Then it’s January 2013. We are preparing for our 3 week backpacking trip to Myanmar. It will be Denny’s first time backpacking. We’re really looking forward to it and in my head I’ve decided that he’ll finally tell me whether or not he wants more children while we’re there. I can absolutely understand the reasons …
Michella and Evan chose a complet package; maternity, birth (Fresh First Hours) and newborn. This is always really nice to do, because you are there to document all the important moments. For the maternity session we tried to choose a day with a beautiful sunset. We had to postpone it a few times, but then …
We now jump 2 years forward in time. By now we’re a couple, we live together and we’re happy. After 6 months I was already thinking ‘I want to have children with this man.’ That’s not what he’s thinking and it’s becoming a repetitive issue which sometimes ends in a fight and sometimes in tears, …
An international miracle | Birth photography Rotterdam (and a little Uganda) In May I have contact with Michaela for the first time and on the introduction forms she writes: My partner is Ugandan and lives in Uganda. Hopefully he will have a 3-month visa to be in the Netherlands for the birth. Many years ago …
The ‘but…’ Have you ever felt like you were no longer in a situation, but kind of floating above it? Like you’re watching from a distance? I can see myself standing behind the bar, with this lovely man who is drinking mint tea for me, and whom I just very honestly told about my desire …
The reunion | Birth photography Rotterdam Daan was “my” fifth baby. The fifth birth I attended, in September 2011. Since then I’ve stayed in touch with his parents, Ilona and Maurice, via Facebook and had some contact every now and then. It was great to hear this year that Ilona was pregnant with their …
He wants to, but…. Three weeks later he’s sitting at the bar while I’m working. In the past weeks we’ve had a lot of contact via Hyves (a Dutch social networking site, from pre-Facebook days). I now know that he’s divorced and has 2 children. Max is 12 and Bo is 10. I’ve long since …