Couple's 'cat birthing' photo shoot will make you question their sanity

Cat photoshoot

Cat lover and photographer Lucy Schultz, has spent the majority of her life fostering kittens and volunteering at her local shelter.

So to celebrate her finally being in a position to officially adopt her first kitten, she decided to take part in a 'birthing' photo shoot.

She called up her best friend, Elizabeth Woods-Darby, a professional photographer and videographer, and they decided to do something creative and funny that would bring joy to their family and friends.

“A year ago, I was so excited for the day I’d get to have my own cat that I told my friend Elizabeth I was thinking of doing a baby/kitten announcement after I adopted,” Lucy tells Yahoo.

“She was equally pumped about the idea and immediately jumped on board with her own ideas, and it just snowballed from there, as things do when you’re with your BFF."

"We looked at some birth photos together and said yeah, let’s take it to the next level.”

Lucy's partner was on board as well. “He’s the best man I’ve ever met, and he completely embraces my weirdness and my obsession with cats. I’m a lucky woman,” she says.

And the result was definitely next level. The images quickly went viral, and they gathered over 76,000 shares on Facebook.

Photographer Elizabeth tells Yahoo they are overwhelmed with the positive response and the attention their project has gotten.

“We wanted the images to feel as real life as possible. The unmade bed, the messy sweaty face and hair, the natural light and the sweetness of the new 5-month-old kitten with his new parents,” Elizabeth says about the inspiration for the photos.

"The hilarity did not escape us. But we charged on through our laughter. And yes, we laughed the whole shoot."

"Lucy and her partner were troopers and we managed to capture some incredibly heartfelt images as well. It was one of the funnest shoots I’ve done in a while.”

Despite a very limited number of naysayers, Lucy says there was a lot more love and positivity than anything else, and she is “so grateful to everyone who laughed or said, ‘this is so us.’”

Although the orange kitten has yet to receive a name, he is already learning his new home and its rules.

“We are just teaching the little guy about boundaries and fish tanks since we have two tanks in the house that he’s very curious about. He just wants to touch the fish, or give them a hug, and maybe taste them,” Lucy says jokingly.

She adds: “He goes to sleep on his baby blanket every night and he has no idea he’s famous.”