As a Maternity Photographer I believe there are endless reasons to have your Maternity photos done, and I can’t see a reason why you shouldn’t. But not everyone spend their days living and breathing Maternity photos.. So I have listed 5 out of ALL the reasons why you should do a Maternity Session during your pregnancy.
1. Create lasting memories of this season of life that is so precious
This time is limited, you are only (although it can feel like an eternity) pregnant for 9 months. You are feeling your baby’s tiny little movements and start to wonder what they look like. Are they blonde? Do they have brown eyes like their dad? Are they going to wake up at 5am once they are born as well? It’s such a precious time, wondering who’s hiding just under your skin.
There is nothing quite like pregnancy, knowing that your life is about to change forever. You are growing your family. This phase of life is so special, just waiting for this little human to come steal your heart. And while it feels natural to capture your graduation, or your sister’s birthday – we sometimes forget to capture pregnancy because it’s a 9 month long event.
So while the majority of pregnancy consists of laying on your couch watching Netflix, (and I’m sure you have photos in your phone of that) it’s nice to create beautiful pictures to hang on your walls to honor these 9 months of growing your baby.
2. Your child will at some point ask to see photos from when they were inside your belly
As hard as it is to comprehend at this point, your baby will grow up and eventually ask to see photos of when they were in your belly. Once they get to a certain age and they or friends around them are about to have siblings, they usually start thinking about the fact that they were also inside your belly once. And this is when the requests to see photos start coming in!
So do yourself a favor and be prepared for that day!
3. Celebrate that you and your partner are becoming parents
What’s a better way to celebrate that you and your partner are becoming parents than by capturing it? You are both on your journey to transition from being not only a passionate couple, but parents to a teeny tiny human! How incredible and unbelievable is that? Take this time to celebrate this huge step up in your life by capturing all these emotions.
A maternity session means that you and your partner will get some time to hold each other tightly, hug, dance, and drown in each other’s gaze. Take this time to enjoy each other!
4. You might not enjoy pregnancy, but I promise that you will want to remember it
I am a living example of someone who doesn’t love being pregnant. My mind and body does not respond well to pregnancy. I have grown healthy babies, and I am forever grateful for my pregnancy experiences, but man I did not enjoy the ride.
However, it was the most important journey of my life as they brought my kids into this world. And as much as I remember wanting to be done with pregnancy, I now look back at it and miss it. I wish I could go back just for a second to feel those tiny little kicks, and wonder who that little foot belongs to.
Having photos from this time can help bring you back in time to that moment.
5. Because it’s freakin FUN!
Pregnancy can be uncomfortable, exhausting, painful and not the time where you dress up and feel pretty. So here is an excuse to wear a gorgeous dress, go to the nail salon to have your nails done, have your hair all done and just feel beautiful as heck! And who doesn’t like to feel like a mother earth goddess for an afternoon?
Now if this didn’t convince you to have your pregnancy photos done, I don’t know what will..
