Whenever there is a shift in culture, there is always push back.
I’m sure you’ve heard someone say it, “a healthy mom and baby is what’s important.”
True. That is important. But how often do we use those words to only describe the physical health…
After a swift labor, a baby girl named Finley was born at home in the water surrounded by her mom, dad, older sister, and grandmother.
I rarely get photos of me photographing births, so these are rare and special moments captured of me at a hospital birth just before my own labor and a home birth just after my baby was born.
An intense labor, this strong mama dreamed of a home birth to her second daughter and after laboring in the water, she delivered her baby in the bedroom of their home.
This midwife-in-training gave birth to their fifth baby in a hospital with three other pregnant women supporting her in her labor.