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Newborn Hospital Photos

Dreamy sigh–newborn hospital photos.

I say it again and again when I photograph newborns at the hospital or at home—the miracle isn’t lost on me. I’m always in awe of what is in front of me. The tiny tendrils, the wrinkly scaly skin at the creases, the tight eyes, the whisps of hair, the bellies, the cries, and the quiet curiosity all show up in a blink, but I’m also completely enamored with how the family sees it all for the first time.

black and white. Newborn baby is in an isoylet at hospital. Doctor checks spine of newborn at the hospital.

It is with such fond remembrance (for myself) that most email correspondence I get with newborn moms happens at 3am. The world is so quiet then–dark, warm, insulating–just a time for mother & child to rock, soothe, nurse. Connect.

It’s a small, significant chapter, and as the weeks—er, sometimes months—go on, it may feel a bit like The Neverending Story, but it does indeed come to a close.

The weight of her body
the smell of her neck
the sound of her cry
the pace of your stride
the sway of your body
the shush of your voice
the temperature of the room in the middle of the night
the tick of the clock
the light of the moon
all belong to a newborn parent in a magnificent, all-encompassing way.

 

Changes happen so quickly that newborn hospital pictures are a way just to pause the whooooosh of all that has occurred.

Black and white. Two parents squeeze onto same hospital bed after new baby was born. newborn photoBlack and white. Mom nurses newborn while Dad puts arm around Mom. Dad lies face to face with newborn child on a hospital bed after birthBlack and white. Mom adjusts swaddle on newborn child at the hospital. Black and white. Profile of newborn child at hospital. Mom and 3 kids at hospital.

Family of five on a hospital bed after baby born. newborn photoBlack and white. Family of 5 cuddle on the hospital bed Top down view. Mom nurses and one girl holds newborn's hand while another sister looks on. black and white. Family of 5 sits on a hospital bed after newborn arrivesFamily of 5 sits in a hospital room after newborn arrives. newborn photo Sister checks out newborn umbilical cord.

All the magic is right here.  My goal is that these pics take you back to this moment — that it pulls you in so much that you can feel the weight of the baby to exploring all the fingers and sparse eyelashes to the sounds in your room.  It’s all right here.
Two girls sit on a hospital with back to camera as the look at newborn sibling with mom. mom and sister look a newborn

The tenderness and curiosity of sisters welcoming their baby sister into the family is one of the greatest joys I have witnessed. I see it time and time again with other siblings’ families, too.
Preschool girl uses stethoscope to listen to newborn sibling's heart at the hospital. Mom holds newborn in the hospital photo. Set of hands reach for newborn in window light.Black and white. Dad holds sleeping newborn. Grandma shushes crying newborn in a hospital photoblack and white. Family of 5 sit on a couch in the hospital after newborn baby birth. young girls are busy with crafts while mom nursing and dad explains something using hand gestures.

xo,

Jen

 

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