Expecting your first child can be an emotional rollercoaster. Some days you are elated at your baby bump and feeling those little fluttery kicks, then other days you are just tired and achey.
I always found that taking some time to focus on you before baby arrives helps to get through the last few weeks. Get a manicure, have your hair done, a pregnancy massage is ah-may-zing. And a photoshoot celebrating you and your beautiful maternal shape is also a massive mood lifter.
These beautiful parents knew they were having a little girl and were pretty sure they were going to name her Willow so it was just perfect that our maternity session at the Mt Coot-Tha Botanic Gardens ended up based around all the Willow trees.
For expectant families, the Maternity package is a great option as it includes 2 sessions, loads of photos, an album, a mobile app, a digital birth announcement card all at a great discounted rate. Find out more on my website here.
Maternity Package bookings are so exciting for me too because it means I get to meet the expectant parents a few weeks before meeting their new baby. We get to know each other over the hour or so that we photograph the maternity session and then when they return for their newborn session I feel like I am greeting friends after they have welcomed their baby, which adds to my own excitement about their newborn photo shoot.
This was the case when I met Willow at just 6 days new. She was such a little poppet with her beautiful soft cheeks and little nose. She was a little excited about our session too as she kept herself awake much longer than we thought she would - she had such a full tummy and the heat and the white noise eventually became too much and she drifted off into a deep sleep while we captured the majority of her stunning images.
As much as Willow enjoyed the 30 degree heat, her poor Dad didnt cope so well (I find a lot of Dads would agree with this!) but between cold water and breaks out of the room we got there in the end without too much discomfort.
Willow's Mum shared a new freebie with me that I thought was really cool - a white noise app with a half hour womb soundtrack, as well as other options of white noise. You can check it out in the apple store here.
I had so much fun working with some new props I recently purchased such as the pink lace blanket and the stunning vine basket from David Lam Designs (you can find him on Facebook here). It is always a challenge working with new things but also a lot of fun creating new images for the first time.
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