Childbirth photos

There's nothing like the beauty and power of childbirth, and these talented birth photographers have captured it in extraordinary detail.

Birth Becomes You celebrated the powerful images birth photographers took amid the challenges of last year.

There's nothing like the beauty and power of childbirth, and these talented birth photographers have captured it in extraordinary detail.

Pin for Later: These Raw Photos Prove It Takes One Tough Mother to Get Through Childbirth

Where were you when your water broke? It's one of those childbirth questions that surprisingly comes up quite often, and the answers can be pretty unexpected.…

These are so moving.

Curious what it looks like to catch your own baby during labor? Get an inside look at the miracle of childbirth with these incredible photos of moms “delivering” their own babies.

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You have to see these.

I have two friends who had homebirths last summer. One had an unassisted water birth, and the other had a midwife-assisted homebirth. When my husband Carlos and I got pregnant last fall, I knew that I wanted a homebirth. I had birthed four babies previously, all with OB/GYNs in a hospital (with induction and pain relief), and I wasn’t happy with those experiences. I spoke with Carlos and he said that he would support me having our baby at home. I called Jen & Jill, the midwives that had…