Mother Love Is The Fuel That Enables A Normal Human Being To Do ᴛʜᴇ ɪᴍᴘᴏssɪʙʟᴇ

Eᴠᴇʀʏ ᴄʜɪʟᴅʙɪʀᴛʜ is downright amazingbut these women took it up a notch by getting handson with ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ᴏᴡɴ ᴅᴇʟɪᴠᴇʀɪᴇs. With the assistance of a ᴅᴏᴄᴛᴏʀ ᴅᴏᴜʟᴀ ᴏʀ ᴍɪᴅᴡɪꜰᴇ these moms caught their babies as ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴇᴍᴇʀɢᴇᴅ ᴅᴜʀɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴀsᴛ ᴍɪɴᴜᴛᴇs ᴏꜰ ʟᴀʙᴏʀ helping to ɢᴇɴᴛʟʏ ᴘᴜʟʟ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ᴏᴜᴛ and into the world. These raw intimate moments were stunningly documented by ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ʙɪʀᴛʜ photographers who shared with us their thoughts as they witnessed the incredible love and sᴛʀᴇɴɢᴛʜ of these women ᴘᴏᴜʀ forth as they met their child for the first time.

The chance to capture the most raw emotionally charged moments is what draws Melanie Pace to photographing ʙɪʀᴛʜs. She says Mothers bodies are strong and capable of so much more than we can imagine and witnessing that time and time again is so empowering. Watching motherassisted ʙɪʀᴛʜs like this feeds my soul with such goodness that cant be found in any other area of photography that I do.
Few moments in life are as pivotal as those first few precious seconds when ʙᴀʙɪᴇs ᴀʀᴇ ᴀʟᴍᴏsᴛ ʙᴏʀɴ. These ʜᴀʟꜰʙᴏʀɴ pics as theyre called show babies split between the ᴄᴏᴍꜰᴏʀᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏᴍʙ and the world at large. Theyre incredibly magical moments. When the baby is not quite separate from his or her mom but not quite his or her own person ʜᴀʟꜰʙᴏʀɴ photos serve as a memory of the doors between pregnancy and being a mother
Its photos like these that remind one why its important to have ᴀ ʙɪʀᴛʜ photographer in the