Question 1

When do you arrive?

Accepted Answer

We will have ongoing communication when weekly checkups happen, usually 35-36 weeks. I will have my scheduled blocked off for you from 38-41 week unless there is a need for a different time frame. When you start to feel contractions send me a text, and then again when you are checked into the hospital (if you are going to one). Once you are in active labor I head in right away.

Question 2

Do you take pictures of everything?

Accepted Answer

I take pictures of what you are comfortable with. We will discuss what you want ahead of time in our meeting and I can take pictures of your baby being born, or just the reactions of you and others in the room of seeing and holding your baby for the first time.

Question 3

What happens if I have to have a cesarean section?

Accepted Answer

The determination of whether I am able to come into the operating room for a c-section is usually up to the anesthesiologist. That being said, I have been able to be in the room for every c-section birth that I have been a part of. However, in the case of an emergency c-section pictures are unable to be taken in the operating room.

Question 4

What if you are unable to make it?

Accepted Answer

I clear my schedule for two weeks before and one week after your due date, unless we discuss a different window ahead of time. During those three weeks I am on call 24/7. While I have never missed a birth at the time of this writing, I know that things happen that are outside of my control, especially with babies. Therefore, if I am unable to make it to the birth you will have your newborn session free of charge along with the photographs that I am able to get at the hospital.