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Maternity

Birth

Fresh 48 & Postpartum

Motherhood

A profound change.

In the 1970s medical anthropologist Dana Raphael coined the term matrescence suggesting that motherhood brings as significant and as profound changes as adolescence.

I don’t know about you, but I wasn’t fan of adolescence. It was uncertain. It was messy. It was awkward. It was hard. My transition to motherhood was a bumpy one, without question.

Yet, when I saw images of me with my children, despite my ambivalence about motherhood (both a losing and finding of myself ) one thing was clear.  I could see how much I loved them and much they loved me.

Documenting the beautiful struggle that is motherhood is important for so many reasons, not the least of which is this: a photograph is a moment written with light, a love letter to your child(ren). 

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 on birth photography

Why your baby’s birth is worth documenting.

A mother’s connection to her children is always beautiful and powerful and arguably, once a mother always a mother.  But pregnancy, labor, and birth—these things that often mark the beginning of motherhood—are fleeting (thank goodness!) but so, so precious.  The tender support of a partner, the skilled hands of a mid-wife, the moment we meet our babies—these moments are often lost in a cocktail of hormones, exhaustion, and euphoria.

And we forget more than we think will. The moment you see first see your baby and her tiny, yet perfectly formed fingers and toes. The first cries, signaling life. Babies grow and we forget.

But you don’t have to forget the beautiful details of your baby’s birth-day. Document the birth-day of your sweet babe in raw, real, and emotive images.