This beautiful family.
A surprise gender baby boy, a strong momma who endured a long first time labor, and a powerful delivery in the water.
(Please click on “View Full Post” to read their birth story before watching their film. As always, this film is **completely modest**.)
Sarah’s estimated due date was December 12th, but her lil babe wanted to hang in there a little longer! And longer, and longer….
until Dave & Sarah started to get nervous that they would risk out of delivering at the Mountain Midwifery birth center if she got to 42 weeks.
However, a mere two days before her induction was scheduled at the hospital if she made it that far, little Oliver decided he wanted to be born on Christmas Eve!
That morning, while enjoying a fun morning of donuts and coffee with my husband and daughter, I got word from the doula that Sarah’s contractions were getting very close together and quite strong, so they were heading over to the birth center soon.
On a gorgeous, sunny Christmas Eve, Sarah labored beautifully with her hypnobabies techniques and soundtracks, with wonderful support from Dave and her doula Katrina (www.denverbirthservices.com).
A typical first birth, it stretched on for quite some time, and there were many moments Sarah started to wonder if this baby would ever come! But once she hit transition, her body progressed beautifully and she worked so hard to try every position and get that baby down and out. The midwives and nurses at Mountain Midwifery are always so attentive & supportive, offering different techniques for mom’s comfort, better positioning for baby, and words of advice. In true form, they treated Sarah like a queen and it still brings tears to my eyes remembering what a wonderfully supportive group she had around her that day.
At 9:14pm on Christmas Eve, Dave and Sarah finally got to meet their perfect little BOY!
What joy it was to capture these moments for them growing to a family of three, and discovering Oliver’s gender for the first time together.
Congratulations to the Peters’ family!!
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Seattle, Tacoma, Olympia and Puyallup, Washington birth photographer & videographer
Jennifer - Beautiful! Wonderful capture, this family will treasure this always <3
jane - Love it