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  • Cherish The Miracle of Your Baby’s Birth Day

    The experience of riding the waves of labor. Your strength, your determination. Your partner's excitement, concern, joy. The moment of birth arrives! First look. First breathe. Baby's head settling on your chest for the first time. First little squeaky cries. Her little eyes looking into yours. His tiny mouth rooting for nourishment, for comfort. This moment will never happen again. No matter how many babies have been welcomed into the world, your baby, THIS baby, has his own special day. A miraculous day. A day that can be preserved for you, your family, and your sweet baby for her lifetime.

    I'd love to be a part of your special day, to document this miraculous journey as it unfolds. Mama Matters offers birth photography to the East Texas and DFW areas and doula services to the Greater Tyler area.

Posted in: Birth Photography, Doula

It was my first birth to attend at Nacogdoches Memorial Hospital and what a lovely one at that! An incredibly strong mama, a supportive dad and grandmother, a great nurse, and a respectful doctor all involved in bringing this sweet baby girl into the world. The most amazing part of it to me was when little Baby E was born, she was SO wide-eyed and alert as soon as she was out! Just gazed straight at her mama! It was beautiful. What a blessing to serve this family!

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Posted in: Birth Photography, Doula, Positive Birth

What is your definition of a positive birth?


Candles and music?

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Your partner holding your hand?

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 Smiling when you push your baby out?

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A quiet atmosphere? A cheerful atmosphere?

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A good working epidural?

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All-natural waterbirth?

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A peace-filled Cesarean?

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All of those births can be positive! A positive birth can occur in a home, a hospital, or a birth center. It can happen with twin births, breech births, medicated labors, Cesarean sections, inductions, waterbirths. A positive birth can be attended by an obstetrician, a midwife, or no one present at all.

What do you need for a positive birth? Although there can be many components for experiencing this type of birth, these are my:

Top Five Components To a Positive Birth

  1. The agenda of the mother’s care providers/support team is not only “a healthy mom and baby”. After that goal is the very close second goal of making her feel 100% supported and respected.
  2. The mother’s concerns are listened to and her questions are answered fully and respectfully. She understands her options and her rights.
  3. The mother’s thoughts and opinions are taken into consideration and are treated as important.
  4. The pregnancy, labor, birth, and postpartum time is communicated to the mother in a warm, positive light while still sharing realistic options and accurate information.
  5. The mother is treated like the one in charge… which she is.

     

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Did you have a Positive Birth?

What do you think contributed to that experience?
If you did not have a positive birth, do you feel that you could have had one if you experienced the top five aspects mentioned here?
What else would you add to this list? 

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Posted in: Birth Photography, Doula

I had a lovely time as doula & birth photographer to a sweet  first-time parents at Woodland Heights Medical Centers in Lufkin, TX. It was my first time to attend a birth at this hospital, and I am pleased to say that the L&D nurses and obstetrician offered supportive and calm care. The mother was such a strong laborer, carefully weighing all decisions with wisdom, and her husband was a trooper with all the hands-on support and prayer that was needed. Their precious baby girl entered into the world to a loving family in the evening before sundown.

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