It’s taken me so long to post this but even though it was a week ago, I had to share these photos from Hayden’s birth. He was born at St. Mary’s after a long night for mom. Lucky for me, I was armed coffee, candy, Stephany’s supportive family, her lovely doula Samantha, and of course, my camera.
There were moments when I watched her in pain that I knew I had to capture, but hesitated to release my shutter out of fear that I’d disturb her. But I constantly reminded myself why I was there. I wasn’t just there to get a good shot. I was there to document one of the most important, magical times of her life. A time in every childbearing woman’s life where there’s a bitter mixture of pain accompanied by the following joy when that baby comes. I’ll be posting more pictures of this birth in the coming weeks.
