🚌 SCHOOL BUS CONVERTED HOUSE 🚌
HOME BIRTH
in Jupiter, Florida
I get asked OFTEN what my favorite birth ever was.
While I don't have a favorite, because I have attended a lot of births I really really loved for many different reasons, I am going to start sharing a few of my 'coolest' births that instantly come to mind starting with this one!
First time mama lives in a school bus converted home, when I arrived at her birth, I saw immediately how much heart and time they put into creating a loving home.
When she first hired me to photograph her baby's home birth, I said I would do whatever I could to make it, despite it being a drive for me.
Its really hard for me to choose only 10 of my favorite photos from Katie's home birth, but I did my best narrowing them down for instagram. While on this blog post, I included my favorite 70 birth photos from Katie’s home birth photo gallery of 229!
My Favorite things about this home birth as a Birth Photographer in South Florida:
I think this will always be my fav thing every time you ask, I was fed :) One of my love languages is when someone cooks or buys food for me, whether a meal or a snack or a coffee. One of the yummy things I had while at this birth were donuts from Jupiter Donuts. And while memory is escaping me, I am pretty sure I ate most of them lol
2. The Lighting during certain parts of Katie’s labor was the most beautiful lighting I have ever had the honor of capturing in all ten years of my career as a Birth Photographer, particularly because of the window coverings during the highest point of the sun filtered the most magical tones and shadows.
3. Katie didn’t have any off limits photos, and she also didn’t have any expectations. If you’re a photographer, you know there are clients who you try to meet their very specific expectations, and others who trust you 100% to capture their birth through your lens and Katie was the latter.
4. Katie’s labor ended up being one of the coolest births I had ever photographed. Between the location she lives in, her home being a school bus converted house, it being a home birth, her being a first time mom, it was truly an experience of a life time for me.
As with all things, every yin has a yang, and My Least Favorite things about this experience as a Birth Photographer in South Florida:
I don’t think I ever had to worry about mosquitoes at work before. Yes, I live in South Florida so we always have mosquitoes, and while I am use to it, I never thought I’d have to swat at mosquitoes for hours and hours and use endless amounts of bug repellant and I don’t think that was my cup of tea (while working).