Exciting news, I am going to enter the IAPBP Birth Photography Contest, International Association of Professional Birth Photographers, this year! It is such an honor to be part of this group of birth photographers from around the world. I have been a IAPBP birth photographer since their founding, and I am excited to get more engaged with birth photography since my littles are becoming bigger!
Which of the following images (below) YOU would choose to enter? There are 5 categories, I can submit multiple images per category but only 5 images total.
- Labor
- Delivery
- Postpartum
- Birth Details
- Fresh 48
I would love to know which 5 images you think I should choose. Just quick and fun, please comment below!
PS some images contain raw images of birth including nudity. Just a heads up if it makes you uncomfortable. Though I hope images such as these can normalize birth and postpartum bodies. Thank you to the families for letting me share!
![Fresh 48 session newborn baby girl eyes wide open with big pink bow and pink blanket in Saratoga Hospital New York]()
1. “Hi Scarlet” | Fresh 48 ![Baby feet during fresh 48 session sticking out of white newborn gown on top of pink blanket Saratoga Hospital]()
2. “Unswaddled Toes” | Fresh 48 ![Newborn baby girl right after birth covered in vernix and wavy brown hair at Bellevue Hospital in Niskayuna New York]()
3. “Vernix and Waves” | Postpardum ![Close up picture of clamped umbilical chord with 2 vessels shown at Bellevue Womens Hospital]()
4. “Umbilical Vessels” | Birth Details ![laboring mom laying in birth tub at St Peters Hospital Albany New York]()
5. “Reprieve” | Labor ![newborn baby being deliverd and held by doctors and nurses covered in blood and meconium in Albany New York]()
6. “Colors of Birth” | Delivery ![moms arm wrapped around baby on her chest right after birth with baby foot and scissors clamped on umbilical chord]()
7. “Scissor Foot” | Birth Details ![baby just born laying on moms chest with hospital blanket and hat with one eye open on hand on mom in Albany New York]()
8. “Hi Mom” | Postpardum ![nurse holding up newborn baby after his birth for his newborn exam at St Peters Hospital in Albany NY]()
9. “Newborn Assessment” | Postpartum ![mom standing next to baby in a bassinet during fresh 48 session at St Peters hospital in Albany NY]()
10. “Wearing Blue” | Fresh 48 ![newborn baby boy sleeping in a bassinet and wrapped in blue blanket during fresh 48 session]()
11. “Sweet Dreams” | Fresh 48 ![mom laboring and screaming on her hands and knees during a contraction with husband cheering her on at Burdette Birth Center in Troy NY]()
12. “Hear My Strength” | Labor ![mom pushing during labor on birthing stool and feeling baby head that is crowning in Troy NY]()
13. “Instincts” | Delivery ![mom holding her baby she just delivered on a birthing stool at Burdette Birth Center in Troy NY]()
14. “Cries of Birth” | Delivery ![emotional mom surrounding by husband nurse and midwife after she had her vbac in Troy NY]()
15. “VBAC Success” | Delivery ![mom and dad snuggling and gazing at their newborn baby boy that was just born in Troy New York]()
16. “I Love You” | Postpardum ![baby falls asleep while nursing and falls off breast]()
17. “All Done” | Postpardum
I will come back next week and share the images I entered, and you will be able to see all the amazing entries from around the world! I am so glad to be a IAPBP Birth Photographer!
Interested in full birth stories? Check out this birth story, and this birth story and this birth story.
-April 🙂
