Recently I got to do a hospital Fresh 48 session for a friend of mine, and I’m so excited to share!
When my friend Julie first tried to tell me, that she was expecting a baby, I totally did not understand. She told me “This is why I had to go home to Scotland this summer!” and pulled up an ultrasound picture on her phone. “Hmm, so she visited someone who is having a baby? Why not visit after they have their baby?” I wondered.
It took me a a bit too many seconds to realize that JULIE was the one expecting!
So of course we planned on taking newborn pictures at the hospital right after birth. We were a bit worried about the timing since the doctor thought Blair might come early, and I was in Hawaii on vacation three weeks before the due date. But, Blair waited for the stars to align and was born on her actual due date.
The staff at Good Samaritan in San Jose is really great about photographers documenting procedures, so we got pictures of the first bath, the footprints, and the nursing advice during our four hours together.
All in all, it was pretty amazing to witness a friend turn into a mom.
- Dad watching newborn baby girl sleeping skin-to-skin on mom at the hospital.
- Baby Blair’s tiny newborn toes.
- Baby Blair grabbing her dad’s hand.
- Dad’s watching Blair sleeping skin-to-skin on mom at the Fresh 48 session.
- Baby girl Blair skin-to-skin with her mom at the hospital in San Jose
- Baby girl Blair’s parents looking down at her sleeping on mom’s chest.
- Blair is about to have her first bath at her hospital Fresh 48 session in San Jose.
- Blair is resisting her first bath during her Fresh 48 session at the hospital in San Jose.
- Blair is resisting her first bath during her Fresh 48 session at the hospital in San Jose.
- Mom looking at baby Blair who just had her first bath at the hospital
- Baby girl Blair swaddled up at the hospital, after her first bath.
- Baby girl Blair swaddled up after her first bath, dad discovering her little hand.
- Blair’s foot prints being taken at the hospital
- Baby girl Blair’s foot prints taken at the hospital
- Mom burping baby girl Blair during her Fresh 48 session.
- Mom burping baby girl Blair during her Fresh 48 session.
- Mom burping baby girl Blair during her Fresh 48 session.
- Blair doing skin-to-skin with mom at her hospital Fresh 48 session.
- Newborn Blair skin-to-skin with her mom at he hospital, looking at her mom.
- Baby girl Blair skin-to-skin with her mom at he hospital, looking up at her dad.
- Baby Blair swaddled up during her Fresh 48 session in San Jose.
Congrats Julie and David!
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