Capturing the Birth With Beautiful Photography
Before I was pregnant I was pretty set on my ways that it would just be me, my husband, the doctor, and nurses in the delivery room. I guess it stems from modesty and the feeling that not everyone needs to be witness to such an intimate event. I’m pretty sure that’s how I still feel but I keep on hearing stories of women who’ve had the birth photographed (professionally and tastefully) and who say it was one of the best decisions they’ve made. And then I came across this birth photographed by Brooke Schwab and the absolutely stunning image to your left and couldn’t help but think maybe. Of course I would have to know and trust the photographer and the photos really would be just for me. Hmmm, I’m still on the fence about it. Feel free to weigh in and see more from this gorgeously captured birth below.
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Labor Pains
I love how these photos capture a sweet, supportive moment between husband and wife.
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Contractions
You can just tell the husband is a good cheerleader.
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The Golden Moment
This moment could not be captured more beautifully.
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Tears of Joy
A moment the mother will never forget.
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Dad
Isn't his beaming face so sweet?
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Happy Family
You can just see the amazement in their eyes.
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New Babe
Cleaned up and ready to go. I love the thick head of hair.
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I felt that exact same way, and for the births of my first 2 children, it never crossed my mind to photograph them. With our third, we hired a doula, and part of the service that she provides was to take photographs of the birth. When she told me this, I politley declined, but she said that if I wanted, she would still take them, and if I never wanted to look at them, then that was up to me. So I agreed.
The birth of my last baby ended up being a whirlwind, and a little traumatic. A few days later, I got up the nerve to look at the pictures, and was stunned by their beauty. She captured moments, that as a mom, I never would have got to have seen. She captured the pain, the joy, and some amazingly tender first moments between my new daughter and my husband.
Everything was in black and white, so there is nothing “gory” about them. My only regret is that I don’t have photos of my other 2 childern as they were brought into this world. I highly, highly suggest getting the pictures done. It’s not something that you can re-create.
I have done several birth stories and they are just that, stories. We hide in the background, unseen by you (not that you’re really paying attention to us anyway) we slide in, do our job, slide out and you are left with everything you missed while you were caught up in the moment of giving birth.
Any photographer who does birth stories knows what is involved and I can promise you they are beyond honored to be able to capture such an amazing thing for you.
Such amazing pictures, and it makes me regret not hiring a birth photographer for our own births. My husband took some pictures intermittently, but I would have loved for him to be in the images as well. This is a special experience for both parents, and I agree with Katie that the intense emotions are definitely not something that you can ever recreate… Guess we’ll have to have a third!