Did you know that your “birth” day will actually be one of the most transformative days of your life?
Maybe that sounds obvious, but it’s something I didn’t realize before I had my babies.
If you’re like me and need some visuals, let me paint you a picture through my story:
Imagine you’re 27. You’ve been happily married for 5 years and you and your partner are so ready to grow your family.
A year and a half later at 29 – after many negative pregnancy tests and a devastating miscarriage – you’re finally pregnant with your first child.
You do what you can to prepare for your birth and navigate what’s best for you and your baby.
The day comes when you child enters the world but for you it wasn’t the best experience. There was an emergency c-section involved…and while everyone is here and healthy, you’re left with some trauma and don’t want to do it the same way next time.
Fast forward – you’re 32, pregnant with your second child. You remember the last birth and how you said you would do things differently.
This time, you advocate for yourself, you do the hard work to prepare your body to bring your baby earthside and guess what? You get the beautiful birth you wanted with your first in the form of a VBAC.
On this day…you feel like you could do anything.
You feel powerful.
You feel triumphant.
This experience has changed your trajectory. You never truly felt confident, but now you could take on the world.
This is the best feeling.
This is a new day.
This is EMPOWERMENT.
Now, fast forward. You’re 46. You have two beautiful teenagers. You still think about the days that they were born, but you’ve really lost the details…not seeing anymore how these two births impacted your mindset for confidence, how becoming a mother changed you.
It’s ok. Any time you want to look back at those days, here are your visual reminders…
While I’m thankful I have at least one photo from each of my births, it’s kinda disappointing, right?
They both were taken after my birth by a few hours or days.
They don’t show the work, strength and my ability to do hard things.
They’re just a couple of posed photos for the social feeds.
But, what if your birth could look like this?
Images and films where you could relive the course of your journey into motherhood.
Powerful images that show how hard you and your partner worked together:
Images showing how amazed you were at yourself:
Images that show just how precious that first meeting was:
And powerful images that remind you of that first touch:
These images show you’re strength, your connection and your transition into motherhood.
They’re beautiful in the first days of postpartum, but they gain even more beauty year after year as your babies grow into teenagers…and as your memories fade.
This is all I’ve wanted since I had my babies.
It’s too late for me…but not for you.
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