Birth Film | Home Birth in Shoreline, WA with Lake Washington Midwives

Deep Breath.

I couldn’t have asked for a more lovely family to work with for my very first birth film. I was nervous, but they were oh-so gracious. There is always a learning curve with new skills, always things that could be better technically. But this story brings me to tears every time.

Happy birthing day Baby G. Your entrance was one I will always remember. Thank you Catherine and Carlos for sharing your remarkable story with the world — for allowing us to see the absolute power and majesty that is birth.

If you’d like a film to document your birth or postpartum period, send me a message — I’d love to talk with you about options!

Tessa's Home Birth | Seattle Birth Photographer

So many things to say about the beautiful home birth of Miss Tessa. Her mama, Katie is a Seattle doula and her papa is a pastor at a local church. I arrived in the early morning hours to a home filled with warmth, the soothing sounds of worship music, and the gentle buzz of excitement as we all prepared to welcome this sweet soul to earth.

On the morning Tessa was born I witnessed the confluence of laughter, focus, power and surrender. Birth calls us to deep places within ourselves. It shows us our strength and our vulnerability like nothing else can. Katie and Tessa labored with the gentle support and confidence of all those present in their home - and they truly experienced a sacred birthing day.

The sweet voices of her little boys calling to check in. “You can do it, Mama. We love you.”

Then it was time to push. A mighty endeavor for this mama who was pregnant two whole weeks longer than she had been with her previous children. She fell into a rhythm of push and rest, push and rest. Giving her all and then floating in the support of the water and the loving hands around her. She’s almost there.

A hushed reverence descended in the room as Katie and Tessa entered the last leg of their birthing journey together. The stillness broken only by the roar of a mother who finally reached down to deliver her long awaited daughter.

I love this moment. When you look down in awe, amazed that you made something so perfect - something so miraculous. As a birth photographer in Seattle, it brings me such joy to create art that bottles this feeling for a birthing person. YOU did this! YOU are incredible. Congratulations my dear friend - and thank you for allowing me the great honor to be there.

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Midwives : Sprout Birth Center

Doula: Selah Birth Support

Kade Birth -- Seattle Birth Photographer

She birthed her prince right there in her own living room - in the home they will share together. Her grandmother, her sister, her doula, a photographer and three midwives in attendance. She swayed on the waves of labor, breathed her way through. And when it came time to surrender to the utter intensity of it all she did so with the support of the many women around her. She worked and she pushed and when he arrived, she held the greatest miracle in her arms. She is his whole world. She brought him here. And with the same fortitude and courage she called upon in birth, she will guide him through this life. Together for always - mother and son.