Dear Beautiful Mother’s | Saint John Newborn Baby Photographer

Dear Beautiful Mother’s,

I want to say thank you.

You reach out when your little one has yet to arrive. You are so excited and we plan the session. I am excited too and I watch my calendar as your due dates arrive (and sometimes pass by). I love the emails I get from excited Dad’s, grandmas, aunts, friends and even some of you Mamas! You let me know the little has arrived and I wait for your discharge so we can schedule the session.

You arrive and you are SO tired. You have worked hard to dress up, look pretty and feel ‘normal’. You worry that the baby won’t sleep. You worry because getting ready in the morning was so much harder than you anticipated. You worry because sometimes I am a stranger and you are trusting me with this precious little creature. You worry that the exhaustion will show on your face. You are still recovering from childbirth and nothing fits like it did before. You worry you will do something wrong and you will be judged.

Do you know what I see? I see the glow that wasn’t there before, even if this isn’t your first child. I see tired eyes that have this softness that only new love can produce. I see strong beautiful women who have conquered something incredible, no matter what their birth experience was like. I see a perfect little being, not marred by the world, and loved intensely.  I see the beginning of your family and life story.

I also have great empathy for you. I know the exhaustion, the frustration, the exhilaration and all those intense feelings (and hormones) that a new baby brings to you.

I love chatting with you, dear mothers, because I want you to know you are not alone. That you are doing a great job. That the recovery will get better, that nursing and feedings will become second nature. That being overwhelmed and so lost in their eyes is completely normal. I want you to know that if you need more help, that is normal too.

I want to thank you for coming to me during this raw and vulnerable time in your life. You honour me with your trust.

I wish you all Happy Mother’s Day.