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05/10/2026

Going through the recent galleries I did while I’ve been MIA on here with pregnancy, and wanted to share this placenta from one of my clients as a separate post first as it’s so interesting!

Swipe right to see a relatively rare placenta with ‘two lobes’.

Usually called a bilobed placenta when it develops two almost equal sized lobes, with blood vessels connecting them, while working simultaneously to support baby. I think it’s such a beautiful example of how amazing and adaptable the placenta can be.

It’s not proven, but some opinions believe it can happen sometimes when the original lobe wasn’t functioning as well as it should, so the body adapts creating another lobe!

Anyway, just something I find interesting as a birth nerd 😝

04/10/2026

Thanks for all the congratulations and guesses on gender that have come through, appreciate the love and excitement 🥰 especially when you get to the 4th baby, people are often nowhere near as excited for you and even question if you know how ‘that happens’ 😅. Yes we do, and yes this baby is very wanted!

Well 90% of the guesses were actually right! It is a little boy 😍💙

Even though we would have been totally happy with another girl, having a little boy joining the crew will be so sweet and the perfect way to finish our fam!

The girls are just going to dot all over him, and I’m sure put him through the ringer with their girl antics and emotions, but I know one thing, he will make the best husband when he’s older 😅

Will make more updates soon if you want to follow along 🥰

03/10/2026

So, there’s a reason I’ve been even quieter on here than usual (and that’s saying something! 😅).

We will be welcoming baby number 4 end of Feb 2027!! 🥰

As usual, pregnancy does a number on me so I’ve been hibernating for a while (but have still managed to capture a few mums in that time that I’ll share soon too!), but aside from the annoying winter bugs I keep catching I’m feeling more human now at almost 20 weeks 🤰🏼

Being a bump/birth/baby account I’ll post as much of my journey and decisions along the way for anyone who wants to follow along!

But up first, we found out the gender of baby this morning 💗💙. It’s fun having older kids this time round as they can be so much more involved! It was my eldest girls idea to do cupcakes this time round to find out gender so that’s what we did. Anyone want to put in their guesses in the comments and I’ll update with the answer tomorrow 😍
For those who don’t know, I have 3 beautiful girls already, so what’s number 4 going to be….

01/06/2026

The look on big sisters face meeting her new baby sister for the first time 🥹

I think that one of the biggest joys and heart melt moments as a parent is seeing your baby’s love on each other, so getting to capture them meeting like this is such a must have memory. Especially when it’s rare you actually get to see their facial reaction in amongst getting everyone settled. Like when I sent this first photo off to my client, this was the first time she got to see her big girls reaction properly 🥰

These are from a ‘meet the sibling’ session, which is also similar to Fresh 48 session, for lovely moments like these when family members come to visit and enjoy those first moments with your new baby.

Still working on the birth photos from this cute fam, so will share them soon too!

31/05/2026

It was such a beautiful evening reconnecting with this family 😍

The last time I saw them was at the birth and newborn photos of their first baby (little girl in these photos), and now here they are getting ready to welcome the new ‘baby sistah’ 💕

This little beach was a new location for me over the shore, and even with the east facing direction, the sunset colours in the sky were still so beautiful 🙌🏼
If you scroll to the last photo it also had some cool Europe inspired apartments by the waterfront that were fun and quirky to include too!

This gorgeous family are already holding their new baby girl in their arms, so will share some of the shots from birth and meeting big sister soon too 🤩

18/05/2026

And here’s the Fresh 48’s from the family’s home birth I shared yesterday - how cute is this baby boy 😍

The last couple births I’ve captured were so fast the babies had barely any head molding (that cone shape from squeezing through the pelvis), so had beautiful big round baby heads from the start! 👶🏼

Fresh 48’s are kinda how they sound, but I still sometimes get asked what it is. It’s a photo shoot usually within 48 hours after the birth when everything is still so new and ‘fresh’, and is captured in the place of birth. The goal is capturing the little details of that brand new newborn and postpartum period, as it all changes so quick! 🥰

17/05/2026

The Home Birth high 😍

This incredible Mummy birthed her second baby in less than 1.5 hours! After a fast unexpected home birth for her first baby she planned to stay home this time and just had the most amazing experience - doesn’t her face just say it all! The ‘holy crap I just did that’ face 😍

It’s sad that home birth’s are still not very common, as when you witness one you wish every mum could experience that (which ofcourse I know isn’t always possible, but I can still wish ok).
The comfort of your own things, in your own space, with family around, no strangers popping in and out, older children sleeping soundly in another room, amazing midwives around, and this family were back in bed for the night less than two hours after the birth 🙌🏼

Welcome to the world little Corbin, it has been such a honor being part of your journey earthside with your gorgeous family 🥰

Will post some super adorable pics from this babes Fresh 48 soon - they are next level cute!

07/04/2026

Currently on-call for this gorgeous family that we did bump photos for a few weeks back 🤩

Super special also being my first repeat birth client 🥹 Who also had the fastest first birth that she had an unexpected home-birth and is the only client to date that I just didn’t make it on time for baby coming out! We still got lots of lovely golden hour photos which are always so special too, but you can bet your bottom dollar I’m sitting on the edge of my seat waiting on the call for her sibling 😅

10/02/2026

Ok, I’m back for 2026!

Bit late to the party being almost mid February, but slow and steady wins the race right 😎

Excited for a new year, and one of the things I’m most looking forward to is that I have officially been in the birth business long enough to have some of my first time birth clients coming back for their next baby with two due the first half of this year 😍
Having return clients is the biggest compliment a photographer can receive so I’m super grateful to be working with them again 🥹

Updates on me:
- I’m officially a crazy chicken lady with us now having 6 chicks in the house we’re raising, the kids are loving that! And it’s a little easier doing that now after we lost our doggy last year 😞
- Back into homeschooling this year with my 6yo joining in full time now. I have a new plan and mindset, see how that goes 😝
- I’m still leading our Kids Church ministry which is when I got a bit quieter on here so I could focus on getting my head around that, think I’m getting there now!
- We trialled our first camping trip late last year and went pretty ok, so trying to get one more trip in later this month. We wait until everyone else goes back to school and work!
- I took the plunge and bought myself a new TM7 thermomix about a month ago and loving it, so I’m slowly descending into my ‘hippy Mum’ reputation more and more. Next is that I start wearing floaty housewife dresses, but don’t think that will ever happen, I am just not a dress person 😋

Swipe to see some of the chicks, they’re so cute!

08/10/2025

In-door Bump sessions are such a great option during winter!

No need to worry about the weather and making last minute decisions if the session needs postponed or not.

No constant hair in your face from the wind.

Lighting is more consistent so you can have the session at pretty much any time of the day.

Annnnd, you don’t even need to leave your house 🙌🏼 Which if you’re anything like me is a huge bonus 🤣

Plus, look how beautiful the photos can be in the comfort of your own home. Just another option to consider if you feel like getting Bump photos is in the ‘too hard basket’, as this option isn’t 😉

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