I literally GASPED when I saw these pictures. “These photos are from the breech cesarean birth that I photographed on Thursday. The doctors and hospital were extremely generous and allowed me to photograph the entire birth as baby came out. Mom has given me permission to share. This was far from her initial home birth plan, but this super Mom…
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Eternal Love
There is a sweet story behind this picture. After they put baby on mom’s chest to meet person to person for the first time, Ginger with Earthside Birth Photography, told the mama to smell her baby. In this picture, she was doing just that. Taking in the first breath of unconditional, eternal love.
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Healing Emotionally and Physically From a Cesarean at 29 Weeks
This picture isn’t one from the hospital, as we don’t particularly want to share those. Our baby was born prematurely and it was quite traumatic for us. Here is the story… My waters broke at 26 weeks’ gestation and I spent 10 days in hospital, where I was told that she was lying sideways, I had no amniotic fluid (was…
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A Family-Centered Cesarean Birth Plan
One of our BWF moms was kind enough to share her cesarean birth plan with us! Sometimes, due to the fast and surgical nature of a cesarean, many doctors and hospitals forget to include the family, and especially the mother, in the birth. A cesarean is a birth, and needs to be treated as one – this includes the creation…
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A Mother’s Intuitive Choice to Have a Cesarean at 42 1/2 Weeks
I’m so excited to share these photos with the world! This is my 3rd child and 3rd c-section. My other births were full of fear as the first was a c-section because of failure to progress, the 2nd was a repeat c-section (because I didn’t know any better) and then this birth – which was not fearful, at all. I…
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Cesarean Birth Matters
You know, I have see this picture of an apple shredded up and the statement about how only a healthy baby matters. It’s making the point that it’s not OK when people say that your birth and your body don’t matter. I AGREE with that statement. Birth DOES matter. HOWEVER, I completely disagree with the picture (related to cesarean birth…
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Cesarean Birth Video
I have seen many cesarean birth photos, but never a video like this one. It is from Birth Without Fear mother, Christina. She received and has given much support throughout her pregnancy, labor, birth and post partum. They were able to catch the c-section on video and it’s nothing short of amazing. If blood and surgery make you squeamish, you…
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Rare Cesarean Photos
We share so many pictures of pregnancy and births (at home and in the hospital), but few cesarean birth pictures! I am still in awe at these amazing pictures of a child being born. Mother, Christina Walker and pictures taken by daddy, James Rachal. Alyssa Mae was 9 lbs 4oz and 21 inches.
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Natural Water Birth Instead of Repeat Cesarean
“This is a picture of me and my 3rd daughter, Ailsa, just 2 minutes after she was born. Thank you for making the beautiful empowering birth of my daughter possible! When I found out I was pregnant with my 3rd daughter, I was going have an elective c-sec as my previous births had been horrendous and traumatic, but you made…