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Fresh48 | Liam Prozesky | Pretoria Fresh 48 Photographer
After a minute or so we heard your first loud cry. It was glorious and we could finally breathe. Sr Lotter brought you to us and our hearts melted, my boy. You were beautiful. We checked for 10 fingers and 10 toes and we couldn’t stop looking at you. The happiest moment of our lives. You were born at 11:33 weighing 3.49kg and measuring 53cm.
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“There’s no other love like the love for a brother. There’s no other love like the love from a brother.” – Astrid Alauda
Most recently, I was invited to capture moments from the first 48 hours of Linda and Dietmar’s second child, their beautiful son Luca.
Fresh 48 | David
“A wise woman once said to me that there are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these she said is roots, the other, wings.”
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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
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.
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