Oxytocin, or ‘the love hormone’, plays a major role in fertility, pregnancy, birth and postpartum. So in honor of Valentine’s Day, we share with you a collection of images submitted for the 2019 Birth Becomes Her Photo Contest that truly evoked the feeling of love within us. Grab your tissues and enjoy, because there is a whole lotta love here.
Read MoreIn the middle of a rainy night I was called to drive to Atlanta to document an adoption birth. It was the birthmother who wanted photos that she could gift to the adoptive mother. The room was dark, quiet and the energy and gratitude was so present that it felt like we were moving and talking slower than usual.
Read MoreAfter hearing the first cries, they then carried Sarah and baby as a team over to the bed. She laid there and met her son for the first time, experiencing pure joy and ecstasy as she felt his skin on hers in the first moments of his life.
Read MoreTwins born on the morning of Summer solstice, such a peaceful, serene, happy birth to attend!
Read MoreFirst birth photography for Regard de Zebre. Exciting and nervous at this time but I knew it would have been the best moment of my carrier. Home birth that I waited for long hours, nights and days. And finally, on 16th April 2017, Ella-Rose decided to come. A French song writer wrote "And today it's the best time, the most beautiful baby and the most beautiful mum. ON the most beautiful earth."
Read MoreAfter six long years of struggling to have a baby, we knew we wanted to remember every special moment of that day. I had heard that birth rarely goes the way you think it will and due to complications, I not only needed a c-section, but I was also sedated during the birth that I had so longed to experience naturally.
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