See mom's shock over baby boy — breaking a 50-year-old trend in her family

Dara Crouch, a labor and delivery nurse, figured she pretty much knew what to expect when it came to her own pregnancy and giving birth. But her shocked expression, caught by photographer and family friend Neely Ker-Fox on April 25, shows nothing but sweetness and utter surprise.

"I just knew I was having a girl,” the 29-year-old from Columbus, Georgia, told TODAY.

Crouch could not believe her eyes!
Crouch, already a mother to 3-year-old daughter Neyland, had decided to leave her newborn’s gender a surprise. After all, no one on her mother’s side of the family had given birth to a son in more than 50 years.

Crouch just didn't think it was possible.

Crouch said she "just knew" she was having a girl.
So, after four hours in labor, when she met her newborn son, Liam, now 7 weeks old, she felt “shock more than anything.”

It was even noteworthy for Ker-Fox, a Georgia-born photographer who has shot more than 100 births since 2011. “I’ve seen surprises, but Dara had by far the most genuine reaction,” she told TODAY.