a wee newborn session

rebecca April 7, 2014

a wee lad. so so so sweet. his parents are so very in love.

welcome

"How we spend out days, of course, is how we spend out lives." -Annie Dilliard

photographer heart, midwife of memories, mama of boys, doula of birth.

these are the tales of days, of memories, of notebooks of dreams.

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Just a few days until my class begins! Would LOVE for YOU to join me as we explore birth, what it means to be in a laboring mother's space and how to photograph those moments as she welcomes her baby into the world. #illuminateclasses #birthphotographer #birthphotography

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Words from a mama @elizabethopheliaalicerose: "So much wonder 🙏 Earth Aiyana Mishael Flynn-Roberts was born at home into our arms at 6.41pm on the 6th September 2017, weighing 7lbs 15oz and measuring roughly 20inches long. ⭐️ After a secondary water bag broke at 12.05am whilst the moon was fullest in the sky, light irregular contractions started, waking me at 4.30am and then building until my wonderful midwife, Monica Wood and amazing photographer/ doula Rebecca Coursey @pomegranateandseeds arrived at 11am. Our daughters amniotic sack remained intact until I began to push, exploding into the water like a volcano. The power of my body pushing was the most wonderful and terrible thing I have known, something an ancestoral history in my body knew how to do, guided by all the amazing women who have birthed before and supported by all the goddesses who were birthing in this world at the same time. Giving birth was the most intense experience of my life - harder than I could ever imagine. I felt myself crumble both emotionally and physically but the universe kept me roaring. I could not have done it without the support of my miraculous birthing team including my beautiful husband and angel mother. All of you held me up when I felt like I could not go on and sharing the moment Earth entered into our arms with you all was the most ecstatic time of my life. This was the birth of our daughter but also a re birth for me. I am new. I look down at Earth laying in bed, snuggled on my breast next to me and know everything is as it should be." •My job is filled with blessings. #birthofamama #birthbecomesher #carriagehousebirth #illuminateclasses #tribedemama #thefamilynarrative #empoweredbirthproject #thisisloom #takebackpostpartum #birthwithoutfear #birthphotographer #homebirth #midwifery

Birth. The light of things. .
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@auriellewhitmore

After my mother died from ALS I found a vacuous hole in my life that could only be filled by art. Writing and taking pictures became my therapy - they were for me the tiny sutures sewing back together my shattered heart. I never once thought about where, long term, this path would take me. But I knew, somewhere written in my bones that alongside raising my tiny men, I was also meant to work with women as they became mothers. To somehow find a way to impart the beauty of their souls and reflect the connection they made with their children. Back then I never thought about the impact this path would have on me. Or my boys. Or even the babies I photographed coming into the world. I mostly thought of the joy I would be capturing. I thought about the ferocity and wild nature that is birth. The undoing, and the returning, that happens when a person answers a call to become more than who they thought they were.
And then I am gifted this. A tiny memory of a girl going over the photos (that I took) of the day she was born. Narrating her own birth. Telling her own story of the day she was born. Somehow. This. Is. It. This is what I wanted. That the narrative continue for years to come. That the connection of where you came from, that thread that binds you to who you will be, will always be remembered. I am so damn lucky to do this work. And I am so blessed by the women, the babies, the mothers who have invited me to be apart of their lives. I love, love, love, love you all. And I am especially blessed to have those that have become some of my dearest friends. XOXO #illuminateclasses #thefamilynarrative

Just this beautiful mama chilling with her puppies. ••
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This radiant woman is 40 weeks. Everyone who knows her loves her gorgeous soul and her beautiful, big, kind heart.....
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When the whole world was new. Fresh. With three generations of hands holding you little one. .
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Sometimes I need to walk back in time and see the stories I have shared before. It's hard to believe it's been (almost) a year since you arrived! .
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With @maylindstromskin and her beautiful family. •
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