An unexpected Breech baby
This news certainly changed things and especially how mom felt about birthing at home. After some soul searching and deep pondering, she decided she was not comfortable trying turn baby -due to the late stage of her pregnancy the inversion only had a small percentage of success. So birthing in the hospital via Cesarean birth was the only and safest option.
A Beautiful Precipitous Home Birth
A precipitous birth is not expected but it does happen! When it happens...well it happens fast!
Healing Closing of the bones Ceremony
A closing of the bones ceremony can be extremely healing after a miscarriage, a traumatic birth, the end of a breastfeeding journey, the beginning of menopause; but also trauma, stress, PTSD, autism and so much more.
The Magic of Breastfeeding
Blog post about the magic of breastfeeding as photographed by Los Angeles birth photographer Diana Hinek for Dear Birth
Powerful Interview with KCRW
Blog post about Dear Birth ( formerly named ArtShaped Photography and Birth services) recent interview with KCRW
Family Session in the Woods
Blog post about the unfolding joy of being a family as photographed by Dear Birth in this Family Session in the Woods
Powerful Homebirth in Hermosa Beach
Daylight beautiful and peaceful Homebirth in Hermosa Beach.
The amazing benefits of vernix at birth
Blog post about the benefits of vernix after birth and why it is important to allow baby's skin to absorb it right after birth
Beautiful Shameless Cesarean Birth
I want the shame to stop. I want mothers to feel celebrated, loved, respected and seen; no matter how they end up birthing their babies.
Baby Agape Miracle Birth Story
Despite all the medical expectation and odds, a miracle was born.
Delicious Bone Broth for Post Partum care
Find out about the benefits of drinking bone broth after birth and for your general health of gut, skin and bones.
Formula has damaged our generation
Breastfeeding requires a lot of work ( less than mixing, warming up a bottle though), but it creates a unique bond between mom and baby that goes beyond disease immunity and the so acclaimed attachment parenting
The magic of food during labor
The importance of eating during labor is now reiterated by research: some food, not only helps sustain mom but facilitate her birth and post partum.
9 Amazing Tips for your Pregnancy
Feeling overwhelmed during pregnancy? Here are some of my favorite tips to help you thrive during the change your body and soul are undergoing.
Mother's Love
I stumbled upon the story of Alfie James Evans almost by mistake. I was immediately drawn to him and his formidable parents Kate and Tom, who fought for their baby for months after, due to his diagnosis with a degenerative brain condition, the Liverpool hospital he was hospitalized decided to switch off his life support.
The Special Doula and Birth Photographer Cape
I am just a witness, a vessel that has worked with mom for weeks beforehand to make sure mom feels empowered, knowledgeable and loved enough to recognize that she can give birth in the best possible given way.
Amazing Midwifery Care vs Standard OBGYN Care
Midwifery Care vs Standard OBGYN Care: A midwife sees the mother and baby as a unison being working together to go through a process that is meant to be (often) long, intimate, and undisturbed; and that may require for this reason, simply the presence of support and not necessarily the need of action and intervention.
How to choose your baby's pediatrician. A few amazing tips.
How to choose your baby's pediatrician: after birth, most of the attention goes to baby and moms often forget to take care of themselves, physically and emotionally. One of the things that can be arranged before your baby is born, is to make sure who is going to be your baby's pediatrician.
Rainbow Baby. A love story.
After years of praying and hoping their dreams would come true; after trusting and going with the flow and accepting the vulnerability that comes with welcoming a child in this world, their Rainbow baby arrived punctual like a Swiss clock on his due date.
The amazing birth of Baby Grant
Grant had a beautiful birth at home in Manhattan Beach. His mama pushed out his full 9 lb of goodness, while surrounded by the Midwives, Dad and Big Sister asleep in the room next door.