When the small, preterm twins magically grasp hands for the first time in their lives. Although they were born sooner, they had to compete for survival with one another. They gained strength from this. A heartwarming tale of twins, a boy, and a girl, who outperformed doctors’ predictions despite being delivered almost three months early. After pleading with their parents to have children, Harper and Gunner were delivered prematurely at the Medical Center Monmouth in New Jersey. The presence of young children in the world also comes with many challenges. When I first met them, they had a large number…
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Whether or not twins are identical depends on how the babies were formed. Non-identical twins (also known as fraternal twins) are the result of separate fertilized eggs. Non-identical twins are no more alike than any other brothers or sisters and maybe both males, both female or one of each. Non-identical twins share DNA in common, as in the case of siblings from different births. Identical twins are formed from a single fertilized egg, which went on to split into separate embryos. This means that their DNA is exactly the same. Zygosity testing, or twin testing, is used to determine whether…
Are you feeling nervous about the pain of childbirth? Do you want to learn effective techniques to ease your labor pain? Every woman’s experience is unique, but most mothers would honestly say, yes, childbirth is painful. However, it is short-lived, and there are many methods to effectively reduce the intensity of childbirth pain. There are so many different options, it can be easy to get lost in the medical jargon and confused by the countless delivery practices. Women can choose a method that makes them most comfortable and that makes sense for their personal and medical situations. Following are some…
Childbirth is one of the most important moments of women’s lives, yet many moms find that after the fact, they only have a few concrete memories of the entire birth experience. Monet Moutrie, of Monet Nicole, is an experienced birth photographer and has captured an astounding 100 deliveries. From unmedicated home water births to hospital C-sections and stillbirths, she has seen it all — and has taken thousands of mind-blowing photographs in the process. Image Source: Monet Nicole Image Source: Monet Nicole Image Source: Monet Nicole Image Source: Monet Nicole Image Source: Monet Nicole Image Source: Monet Nicole Image Source:…
A New Jersey mother Lindsay Hay is going viral after sharing amazing photos of her pregnancy journey, showcasing her quadruplet-filled belly side by side with her four little bundles of joy. Lindsay and her husband Syman, who already had a three-year-old son, Carson, had hoped to expand their family. They had no idea that life had planned some roadblocks for them on their way to becoming parents for the second time. As she went through multiple miscarriages before getting pregnant with her quadruplets. Even then, her doctors urged her to consider a selective pregnancy reduction – which she refused. Lindsay…
When Bianca Aiono Robertson discovered she was expecting triplets, she hoped to birth them naturally. That was despite feeling somewhat terrified at the prospect of having three babies and coming off a marathon 43-hour labour with her first. Having undergone fertility treatment to have a second child with her husband Peter, a multiple birth was always a possibility. However, the Sunshine Coast mum had only really entertained the idea of twins, so was a bit taken aback when she learned triplets were on the way. “(I felt) a mixture of amazement, and terror – it was surreal,” she said. Scans confirmed there…
Every year, birth photographers around the world capture ᴇxǫᴜɪsɪᴛᴇ images. In some ways, the moments are so small, like a woman ʀᴏᴀʀɪɴɢ through a ᴄᴏɴᴛʀᴀᴄᴛɪᴏɴ or the first time a mother locks eyes with her new baby. But in other ways, they are monumental. A few seconds or minutes pass, and suddenly, families are forever changed. Here, via Birth Becomes Her and Canadian Birth Photographers, are 29 of the most moving birth images from the past year. “Just moments after ᴅᴇʟɪᴠᴇʀɪɴɢ her first baby on her knees, this mama was thinking, ‘I actually did it! He is finally here!’” “The…
When you’re in laƄour, you want your мidwife to be calm, patient, and relaxed. What could Ƅe мore calм, patient, and relaxed than a dolphin? Well, that’s what spiritual healer Dorina Rosin and her partner Maika Suneagle are hoping for anyway. The couple, who were seen tonight on the new Channel 4 show Extraordinary Births, haʋe decided to haʋe a dolphin as a мidwife for the 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡 of their first 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥, which Dorina is planning to haʋe deliʋered in the ocean so that the 𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑦 can learn to speak ‘dolphin’. Host Katie Piper told The Tiмes: ‘I found the dolphin…
