Birth Matters

A fantastic read from someone who supports families and photographs birth.
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I often see (and share!) the most beautiful birth photography and videos on this platform. I share the images because I want so badly to undo the decades of falsehood that society has put into the heads of women that birth is inherently scary or dangerous. I want to show the world the beauty and strength I get to see in women every single day. BUT I have had women apologize…. APOLOGIZE that they did not “handle labor like the peaceful women on Instagram”, they’ve apologized because their home wasn’t “aesthetic enough” and I fear we’ve put unrealistic expectations upon women. Maybe you will be someone who breathes through every contraction like a yoga goddess, but maybe you’re someone who needs to lose their s**t at some point in labor, we hold space for both. In my opinion, the beauty in birth doesn’t come from the camera clicks or the like counts, or if your background matched your birth tub, the beauty in birth comes from living through the human experience. It comes from witnessing first hand some of the most raw human emotions on the planet.

If you’re prepping for a birth right now just know that you are enough, your home is enough, your experience will be enough. Your birth will be your own unique experience and we are birth workers are happy to support you however it unfolds ♥️ .