07/01/2026
More often than not, when I am shooting a maternity session, it's for a couple's first baby. And that makes sense. Everything is new, and you're trying to do ALL the things you're 'supposed to' to prepare for something new and life changing.
Then, all of a sudden a few months or years later, it's time for that little sibling. This time you're getting your feet under yourself with one kid. You have done this whole pregnancy thing before, so you *kind of* know what to expect. You're not functioning purely off the lists of friends with kids or momfluencers on the internet telling you what you need to get done. And you're so much more busy and exhausted than you were the first time from keeping up with the precious baby you have now. So sometimes, maternity photos don't make the priority list.
But I'm here to encourage you to prioritize it. This is your chance to celebrate your new baby and your growing family, but it's also your last chance to get photos of your family as it is right now. It's your chance to bond with your little baby before they suddenly feel like a giant kid.
So even if it feels harder or life feels busier, I encourage all of you second (or third or fourth or sixth time parents) to treat some parts of this pregnancy like it's the very first time you've done this, and schedule those maternity photos.