Mothers, you most likely have a vivid recall of the first, amazing moment you held your newborn. One of the most intense moments for each mother is holding her child in her arms. These images were gathered by birth to become her, a community of birth photographers that appreciate the wonder of life. These amazing raw photos, which were taken immediately after birth, portray the joy of mothers receiving their kids for the first time. Clutching her miraculous bundle of joy to her chest, this is swept with staggering emotion. All the intensity and agony of giving birth is still…
A mum who gave birth with the help of her daughter says having her child by her side was a “no-brainer” – but not everyone agrees. A mum of two has shared her birth story with the world after allowing her two-year-old daughter to help her give birth to her younger brother in a birthing pool at home. Ariel Haynes, 23, from Colorado in the US, explained the circumstances of her birth experience, adding that although people have told her that including her toddler in the birth was child ᴀʙᴜsᴇ, she wouldn’t have it any other way. Haynes, a birth…
Monet Nicole records the individuality of every birth. Monet Nicole has several years of expertise as a midwife and a professional photographer. She has documented hundreds of women giving birth, and she posts her experiences, ideas, and photo materials on her Instagram account. According to the photographer, giving birth is a rare, uncommon, and distressing process that every woman must go through. She also thinks that every birth has a distinctive quality, which she tries to emphasize in her work. This photographer has released a collection of images depicting the incident of a mother giving birth in a car. She…
There is no posing during a birth. Birth photography is the ultimate in documentary storytelling, and there are so many aspects you can capture. It’s all about the small details, and emotions, the pained expressions, the laughter between contractions, and the emotional text messages received. The supportive partner, the shoulder massages, holding hands, and leaning on each other for support. They say mothers are made to forget the pain of childbirth so that they’re willing to do it over again. If that’s the case, then why do these birth photos cause all of those emotions — from intense pain to…
Monet Nicole works as a midwife and a photographer. Her Instagram photos of births in the maternity ward, at home, and even underwater have received thousands of likes. She has attended hundreds of deliveries. Her photographs are notable because they are authentic. Because they accurately portray the labor and delivery procedure, she has more than 159 thousand followers on the well-known social network. However, Monet doesn’t end there. She shares the feelings, ideas, and experiences of mothers who have given birth to their first, second, or third child through her posts. The photographer recently shared six images of a mother…
Cary Patonai knew she was expecting an unusually large baby and was scheduled for a C-sᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴ. But when the baby was born, the parents got an sʜᴏᴄᴋ. Newborn Finnley weighed 6.3 kilograms and had to immediately wear clothes for a nine-month-old baby. “Everyone reacted, saying ‘I’ve never seen such a big baby before,’” says the mother. Cary and Tim Patonai had been told that they were going to have a big baby even before the birth. The doctor had guessed that the baby in Cary’s ʙᴇʟʟʏ would weigh over six kilograms. “He was such a big plus that I had…
Giving birth in water is the dream of many pregnant women. Discover a selection of the most beautiful natural birth photos! Many pregnant women wish to give birth in water. It is relaxing and allows you to experience very gentle childbirth. Sitting in hot water causes ᴄᴏɴᴛʀᴀᴄᴛɪᴏɴs to be reduced and ᴅɪʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴ to be facilitated. In an atmosphere more soothing than a ᴅᴇʟɪᴠᴇʀʏ table, the mother is relaxed in order to give birth to her baby in complete serenity. Because childbirth in water fascinates and has a part of the magic, we reveal some shots that moved us. This incredible…
Former bartender Chloe Hurst, 20, from Leicester, is mum to Ru, who has just turned one and is pregnant with her second child, ᴅᴜᴇ next month. Chloe loved having a baby so much that she got pregnant again just two months after giving birth. It was August 2020. She was three weeks pregnant with her first child. But she was just 18 and her partner, Billy Bailey, is now 23. They’d met eight months earlier, in December 2019, on a ɴɪɢʜᴛ ᴏᴜᴛ in their hometown of Leicester. She had a ᴘᴏsɪᴛɪᴠᴇ ᴘʀᴇɢɴᴀɴᴄʏ ᴛᴇsᴛ. She was very ᴡᴏʀʀɪᴇᴅ and sᴄᴀʀᴇᴅ because…
