Happy! | Birth photography Antwerp | Planned caesarean I’ve known Mandy for some time via mutual friends. Sometimes we’re at the same party, or you hear things about each other because you know the same people. I knew she was pregnant, but I was so pleased when she contacted me in April! We planned in an …
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 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 …
A birth photographer meeting a birth photographer | A peaceful home birth Lobke is a birth photographer herself, and I got to know her when she did the ‘birth photography’ workshop with me last year. A few months ago we had a reunion day, and Lobke mailed that she wasn’t sure whether she’d be there …
I met Carola this summer at a maternity fair organized by the KOW (Childcare Walcheren). Soon after the fair she contacted me. She really wanted a Fresh First Hours session. This is a session that will start in the first hour your baby is born. Persijn, her boyfriend, was not sure whether he wanted this, he …
The birth of twins | Winston & Lucas There is nothing as changeable as the upcoming birth of twins. You’ll realize that as you read this story. I went round the bend from all the different plans being made and changed and I wasn’t the one growing two babies in her belly! But I think that …
A roller coaster of emotions | A natural (unplanned) caesarean in Rotterdam Extra Note: What is a gentle caesarean section? “In the operation theatre the lights are dimmed, the temperature is raised a little and you can have music playing if you wish. The sheet separating the parents from the surgical site is transparent, so …
2 weken geleden werd ik benaderd door het Parool. Ze wilden graag een artikel schrijven over geboortefotografie, maar vanuit de moeder. De vraag was of ik moeders kende in de omgeving Amsterdam die hieraan mee wilden werken. Ik mailde o.a. naar Marianne en Qwen en beiden vonden het leuk! Het resultaat is een twee pagina …
Wat een navelstreng! | Geboortefotografie Hoofddorp De papa en mama van Hugo willen het verhaal en de meeste foto’s voor zichzelf houden. Wel mag ik de onbetaalbare gezichtsuitdrukkingen van de papa laten zien en de enorme navelstreng waarmee Hugo werd geboren!
Giving birth with a lollypop | Birth photographer the Netherlands Almost 2 years ago I was present at the delivery of Tijn, the first baby of Romy and Donja. A birth I’ll not likely forget, not only because I know Romy and Donja in private as well, but mostly because Donja really wanted a “rocket” …