

“I asked that they remember the feelings they had,” she toldGMA, “and let go of the pain they had felt.”

source: people.com