It’s incredibly exciting when you think you have finally started early labor! Yet here’s the truth, the best thing to do, is to actually relax. Here are 5 things you can do during those first hours of labor. Watch a favorite movie or TV series: Yep, watch tv. It keeps your body resting, your mind […]
There’s a pretty high chance you have heart this mantra said by the birth workers in your area. “Who you choose to have in your birth space, matters.” But WHY does it matter? Why can’t you just have any ole person to document your birth and be your doula? Experience in the birth space: There […]
Why hire a birth photographer? There are so so many reasons you may decide to hire a photographer to document your birth. The moments you don’t ever want to forget. To look back on the beauty within your birth. How you were so loved, how much power you displayed, and the first few moments of […]
Birth doulas hold such special, almost sacred, spaces in the birth world. I’m not a midwife or the nurse. I don’t do any charting, or measure any process of your labor. A doula is quite simply there for support, to hold space for you while you are working to bring your baby into this world, […]
A question many new parents have once they’ve found out that there is a growing baby inside moms belly. Is hiring a birth photographer worth it though? It REALLY is! What I want you to know and think about is the investment that you are making when you hire a birth photographer and what makes […]
I have found that there seem to be many “missing pieces” after healing from your birthing experience. At least, I know that’s true for me. I’ve had to fill in all the blanks from what others have told me my birth story was. Piecing together all the little snippets of information. What my midwife did to support my laboring decisions, the support from my husband, support from our doula to both my husband and I, how powerful I looked bringing another life into this world, the emotions that were flowing throughout the room, and most importantly, how peaceful our experience was bringing our daughter into this world. Hiring a birth photographer is important.
