Birth photography is one of my favorite things to do. It is such an honor to be there when someone takes their very first breath. I became a doula when I was 21-before I even had kids-because I loved pregnancy, birth and babies so much. Put that together with my love of photography, and it is perfect. In fact, I always said that I wanted to someday be a midwife, and someday be a photographer. So, it is a wonderful way to combine the two. I don’t do doula work anymore, only birth photography because I really could not help but capture the birth in photos if I was there as a doula. It would be hard to just focus on being the support, and not document such a momentous occasion.

So, this strong mama is Stacy Ziegler, another fabulous Boulder photographer and good friend. I arrived at the hospital at 10:30pm, went home for a couple hours to take care of Amelia, and then came back in time for her to have her baby early that morning. Alexander (named by his very cute big brother), was 8lbs 11ounces, much bigger than we expected. And they look IDENTICAL. My mother, who had five children, always told me that my second baby would be so, so very different from my first, and that I would be so surprised when the baby came out. But, both of my kids look identical as well. People comment that they look like twins but years apart. While they are totally different creatures as far as their personalities, they do look eerily similar. And baby Alex and big brother Robert could not look more alike. Can’t wait to see little R being a big brother!

So that first photo of the baby was literally a second after he was delivered. The doctor was amazing (Eryn Munks from Boulder Woman’s Care). Congratulations Stacy and Brad and thank you for letting me be a part of your birth!