Newborn Session at Home and Pet Goats too! - Duvall, Wa
Newborn sessions at home really allow you to just relax and stay in your cozy newborn nest. I love when bigger siblings get to be there too and get to be themselves during your session! They are still getting to know their new sibling as well. We always just go with the flow during your session. Nursing, baby bath, more nursing, playing, cuddles, a trip outside to say hi to the goats… whatever you feel up for doing at home, like you would any other day, we do. And while 90-95% of your session is unscripted, and true documentary, I also always do a quick and painless family portrait for posterity as well.
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Decorating the Tree - Family Documentary Session - Shoreline, Wa
A quick sneak peek from a documentary family session where they decorated the tree together! Baby Frances loved watching her family decorate and wanted to be part of the action at all times! :)
Birth of Baby Oscar - Swedish First Hill - Seattle, Wa
A quick sneak peek from the birth of Oscar. He was really really cozy on the inside. So cozy it took two inductions to meet him. This left his sweet parents overjoyed to finally meet him when it was time. Little one, you are loved so very much!
Birth of Baby Calvin - Evergreen Hospital - Kirkland, Wa
The birth of Calvin.
He arrived faster than anyone expected. I think he was just ready to meet everyone. Inductions are typically long, sometimes they can even take multiple days. Amy’s induction went from a second dose of misoprostol to birth in about 6 hours! As her contractions built, Jeff supported her every step of the way. As the moment of birth neared, Jeff gloved up and stepped in to help catch their baby. There’s something extra sweet about a partner catching their baby. After birth, Calvin had a very short stay in the NICU for observation while he cleared some fluids but soon the entire family of three were reunited back together in postpartum. Little Calvin weighed 6 lb 8 oz at birth and was born at 10:32am on October 21st.
Welcome Calvin!
(P.S. - Check out the cutest little swirl of hair I think I’ve ever seen.)
Birth of Baby Golden - Puget Sound Birth Center - Kirkland, Wa
The one truth about birth. Every birth is different. Even when this is your third birth. They still manage to surprise you.
Labor began during a crazy thunder storm on Monday night. We all headed to the birth center only a short time after a heads up, as Diana’s last birth was a quick one. However, Golden had other plans. Her mother worked so hard throughout the night, then night turned to morning, then morning to afternoon. She was exhausted. But the amazing thing about birth is sometimes you surprise yourself. With the care and encouragement of her midwife, her mother, and her husband she gathered all her remaining strength and roared Baby Golden out on September 26th.
It’s safe to say with a build up like that everyone was more than ready to meet this little one. Welcome Golden. You have the strongest mother.
Birth location: Puget Sound Birth Center
Midwife: Amanda Ferre of Eastside Midwives at Puget Sound Birth Center
Reflections on a cozy, laidback maternity session at home.