Hi baby! The moment when the baby and mother gaze at each other highlights the sacred bond of motherhood.D

I’m writing this on November 5th, 2018, the day after sweet Terre’s birth, which happens to be the two year anniversary of my birth photography career.

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I spent most of yesterday with this іпсгedіЬɩe couple alongside my lovely doula partner Gina of The Sown Seed and I’ve spent most of today thinking about the lessons

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I’ve learned over the past two years and 50+ births. I have, of course, learned so much about birth, and the рoweг and beauty of birthing people,

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.

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and about photography, but I think I’ve learned the most about myself. Which brings me to this birth.

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