Birth of Baby L - Virginia Mason - Seattle, Wa

BirthBirth Stories

Sep 28

Written By Morgan Petroski

After a few days of prodromal labor and then finally a quick, beautiful, and peaceful labor on the morning of September 25th, Baby L was born. His mother strongly and gracefully birthed him in the water and then welcomed him into her arms. Welcome little one!

A mother labors in the dark on a birth ball at Virginia Mason in Seattle.

A woman hangs on her husband as her supports her through a contraction.

A mother labors in the birth tub while surrounded by her husband and midwife at Virginia Mason in Seattle.

A husband gently touches his wife's arm during labor.

A husband kisses his wife's forehead while she smiles between contractions and sits in a birthing tub.

A mother brings her baby up to her chest immediately after giving birth to him in a birth tub at Virginia Mason in Seattle.

A mother looks up at her husband while holding their freshly born baby with a look of astonishment and surprise about what just happened.

A father leans over the birth tub to take a close look at the baby his wife just birthed and is holding in her arms.

A mother looks adoringly at her freshly born baby in the birth tub at Virginia Mason in Seattle.

A freshly born baby looks up at his mother while still in the birth tub at Virginia Mason in Seattle.

A father cuts the cord of his newborn baby at the hospital.

A father smiles and looks down lovingly while holding his newborn son in his arms.

A mother smiles at her husband from the hospital bed with their newborn son in her arms.

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Morgan Petroski

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