by Michelle Stein posted in Pregnancy

Chances are, you remember Emily Mueller -- the beekeeper mom whose maternity photo shoot of her baby bump covered in a swarm of honeybees went viral in August. I mean, this image is kind of hard to forget.

But these shocking photos had a bittersweet story behind them.
?When we decided to begin keeping bees, it was after our second miscarriage and during a time I needed something else to focus on emotionally,? the Ohio told BabyCenter in August. ?I began to read a lot about bees and learned that they not only represent death but the beginning of a new life and I knew that is what I needed.?
Mueller became a full-time beekeeper after her second child was born -- and she knew she wanted bees to be involved in her maternity photos when she became pregnant again. ?I knew this was our last child by choice,? Mueller said. ?We had suffered a third miscarriage prior to this one and I knew in my heart I wanted a maternity shoot that represented all of my children and my losses.?
Tragically, Mueller took to Facebook on Sunday to announce her baby boy had been born still. "It is with the most deepening sadness I share that our sweet Emersyn Jacob was born an angel yesterday at 10:18pm," she wrote. "He weighed 7lb1oz and was 20.25in long. Please pray for us today and the days to come."
The family learned that the baby's heart had stopped beating just six days before Mueller's due date. "Thursday I was so busy preppi...