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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.

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What a peaceful, perfectly supported homebirth! Ashley & Brad are first-time parents and their birth experience was so inspirational. I arrived at their house after they had been laboring all night and found Ashley still smiling, even at 8cm dilated! Surrounded by her midwife, two midwife assistants, her sweet mother, and her very involved husband, Ashley breathed through the contractions with loving support. Worship music played in the background. Remy was born in the water, and he was immediately alert and calm! It was such a blessing to be the birth photographer at this birth! See more pictures on my Facebook page!

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Wonderful support.

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Still smiling at 8cm!

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Working Hard

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First Moment

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Family of Three!

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Beautiful Remy

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Proud Daddy

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This absolutely adorable baby boy came into the world after a long and challenging labor. The mama was such a trooper and Baby Nathan pretty much came out smiling!

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An early morning walk after 10 hours of labor- leaning on her husband for support.

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Patiently waiting.

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It was all worth it.

 

 

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Holding Daddy's hand

 

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What a sweet alert face!

 

 

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Did you know that babies can be born in many different ways? Yes, the most typical presentation is vertex, like this:

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Others are born breech, looking sideways, or, in the case of one of my more recent births I had the blessing to photograph, face first! Below is a picture I captured as the baby was coming out. I love how her sweet lips are pursed and her tongue is sticking out! It’s as if she is saying, “See? I’ll be born in any way I want!” In many cases this presentation is viewed as an automatic Cesarean, so it was wonderful how the attending midwife and obstetrician were supportive of this strong mama having a vaginal birth (and a VBAC at that!). By the way, this was the first face presentation the OB had seen in 17 years and the ONLY one the midwife had ever seen!

Facefirst Presentation Birth Photo
*Nudity involved, that’s why I only put a link to the photo. But it is a tastefully shot photo in black & white and well worth viewing!*

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Brittany had a beautiful VBAC, unmediated except for a bit of Nubain during some of the long hours (about 24 hours) to help her rest. I was blessed to not only be her doula but also her birth photographer! Despite previous doctors telling her she’ll never have a vaginal birth, she pushed out a 8 lb 1 oz daughter, Skyla, in less than 10 contractions! She was a superwoman, and her husband Jeff was a good support, reminding her to “birth without fear”. Brittany, you did it!

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So I am way behind in updating my blog! Probably because I’ve had almost a birth a week for the past month and a half. Plus I’m 11 weeks pregnant with our third child, so you all knows that equals nausea, tiredness, and general lack of motivation. 🙂 Anyway, I have one birth photography session and two newborn sessions to share! So even though it’s out of order, I’m going to share my last session first!

I also was so blessed to attend as a doula the birth of this sweet baby boy. He was born at the Labor of Love birth center. His mama and daddy were such a sweet couple; their partnership in labor was incredible and their attitudes were just lovely, It was special to be there! Their baby boy, Kidron Jair, arrived with tons of dark hair as you can see from the photos. He was 3 days old at this session. Doesn’t his mama look gorgeous? It’s unfair for anyone to look this great the first postpartum week. 😉

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