Over the past week I have attended 4 births. As ever the blog gets neglected.
I have had permission to share a great moment with you. This is what every woman and every baby deserve. I hope in the future that more and more women will come to see this as the most important moment of their lives and worthy of respect, planning and careful thought.
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Beautiful and absolutely brilliant pics.
AMAZING! BEAUTIFUL!
What a breathtaking sight! Out of curiosity, was the baby weighed at any stage? It looks like a big one and I just love love love hearing stories about “big” babies birthed naturally.
What incredible photos. Just beautiful!
Absolutely divine! Thank-you to the gracious Mama for sharing these stunning images!
Wow – what a photo!!! A rare snap of half-in/half-out.
Birth certainly IS an art.
lovely to see a baby coming out of an upright woman, at their own unique rhythm. i’m interning in Peru right now and most of the babies are literally yanked out of their mothers’ yonis. sheesh. thanks for holding the space for normal birth!
This moment so beautifully captured!!! imagine this child seeing these in years to come. Powerful and very empowering if baby is a girl, or boy who wants to support his partner!!
I have had two ‘obstetric on my back’ births, one standing birth and two water births, and, thinking of having another family member has only been delayed because i am still terrified of birthing without water, due to my experiences. these beautiful pics make me want to do it all again, land or sea! there is a joy and peace about them, and mum is a hero for revealling such a private and precious moment. thankyou!
What lovely pictures! I am so glad you got permission to show us these.
Such breathtaking photos! Thank you for publishing them, and thank you to the mama for her willingness to share them.
I’m curious: Was the baby weighed? Could be just the angle of the photo but it seems quite big to me and I loooove hearing stories of “big” babies birthed naturally.
It’s the angle of the picture. Baby weighed 7lb. I was lucky enough to be with a woman 3 weeks ago who was a VBAC and homebirthed a lovely 10lber
Amazing! I love what you said about giving the moment of birth careful thought.
Great pics!
I am always appreciative to see lots of pics. My own homebirth, we barely had time. I am so glad that there are midwives out there that provide these services. My last baby was 10 pounds 4, and there was no hospital in the area that would let me give birth vaginally. She was born in a 20 minute labor, where the midwife barely had time to get here!
Cheers.