This Session has my heart
I'm so grateful every time a mama lets me join them in their sacred postpartum space. I always tell these mamas that these sessions are all about capturing the RAW postpartum state. To wear what they've been wearing their whole postpartum journey, we do very little posing. We capture the postpartum belly, the feeding success or troubles, the cries, and the light seeping through the window. This session forever has my heart.
And her house
So beautiful, sometimes we have to remove pillows, cover things up, move things around... not here. This mama knows aesthetic, from the living room, to the nursery, to the bedroom every inch of her space was gorgeous. Let's also give her props for her muscle and postpartum bod that if we're being honest looks better than my 7 month postpartum.
Moving on... during this session we allowed intimate moments to unfold-skin-to-skin contact, lots of feds and sushing between the newborn cries. These photos give a voice to postpartum. Postpartum sessions aren't about posed perfection- they are about honoring the first, raw days of motherhood: learning how to be a mama to your new babe, staring into the eyes of your baby that is a perfect combination of you and the person you love, the moments that make you understand why being a mom is the biggest gift to get. Mary, thank you for inviting me into you sacred postpartum space, I'm so blessed to have been able to honor and document your beautiful postpartum journey. These photos are more than images, they're moments frozen in a frame to look back at to refresh your memory.
