BLOG

Pregnancy, birth, new motherhood, parenthood, and reproductive mental health are topics we love to share about on our blog! As storytellers we welcome REAL stories, whether uplifting, heartbreaking, or somewhere in between. We welcome stories from guest contributors, please Contact Us to submit your story to feature on the blog.

Pandemic Pregnancy Mental Health | One Woman’s Story

Pandemic Pregnancy Mental Health | One Woman’s Story

Pre-natal and post-natal anxiety is hard enough during the best of times, but throw in the pandemic and you have the double whammy of a major additional stressor and less support and connection to help manage mental health challenges. One new mom opens up about her experience navigating a Covid pregnancy with her pre-existing anxiety disorder. Thank you June for sharing this with us, I know so many moms can relate!

Read More
Birth During Covid | My Second Cesarean and Spinal Block Challenges

Birth During Covid | My Second Cesarean and Spinal Block Challenges

Cesarean birth during Covid brings a new set of challenges, but when your spinal block doesn’t work after multiple attempts, there are a whole new set of challenges. Especially when you have a toddler AND a newborn to care for, as is the case with this second time mom! Julia is sharing her birth story today on our blog, take it away Julia!

Read More
BIRTH is BIRTH | A Mother’s Perspective on Birth and Stigmas
Birth Story, Guest blogger, motherhood Felicia Bates Birth Story, Guest blogger, motherhood Felicia Bates

BIRTH is BIRTH | A Mother’s Perspective on Birth and Stigmas

When you get pregnant you prepare for a “natural birth”. First off, I hate that term because to me ALL birth is natural, and you are a warrior for carrying your baby and delivering no matter how!! Everyone prepares you for a vaginal “natural” birth, and I find there is stigma surrounding having to take an epidural or having a caesarean birth so I wanted to share my experience and perspective for other women and mom-to-be’s who may be going through the same things I did.

Read More
Benefits of Finding Babysitters Online | Vancouver Mom & Family Photographer

Benefits of Finding Babysitters Online | Vancouver Mom & Family Photographer

As a mobile newborn and family photographer, my mission is to provide value to clients in the comfort and ease of me coming to their homes for professional, high quality photos. To me this means taking it a step further than the typical natural, un-posed lifestyle photography done in people’s homes, since I actually bring along a complete newborn studio setup so we can get all those sweet, curly poses of baby.

Read More
My First Few Months as a Mom | Vancouver Family & Newborn Photographer

My First Few Months as a Mom | Vancouver Family & Newborn Photographer

After surviving life with a colicky newborn following a very long and intense labour, I knew I owed it to myself and anyone else struggling with the transition to parenthood to share a little bit of my story. Since almost all of my blog followers are parents or parents-to-be, I thought, what better place to share?

Read More