Lucy {Birth Story} Utah Birth Photographer

Thursday, January 26, 2012

Watching this whole birth unfold was nothing short of a miracle. I met Holly, the amazing mommy, at one of my receptions that was hosted in their backyard! She was about ready to pop and was very interested in getting a birth story of her own after seeing them on my blog. This was going to be her last baby (#5) and completing this adorable family. I was so excited to be a part of documenting every aspect of it and seeing how involved every member of the family was! All the kids were so excited and stuck it out for nearly 22 hours of labor!!! whew! Holly is my hero. And sweet little Lucy was worth every bit of the wait...

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Big sister Hannah was a huge part of the day. She helped the nurse and her mom as much as she could!

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Being that it was her last pregnancy, we did a little impromptu belly shoot :)

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Holly, her husband and the doctor decided that if nothing happened by 3:00 p.m. they would go for a c-section... low and behold, right @ 3 things started to really happen! Hurray!!!

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This shot literally brought tears to my eyes while I took it...

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2 comments:

Mandy said...

This is beautiful! You did an amazing job capturing the story, I got all teary eyed.

Chantel said...

ohhh my goodness, this is amaaazing!! my sisters is having her babe in march and i keep telling her she'd love to have one of these. this is one of the most amazing captures of a birth story that i have seen, soo much emotion; you did an incredible job:)