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ELORA'S BIRTH STORY
 This is the birth story of my sister Ruth and her new baby Elora. 
​It was such a beautiful day to have a baby. It was like looking at a snow globe with all of that freshly fallen powder. Ruth's husband wasn't going to be able to be with her for the birth so I was her "birth partner." Ruth called me at 6:30am on February 19th and said she had been having steady contractions since 3am. I threw on some clothes and went straight over. I stayed with her for about 30 minutes before we decided to go to the hospital. We got there around 8am and were checked in about 8:30am. 
​Ruth had decided for personal reasons to have an non medicated, natural birth. I was also her doula/photographer. :) I have had three natural birth's myself and we had taken a hypnobabies birthing class so we felt pretty prepared going into this. Having said that, it was an exhausting experience. There were hours when i was holding her up during each contraction, pushing on pressure points and she was working like a superstar to relax her body. 
​When it came time for pushing we realized that the baby would be born within the amniotic sack. It is known as En-Caul Birth. Occurring in fewer than 1 in 80,000 births. The caul is harmless and is immediately removed by the physician or midwife upon delivery of the child. This is a VERY RARE occurrence and some believe it is a sign of good luck.
The word caul is Latin and means "head helmet." 
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Ruth really was fantastic and gave birth (without pain medication) to a beautiful baby at 10:51am on Feb 19th.
​By the time it was all over, she was spent!! you'll see what i mean in the pics :) 
​Enjoy!
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Ruth's Maternity Session
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  • Baby Jaivree
  • Baby Xochi
  • Eli Graduates
  • Amber's Model Session
  • Kambria's Model Session
  • Kyndal's Model Session
  • William and Chase / Wedding
  • Chelsea's Model Session
  • Hannah's Graduation Pic's
  • Mary Graduates
  • Graduation for Hailee & Michael
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  • Maternity Self Portrait
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  • Jessica & Aric's Wedding
  • Johnson Family Pictures
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  • Jones family