Note: The images in this post are definitely tasteful, but it might be a bit much if you are squeamish about seeing pictures of babies just born.
Anticipation. Agony. The first tiny cries and the elation and relief of parents. I was so very privileged to be present for the birth of this sweet baby girl to good friends of mine – witnessing the waiting, the love and care of husband and father, and gentle support of of a doula. Sesch from MotherWit Doula Care was there to provide incredible support for a natural delivery.
I got the call at 5 in the morning that Saturday – and my friends joked that I’d be done photographing the birth in time to be back home by 10 so that I could be on time to give an already scheduled photography seminar with Tim later that afternoon. Third-time parents seem to possess that keen sense of impending arrival – I got to the hospital at 6 am and by 9:30 an incredibly cute and chubby baby entered the world and met her overjoyed parents. Even though I was very much present for the birth of my own little bundle of joy, I found myself getting incredibly emotional behind the lens, snapping away as my friends cried and held their sweet little girl for the first time. Sesch smiled at me and said, “It’s pretty incredible isn’t it?”.
Indeed it is.
