Posts in Birth
Unmedicated Birth at Texas Children's Pavilion for Women with Midwives

Although she would be delivering in the same hospital as her two other babes, she knew that she wanted a provider that would give her the opportunity to follow through with going unmedicated. So, for this pregnancy she switched from her usual OB to the Midwife Group at Texas Children’s Pavilion for Women.

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A Surprise Gender and Water Birth Story with Midwives at The Addice Birth Center

It is a rare thing for me to be able to recommend a client to a birth venue of their choice. When I sat down for a client consult with Mom, she and her family had just moved to Houston from Denver. She was over halfway through her pregnancy and didn’t think she had many options as far as providers went.

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A Fast 3VBAC at Houston Methodist Hospital – Texas Medical Center

After Mom underwent a cesarean section with her first baby, she knew that she would be trying for a VBAC with the next. She was able to successfully get her VBAC for not only her 2nd babe, but also her third, which I had the honor of capturing.

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A Quick Natural Birth at Memorial Hermann Hospital – Katy

I knew that after seeing how quickly things would move with their second baby, that things would most likely move just as quickly with their 3rd. At 40 weeks 1 day, Mom was sent to the hospital after finding out that her amniotic fluid was low.

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A Fast Unmedicated Birth with Midwives at Texas Children’s Pavilion for Women

This being their third birth, they knew things could go one way or the other. Either labor was going to be progressively faster than the last to, or we were going to experience the all too familiar “Wild Card” birth that a lot of 3rd babies bring.

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A Hospital Birth Film Story at Memorial Hermann Memorial City

Mom and Dad reached out to me a couple of months before their due date knowing that they wanted to relive their beautiful birth story through that way of a birth film. Still images are beautiful and amazing, but there is just something about seeing the movement and hearing the sounds of the moment your family grew.

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A Twin Cesarean Birth at Methodist Hospital The Med Center with Dr. Gei

Mom several months before her due date as they found out that this last pregnancy was going to be a surprise boy/girl twin birth. Mom wanted nothing more than to try and avoid a c-section as long as she could safely deliver them vaginally.

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A First-Time Home Birth with Midwife Jaymee Boughton

This sweet Mom knew from the beginning how her birth would look. They were pregnant with their rainbow baby and were excited to capture their family growing. After attending their home visit with one of the midwives, we went over her birth plan and got familiar with their birth space.

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A Thanksgiving Day Home Water Birth with Midwives

This was Mom and Dad’s third baby and they knew right away that they would be attempting a home birth for this babe. Their first was born in the hospital. Their second was born in a birth center with midwives. This one they were prepared for a birth experience of being in the comfort of their own home.

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A Planned Natural Turned Epidural Birth at Memorial Hermann Hospital in the Med Center

This first-time mom contacted me about capturing their birth story early in their pregnancy knowing that they would want this special moment captured. They had plans to go through labor naturally, without any pain medications.

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A Film Birth Story of Twins Lucy and Lizzy at Memorial Hermann Hospital – Med center

Mom contacted me after the guidance of her doula Kathleen Wilson recommended that their story be captured. They had just found out at 20 weeks that not only would be having surprise twin girls, but her option to have a home birth was no longer there due to the high-risk nature of the pregnancy.

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A First Time Home Birth Story with Midwife Shannon Stellhorn

After being there to capture the moment they welcomed Mom’s second baby into the world, I was beyond ecstatic to find out that they were expecting their next baby. After delivering her first two in a hospital setting, Mom was hoping to have this next babe in the comfort of her home and quickly put together her birth team which included Midwife Shannon Stellhorn, Doula Kathleen Wilson and Student Midwife Rowan Twosisters.

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