What It’s Like to Have Me in the Birth Room 🤍

Inviting someone into your birth space isn’t a small thing.
It’s vulnerable. Sacred. Emotional.
You want to feel safe, supported, and completely unseen at the same time.
And that’s exactly how I approach this work.

Birth photography isn’t about the perfect shot.
It’s about remembering what it felt like.

The shaky hands.
The quiet strength.
The way your partner breathed with you through each wave.
The moment your baby was placed on your chest and you whispered, “Hi, you’re here.”

When you invite me into that space, I don’t come in with a checklist or a script.
I come in with reverence, and full respect for however your birth unfolds.

A Conversation First—Always

At around 36 weeks, we have a birth consultation.
It’s not a form or a quick chat. It’s a proper conversation.
We talk about what support looks like for you. What your idea birth looks like and what you want me to prioritise when I am documenting your story!

For some women, that looks like soft encouragement, grounding energy, quiet support through the intensity.
For others, it means minimal interaction—they just want me to blend into the background and gently document what’s happening.

There’s no right or wrong.
I follow your lead.
Because this is your space, your rhythm, your birth.

In the Room

Sometimes, I sit in the corner for hours, barely moving. Lifting the camera to my face and back down.
Other times, I quietly pass a drink bottle to your partner.
I might softly remind you to breathe, or adjust a towel without saying a word.

I don’t direct. I don’t interfere.
I simply witness.

And in that witnessing, I’m preserving a story that might otherwise blur into the background of time.

Because let’s be honest—birth is intense.
It moves fast and slow and sideways all at once.
And later, when the dust settles and you’re holding your baby, you might forget the way it all looked… but with photos, you won’t forget how it felt.

Why It Matters

Birth is not just a moment.
It’s the beginning of everything.

It’s the moment you meet the little soul you’ve been growing.
It’s the transformation of who you are, and who you’re becoming.

And that’s what I want to honour.
Not just the baby. But you.

So when you look back one day—whether it’s a year from now or when your baby is having babies of their own—what you’ll see in those photos is your love, your strength, your becoming. You will not be one of the many who tell me they “So regret not having a birth photographer.”

And I’ll be right there, holding that story for you.
So you can hold on to it forever.

Maddie x