“Giving birth and being born brings us into the essence of creation, where the human spirit is courageous and bold and the body, a miracle of wisdom.” ~Harriette Hartigan

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BIRTH | ALIANA QUINN | PRETORIA BIRTH PHOTOGRAPHER

BIRTH | ALIANA QUINN | PRETORIA BIRTH PHOTOGRAPHER

At 19:55 I am trying to stall labour and Christel says that they will video call hubby because he won’t make it in time. I’m trying my best to not push… feeling the urge to bear down is uncontrollable. I don’t lift my head at all, concentrating and steadying myself with one hand on the bath floor.

BIRTH | DAHLIA SMIT | PRETORIA BIRTH PHOTOGRAPHER

BIRTH | DAHLIA SMIT | PRETORIA BIRTH PHOTOGRAPHER

I started losing ‘the head game’ as the pain in my back became very overwhelming and I started vomiting. If it hadn’t been for Sam who came as birth photographer but jumped in as doula to direct my husband, I think my husband would have run away at this point.