My first official blog post! I can't you wait to share all of these beautiful stories with
you all! I met Claire at an Alaska Birth Collective event early this spring. She was of course sweet, and we immediately connected on our mutual love for refinishing furniture, and both having spouses that were active duty. Claire decided to hire me to photograph her birth. YAY! I met with her and her husband Joe to discuss their plans, and to make sure I knew what parts of their birth they wanted to capture. Joe is a straight shooter, and he will tell it like it is. He definitely had me cracking up with all of his stories. During the weeks leading to her birth Claire and I stayed in touch with lots of nice, usually very long, chats. I'm pretty sure if you locked the two of us in a room together we would never run out of things to talk about! On Wednesday, May 31st around 9:30 am I got a message from Claire letting me know she had been having some contractions that morning, and that she would keep me updated on any progression. She told me she had a prenatal appointment at 11, so she would let me know what the verdict was after that. About 30 minutes later I received another text message from Claire letting me know her water had broken. By 11:30 her contractions were already under 4 minutes apart, and they were heading into the birth center. I was supporting another laboring mom during this time so I had a mild, silent, panic attack. Luckily my beautiful doula friend Shanna Switzer "Alaska Birth Doula" was available, and happy to come take over support for me so I could photograph Claire's birth. As I walked into the birth room I immediately knew things were moving very quickly. Claire was bearing down through each contraction. The mood was light, everyone was smiling, and very excited to be welcoming a sweet new soul into the world. About 30 minutes after my arrival baby Jaxson was welcomed into the hands of his father. I love seeing the look on a new fathers face, over come with emotion. You can see a deep new sense of love and protection for his family growing. The look of pure joy on a mothers face when she meets her baby for the first time. So deep in love after mere moments. These are things I never tire of, and do my best to capture.
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Tracie Reece
6/28/2017 02:41:39 pm
Congratulations!! Beautiful in every way!!
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11/13/2017 11:55:27 pm
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