When Gwenna married her husband Joe, they immediately began trying for kids. That did not go as planned. After trying everything under the sun to get pregnant over the next six years, they were considering adoption when her sister-in-law, Lorraine, offered to be a ɢᴇsᴛᴀᴛɪᴏɴᴀʟ ᴄᴀʀʀɪᴇʀ. Using ꜰʀᴏᴢᴇɴ ᴇᴍʙʀʏᴏs, Cullan Patrick was born. Although the parents were very content with their healthy boy, Gwenna admits, “Having a sibling for my son was always in the back of my mind.” Of course, she knew this was a tall order. And she also confesses: “It felt sᴇʟꜰɪsʜ to me to ask God…
Living 45 minutes from the nearest hospital, Katie Kinna wanted to leave in plenty of time for the birth of her second baby. With her ᴄᴏɴᴛʀᴀᴄᴛɪᴏɴs all over the place and being ʀᴇᴀssᴜʀᴇᴅ on the phone by the midwives that she was still in the early stages of ʟᴀʙᴏʀ, Katie continued ʟᴀʙᴏʀɪɴɢ at home. But just 40 minutes later, she and her partner were racing to the hospital, with her baby well on the way. And while they made it to the hospital, they didn’t make it inside. Katie gave birth in the car, at the hospital doors, with her…
There’s something magical about the birth of twins, and these photos give a breathtaking glimpse into the world of multiples. A twin home birth is not something that most people come across often. Most twins are born in the ᴏᴘᴇʀᴀᴛɪɴɢ ʀᴏᴏᴍ via C-sᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴ, so needless to say, this natural, planned, unassisted home birth was very special! “I got a call from Vilate around 9 p.m. She was calling to let me know that she thought ʟᴀʙᴏʀ was starting and that she’d keep me in the ʟᴏᴏᴘ, but to be ready to leave once I got the call.” “Months earlier, during…
When Russian documentary photographer Jana Romanova’s friends started getting married and having children, she started looking for a way to deal with this sudden change in her life. The product of her efforts was an extraordinarily intimate and tender portrait series of young sleeping pregnant couples called ‘Waiting’. It’s interesting to see the varied positions that these women and men sleep in. It’s generally recommended for pregnant women to sleep on their side, as almost all of the women in the series of 40 couples (for 40 weeks) do, though it’s the men who often seem to follow suit even…
Childbirth is one of the most important moments of women’s lives, yet many moms find that after the fact, they only have a few concrete memories of the entire birth experience. Monet Moutrie, of Monet Nicole, is an experienced birth photographer and has captured an astounding 100 deliveries. From unmedicated home water births to hospital C-sections and stillbirths, she has seen it all — and has taken thousands of mind-blowing photographs in the process. Image Source: Monet Nicole Image Source: Monet Nicole Image Source: Monet Nicole Image Source: Monet Nicole Image Source: Monet Nicole Image Source: Monet Nicole Image Source: Monet…
There are some incredible childbirth photos that have made their way across the internet in recent years, but these particular birth photographs are particularly unique: They were shot by the mom delivering the baby. When she was pregnant with Kailah, Lauren planned on photographing her own labor and delivery. However, she didn’t know exactly how it would go as she had never given birth before. Although she wanted to take pictures of her labor and birth, things in the delivery room got too hectic, so she ended up not taking any photos. You never know what to expect when you…
A lovely, transitory moment in time is birth. Each one has been unique; not one has been the same. Each is distinct, much like a fingerprint; every newborn has a different life narrative. It’s authentic, unvarnished, empowering, and honest. You and your life will never be the same after this day. Then you’ll discover what it’s like for your heart to be outside of your body. It exceeds your wildest expectations. It is stunningly terrifying. I couldn’t imagine not taking photos on this historic day to preserve this transformation. For this reason, I’m a major proponent of birth photography and…
Actress, presenter, and chef Isa Scherer is pregnant with twins and, is about to give birth, has been showing off her incredible belly on her social media. The size in the photos is impressive, and she herself comments in some captions: “This belly size is not normal,” joked the Masterchef 2021 winner. ” Like that in a twin pregnancy? The answer is yes, even if Isa claims that the “belly has no limits” and that “if I don’t give birth next week, I think I sneeze and they come out through my belly button,” as she jokingly wrote in other…