Birth

Birth; it is one of the most painful, emotional, joyous, miraculous, real experiences we have in this world.

Never in my life have I experienced something as amazing as giving birth to my children. Words really cannot be said to explain it besides one. I asked my sister yesterday as she looked upon her beautiful new born baby girl, “What are you thinking right now?” And I knew how her heart felt, her new mom eyes said it all, “Love.” That really is the only word, LOVE.

Pregnancy and birth are amazingly beautiful to me. For 9 months we carry our children in us loving them from the start, nurturing our bodies to nurture them. For 9 months we dream of what they will look like, feel like, smell like and be like. For some, pregnancy is not easy but we bear down and journey through it all for them. Then it happens, you are in labour. All the dreaming, preparing and anticipating comes down to these next moments. It is not only an emotional time for the soon to be mother but also for the soon to be dad.

It is painful, oh so painful but each contraction brings you closer and closer to meeting your baby. To finally seeing them; feeling them; smelling them; knowing them; and that is what drives us on through the pain. You are told it is time to push, once again you bear down and work towards meeting this precious gift you have been given.

Finally you are finished, they are here. They are placed upon your chest and you stare, just stare because that is the only thing you can do in your amazement. Time stops. It is just you and your baby meeting for the first time but yet you feel like you know them already. And you are filled with LOVE.

This is my passion. I want to capture these moments for you. The pain, the emotion, first look, first touch, first smell of their baby skin, and the joy of the miracle of the gift of life you now have and hold. Forever.

*Every birth story is different and every bit beautiful and miraculous. *

photos by Marissa V. Photography