Birth Photography

When I got pregnant with Dayton, one of the things that intrigued me was birth photography. As soon as I saw it, I knew I wanted to have those special moments captured by a camera. Well, little Mr. D didn't cooperate with me and ended coming 3 weeks early as an emergency c-section. Oh well. That's life.

When we got pregnant again, by the grace of God, I was even more resolved to have a natural labor and birth with birth photography. Our family friend, Beth Hektoen is a labor and delivery nurse who also is a photographer on the side. I contacted her immediately. She was so excited to be able to photograph our labor and delivery and I just knew it would work out even though she had events on either side of our due date.

I kept Beth up to date on my progress surrounding my due date on July 16th. She reminded me that she would be leaving on Thursday, July 21st to photograph her cousins wedding. I was praying that baby C would come in time. When I went into labor on Monday afternoon, I text Beth to let her know. She was on call at her own hospital that night, but was finally able to find someone to cover for her while she came to photograph Colton's birth. Yes!!

Beth was amazing. She came over right away, came in unannounced, and just did her thing. For the most part, I didn't even know she was there. Being a labor and delivery nurse obviously gave her an advantage. Beth introduced herself to my midwife, Amber, and Amber encouraged her to make herself comfortable saying, "We're all about the photography here." What a relief.

Beth did an amazing job and even caught a short video of Colton's first moments in the world. I still tear up looking at these photos and watching the video. It was the most beautiful and special moment for us and we got it all caught on camera, thanks to Beth (and it was so reasonably priced!!). She is amazing!! This was by far the best decision I made about photography.

Here is her website - Beth A. Hektoen Photography

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