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Woman takes hilarious selfie with sister giving birth in background

Kat Armendariz decided to lighten the mood for her sister in labor with a perfectly timed selfie.
/ Source: TODAY

Giving birth can be a painful and stressful experience, but one proud sister recently decided to lighten the mood for her sibling in labor with a perfectly timed selfie.

Kat Armendariz, 27, had the internet cracking up with a picture she posted of herself with sister Kimberly Ramirez, 20, giving birth in the background.

In-labor selfie: Woman takes selfie while sister is in labor
Kat Armendariz snapped a hilarious selfie with her sister giving birth in the background.Kattegory Photography / Kattegory Photography

Armendariz, who is mother to two 8-year-olds, 4-year-old twins and a 4-month-old baby, saw the humor in a situation she knew all too well.

"I just thought: I totally want to take a selfie right now because I've already had my turn," Armendariz told TODAY.

After getting permission from her sister to snap a photo, Armendariz took the now-viral selfie at approximately 3:15 a.m. and stayed by her sibling's side throughout the night. After being in labor for 15 hours, Ramirez gave birth to a healthy baby boy, Zayden, on June 29 at Sierra Providence East Medical Center in El Paso, Texas.

The new mother was in on the joke and said she was actually grateful for the distraction during that painful moment.

"I was starting to have labor pains, so it wasn't pleasant feeling that," Ramirez told TODAY. "I thought the photo was funny and it helped me ease the pain."

The selfie was a hilarious follow-up to the elegant maternity photos that Armendariz, a photographer and multimedia specialist, took for Ramirez just months earlier.

Kimberly Ramirez maternity photo months before birth selfie
Kimberly Ramirez posed in a glamorous maternity photo shoot months earlier.Kattegory Photography / Kattegory Photography
Kimberly Ramirez maternity shoot prior to labor selfie
Ramirez wore a flower crown for the glamorous shoot.Kattegory Photography / Kattegory Photography

The two sisters think it's neat that the whole world got to share such a moment with Ramirez and the birth of her first child.

"When (Zayden) grows up, he'll be able to see that his debut was wild," said Armendariz.