09/20/2022
Births are probably my favorite thing to document. Each one is so intimate and sacred. Being able to be apart of those moments, freezing them in time, it's an honor.
Sapphire went through a lot to get their baby boy here and that continued through labor. With a uniquely high vasovagal response, there were times when it was difficult to keep her conscious. Then she ended up having a massive baby in every way, which certainly did not make the labor process any easier. But she did it, and she did it while cracking jokes and making everyone else laugh between pushes. That's pretty fitting for Sapphire.
Seeing one of your best friends in the world become a mother, it was beautiful and emotional and just so, so cool. Knowing that exhaustion that I saw on her face, but also knowing the relief and joy that she was feeling, and feeling it with her. After all those years, she was finally holding her son. That's an experience I'll never forget.
(If you missed my last post, please go take a look because that has some of my very favorites from this birth as well.)