“I wanted to share this series of images with you for several reasons. This was my first experience with any birth outside of a “typical” hospital setting. I must admit that I was terribly nervous about it! Not only was it an at home water birth, but it was only my 3rd birth to photograph. I thought I was more fearful of not having the “usual” medical attention towards mommy and baby…turns out I was just terribly uneducated, much more than I thought I was!
The amazing midwife and her assistants were SO incredibly knowable and supportive of this sweet family and their birth choices! I was shocked with just how well prepared and equipped they were! Oxygen tanks, medical supplies and everything birth related was wheeled in and mama, baby and even daddy were so graciously and skillfully cared for!
Never again will I view home birth the same! I had NO idea to how uninformed I was until I was able to witness, first hand, the astonishing empowerment of being fully educated, supported and prepared in birth. I had no idea that my original “fears” of at-home birth were really notions that had gone uneducated. I know that every woman is different and all birth choices should be respected…I’m just thankful that I had the opportunity to have my fears about birth brought to light by such a miraculous experience such as this!” ~Debbie with A Full Cup Photography
Recommended Reading
The Birth of Sicily Rose {Postpartum Hemorrhage, Vanishing Twin Syndrome}
Welcome Caio {Costa Rica Water Birth}
Pure Delight…VBAC Mom and Baby- Veda’s Birth Story
HBA2C: Fox’s Birth Story
Rueger’s Birth: Learning to Give Into the Power of a Woman’s Body
Birth Of Elsie {Homebirth Story With Siblings}
Logan’s Birth Story {Med-Free Hospital Birth}
Wyatt’s Birth Story {Fast Birth Story}
My Fearless Birth {Home birth turned hospital}
One Comment
Loretta E
These pictures are gorgeous! Smart momma too. Wish I would have braided my hair like that. My hair was not well-contained by the end of my daughter’s birth!
I love that this opened the photographer’s eyes about how wonderful home birth is. I’ve always thought that those medical professionals (nurses and docs) that deal with birth should see a home birth. I feel like this would have a huge impact on how home birth is viewed.