Having just experience the miracle of birth 10 weeks ago I was overjoyed to have the pleasure of capturing some of the first few moments of the L. family’s new miracle.
Freya was born just before 11:30am on Tuesday, October 26th. She beat me to the punch and arrived just moments before I got to her birth. As I arrived she was resting peacefully on mommy’s tummy. It was truly crazy because Mommy had her first labor pain just after 8am and 3 hours later Freya was here.
Totally unexpected. Big sister took quite a bit longer and was a week late. It seems as if Freya had another plan in mind. 3 days early and super short labor. Mommy was pleasantly surprised!
So while I missed the “main event” I did get to be there when mommy met Freya for the first time:

And one of the first moments big sister shared with little sister:
The head measured in at 13.5inches. WOW!

And Freya was a whopping 21.75 inches long!
I love it when mid-wives measure the weight with the old fashioned baby scale. There is just something so classic about this moment:
Finally some quite bonding time between Freya and Mommy. Just Love!
A special thanks goes out to the mid-wives who attended Freya’s birth, Beah Pederson, CNM and Jeannie Racik, MWA, from East Bay Homebirth Midwifery. They did an excellent job and made the whole experience both peaceful and beautiful!