This morning I had the privilege of photographing a beautiful home birth.  Scarlet Ophelia Rollins was born at 5:47am. Her mother and birth team worked beautifully together to bring this little lady earth-side. Big Sister Bella made sure everyone knew that she was going to be the one to cut the cord. She is also a doula in training and proudly showed me her birth bag and all it’s contents – she was adorable. It was beautiful to see how well supported this mom was with all her sisters and friends surrounding her. Truly a beautiful birth!

laboring hard in the tub

exercise balls have multiple purposes!

the catch

Big sister cuts the cord.

beautiful beautiful eyes!

Fresh off the press this afternoon.

we took two cars to church this morning because I just had a feeling that I might have to leave early – that was a good call because that is exactly what happened. I got to spend the afternoon with the gorgeous little guy”s family. He had a fast but gentle and beautiful birth.

and now they are a family of eight! I’m really liking these big families I have been photographing lately, now I just have to convince Myles

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Welcome Lillian Beatrice!

a beautiful baby girl and a beautiful water birth!
and wow this has been a crazy week – 2 births!

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I was privileged to photograph a beautiful home birth on Monday night, well almost – I missed the birth part by about 6 minuets. But I was still able to capture my favorite part, those sweet few minuets were mother and child meet for the first time, take each other in and bond. Oh how I love these sacred moments, it is such an honor to be a part of them.

Welcome to the world baby L!

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Beautiful Lucia was born Wednesday morning November 17th. I have honestly never witnessed a birth quite like this, for the most part it was nearly silent for the entire birth with some soft music playing in the background. I carried Talia in the moby wrap and while Lucia was being born Talia was the noisiest one in the room with her “Gulp! Gulp! Gulp!” eating sounds (she is a very noisy eater). Lucia’s birth was so serene and beautiful, what a gentle way to be welcomed into the world. I love photographing home births more than any other type of birth! Welcome baby Lucia!

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Introducing June

and Quinn

their Mama (the previously mentioned Andrea) was amazing! I don’t think I have ever seen someone so graceful and in control while in labor I can only hope to do half as well.

more photos of these little beauties to come soon!

-Emily

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Check it out! I’m the featured photographer over at birthphotographers.com

I am really excited about this website created by Lyndsay Stradtner, it’s a resource for expectant parents and photographers. The website will help expecting parents find a birth photographer in their city/sate. This resource was so badly needed – just search “birth photographer” and see what I mean. I get emails from people asking me for referrals for a birth photographer near them and I just don’t have an extensive list so I am really excited about this directory. So photographers please join if you are already photographing births. And if you are an expectant parent looking for a birth photographer please check it out. The site also features birth related articles writing  on a wide range of topics, and there is a detailed Resource Center that can help you find a midwife, doula or birth center in your area.  You will also find a suggested reading list! This is a huge asset for the birth community!

I was super excited to return from Idaho yesterday and find the new May issue of Seattle Woman magazine out on stands. This issues features some of my photos from the beautiful home birth of Waldron Dain Peterson from last summer. Jessica and her family were very generous in sharing their images from their sons birth. The accompanying story about doulas is equally interesting and explains a lot about what a doula does. Seattle Woman is a free publication and you can pick it up at coffee shops, grocery stores, and community gathering spots. If you are not in the Seattle area you can download the PDF version of the magazine from their website http://www.seattlewomanmagazine.com/.

I am really pleased that doulas a getting a lot of press lately and I hope that this trend encourages more women towards knowing their options for birth and seeking out a supportive network.
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Olive got a bit stuck on the way out and gave us a good scare as she didn’t “start” imideatly on her own. But after the quick attention of her midwives she started breathing and then screaming on her own and we were all quite relieved.

Ivy watched the entire birth and was so excited to play with her baby, and request to “walk her around” almost imediatly.

Well done Hayven!

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Introducing baby C.

Isn’t she beautiful!