WASHINGTON – The emotional and biological complexities of pregnancy make it a hard experience to explain. Unless, of course, you harness the awesome power of stop-motion capture.

Check out this project, below, that took nine months to complete and has already garnered almost 4.5 million views in a week. An unnamed couple documents the full experience, including moving house, with single frames.

Some women who have gone through labor might find some oversimplified inaccuracies with the last few slides.

And now, the lead-up to the birth of Amelie Amaya:

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