“My daughter was born on Christmas Eve. She was so alert from the moment she was born! The expression on her face in that first picture amazes me. I hope to write a birth story soon, but in the mean time, here are a few pictures. I started following your Facebook page and blog before I was pregnant, through a…
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3 Sisters Pregnant Together, Not Once, But Twice!
“My sisters and I all became pregnant in 2008. I was due in July and they were both due in September (they had there babies 2 days apart), then we all got pregnant again in 2009. My younger sister and I were due a week apart (our second babies are 6 days apart), and when we were 8 months pregnant…
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A Healing, Positive and Empowering Hospital Birth with Pictures
My birth journey began prior to even conceiving our daughter. My husband and I have a beautiful son who was born in 2006 and I thought his birth was wonderful with the exception of my water breaking at 34 weeks and labor started shortly after. I had an epidural and only felt about a hour of pain. I walked away…
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VBAC: “I’M NOT BROKEN!!!”
“I delivered my second daughter on December 18, my due date and her older sister’s second birthday! We started the birth at home and was planning on delivering there, but complications in pushing took landed me in the hospital. Thanks to the ride there, I was able to have the VBAC I wanted – six pushes and she was on…
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When Patience in a Home Birth Pays Off…
“I just wanted to thank all of you for the support and encouragement you gave be here! I had a wonderful home birth and was so glad I choose not to go to the hospital. 🙂 I had back labor, ‘failure to progress’, and a ‘too large’ malpositioned baby. So if I had not chosen home birth it would have…
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Home Birth Announcement and Picture: Post Dates, Fast Labor & Great Support!
I just love Katelyn. She has been a BWF follower for some time. I love her awesome, fun, and beautiful self. She’s a talented photographer with a unique and special style, and hass generously shared pictures for the BWF Blog! So…I was very excited to receive this email from her. Congrats mama! I just wanted to share with you…
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Military Families: Maternity and Family Pictures
“My hubby is in the Air Force. The camo and parachute shot were his idea : ) And I love how protective my six year old looks in the last one.” ~ Danielle “My husband is in the Army. He spent the last 3 years serving at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington national cemetery. This is our…
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Happy Halloween, Pregnant Baby Bump Pumpkin
BWF Mama, Nancy , with Daisy Jean Photography was kind enough to share these fun, adorable pictures for the BWF blog! Thank you!
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VBAC Birth Pictues, Intimate and Special
One of our wonderful BWF Mamas is willing to share her special and intimate birth pictures with our community. She says, “These are pictures that were taken by our doula at the birth of my third son. I delivered him at home after a c-section in 2000 then a VBAC in a hospital in 2009. I feel these pictures represent…