Birth is often portrayed as a woman’s moment—and in many ways, it is.But there’s something sacred, powerful, and deeply grounding that happens when a father takes his place in the birth space. There is such a deep importance of fathers in the birth space. He may not feel fully prepared.He may not know what to […]

June 19, 2025

The Importance of Fathers in the Birth Space

Kansas City Birth Photography

Husband supporting wife during Lawrence Kansas home birth

Questions to ask about experience: What I’ve learned in the first 3 years as a birth doula and photographer has shaped who I am and how I support the families I serve. What I know now, is not what I knew then. Here are some questions to ask to figure out their experience as a […]

March 7, 2025

Tips from Kansas City birth photographer, Christin Ortiz. How to get the best work out of that birth photographer you hired.

February 6, 2025

How to get the most out of your birth photographer.

Kansas City Birth Photography

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 […]

January 24, 2025

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 […]

January 6, 2025

Why Choosing Who You Have in Your Birth Space, Matters.

Benefits of a birth doula

Midwife checking baby boy while he is laying on mom's chest

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 […]

August 29, 2024

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, […]

October 14, 2022

What is A Doula? | Kansas City Doula Explains

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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 […]

October 14, 2022
Grandmother supporting breastfeeding

Dear Mama,
This is for you, the one who will be birthing in a Kansas City hospital. It’s possible, that natural birth you have been desiring.

September 18, 2022

Natural Hospital Birth in Kansas City

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Kansas City Birth Photographer

Think of a birth doula as an experienced guide who has already gone through the journey that is birth. Helping to navigate with support. Birth doulas provide physical, emotional, and informational support for both mothers in labor, their partners, and other family members who are present.

June 7, 2022
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