It was a pleasure , as always, to meet another lovely family. Sophia was booked in for a newborn mini session earlier this week. When her parents arrived, they mentioned she suffered with colic but fortunately for us all, she slept really well and went through the set of five poses with ease. She even gave me a cute smile whilst I had my camera ready (okay it’s wind but still!)
Emma kindly agreed to share her birth story here, thank you x
Emma’s pregnancy journey and the birth of their beautiful baby girl - Sophia.
We found out I was pregnant in October 2019, we were so excited to be first time parents and couldn’t wait to meet our bundle of joy. I didn’t expect to be pregnant during a pandemic, but one of the main pros was not having to commute 45 minutes to work everyday during the last two months of my pregnancy.
I was very lucky during my pregnancy, I didn’t have any of the typical symptoms which I was really happy about. I enjoyed carrying little Sophia around in my stomach and feeling her kicking for the first time was such a special moment.
Sophia was born on her due date, which was the 27th June, at Musgrove Hospital. I started having contractions at 2am and we made our way to the hospital at around 5:30am. I was examined at 7am, at which point I was 4cm dilated and I was moved to a labour room. Once I was in the room I was allowed to phone my husband, who had to wait in the car until I was in active labour, to let him know he can now join me.
I wanted a water birth, but knew there was only one room available with a pool. Luckily this room was free when I went into labour. The pool, along with gas and air, helped soothe the pain until the contractions got more intense. After a few hours, I had to get out the pool so the midwife could break my waters. At around 11pm I was taken down to theatre to have an epidural and forceps were used to deliver Sophia.
Sophia was born at 11:50pm and weighed exactly 7lbs.
Bringing Sophia home from hospital was incredible, I had dreamt of this moment for the past nine months. Our family was now complete.
We were worried how our dog Lui would react to us bringing home Sophia but he was fine.
We found Karen’s website when searching on google for Newborn Photographers and knew immediately after seeing her photographs that we wanted to book Karen.
Sophia was well fed before the session which made her sleepy for the photographs, I was worried she was going to be awake and upset as she is suffering with colic.
The session was carried out in a professional manner with a relaxed environment. We were blown away by the quality of the final images which we will cherish forever. We were also really impressed with how quickly we received the photos.
I would 100% recommend Karen to anyone looking for a Newborn Photographer, we found the experience stress free and the photos of Sophia are incredible.
Thank you again Emma for sharing your story here xx
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