Birth photos

When my friend Kerri and I discussed birth photography for my delivery of baby number two, I was really on the fence. My first labor and delivery had been

I'm a Mechanicsburg native, wife, and mom of two. My passion for birth came during my preparation for my natural hospital birth of my second baby. I fell I love

There's nothing like the beauty and power of childbirth, and these talented birth photographers have captured it in extraordinary detail.

My ideal home birth turned into into a hospital birth, which became a c-section. After three days of labor, I was so thankful to finally meet our sweet baby!

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While pregnant with my first baby, I did a lot of research into a hospital birth vs. a home birth. I already knew I wasn't that comfortable with the

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We chose to have an unmedicated, natural birth at a local birth center. With a team of 3 midwives and a peaceful "home-like" room, we had such an amazing experience that I felt compelled to share. Birth was intense and hard, but beautiful and rewarding. I used to not completely understand why people shared birth

These Raw Photos of a Mom Delivering Her Preemie Are a Reminder of How Powerful Birth Really Is - Cosmopolitan.com

For those of you who didn't know, today is Father's Day in many countries around the world. And there's a very simple reason why this day is so widely celebrated, and that's because dads are awesome. Check out these professional pictures of dads in the delivery room to see what we mean. They'll make you laugh, they'll make you cry, but most importantly they'll remind you, if you ever needed reminding, that dads deserve to be spoiled today for being there for us, and there with us, since the…