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Birth Stories, Informational Topics, Films + More
Latest Birth Stories:
Other Photo Stories:
Photos that reflect your family authentically.
Photos that show the authentic love of your family.
A maternity session at The Mother Baby Center at Abbott Northwestern Hospital before their baby arrived at 34 weeks.
It’s surreal and feels like no time has passed since I photographed their oldest as a newborn. That once tiny little baby has now grown into the sweetest big brother.
Allow yourself to be held, nourished, and loved. That is the root and the heart of postpartum doula support.
“My mind keeps wandering to, ‘if this is truly our last, what you’ve given us is helping my heart heal and prepare for that.’”
-Mueller Family
We love to photograph families in a documentary style- meaning the session is more relaxed, playful, and true to your life. Kids thrive in this style of session, because they get to just be themselves. We love watching their personalities and relationship with you unfold in front of our lens.
When I let go of what my body should look like as a pregnant person, I’m able to soften and hold myself for what is. My body is my home, and my children’s first home. That is perfect and beautiful, exactly as it is.
We love to photograph families in a documentary style- meaning the session is more relaxed, playful, and true to your life. Kids thrive in this style of session, because they get to just be themselves. We love watching their personalities and relationship with you unfold in front of our lens.
It’s surreal and feels like no time has passed since I photographed their oldest as a newborn. That once tiny little baby has now grown into the sweetest big brother.
Education + More:
This is what safety looks and feels like in out-of-hospital birth.
Use your voice. Your voice is power.
We cherish the time and moments you’ve chosen to include us in. We look forward to all that is to come in 2026.
World Breastfeeding Week 2025
Looking for a specific type of birth story?
Hospital Birth Stories:
Inductions get a bad reputation in the birth world. But they can truly be medically or emotionally necessary and so helpful.
A Transfer Birth Story in Photographs
A Birth Announcement Film showing the continuity of care from their home birth midwives for a medical transfer to the hospital.
A Birth Center to Hospital Transfer Birth Story
Ione Paloma | 5.22.25
A few days late, but we couldn’t let this year’s International Day of the Midwife lapse completely without shining a light on all of the incredible midwives in our community.
Born at Methodist Hospital with the Midwives in St. Louis Park, MN | Brooke Shares Her Birth Story of Her Second Baby
Abram’s Birth Story Film | 12.12.24
Welcome to the world, sweet Abram! Grief and joy, together.
The awe of birth.
Home Birth Stories:
A Birth Announcement Film showing the continuity of care from their home birth midwives for a medical transfer to the hospital.
A Birth Film at Home With Trillium Midwives and Blooma doula support.
Guinevere Margaret Luse | 5.9.25
A few days late, but we couldn’t let this year’s International Day of the Midwife lapse completely without shining a light on all of the incredible midwives in our community.
Aria Melanie | Birth Announcement Film
Birth is predictably unpredictable. A skilled birth team adapts care as needed to ensure everyone is safe and supported. We’re so thrilled for this family and adored documenting their immediate postpartum time together.
Birth Center Stories:
This is what safety looks and feels like in out-of-hospital birth.
She got her VBAC! At Roots Birth Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
A Transfer Birth Story in Photographs
A few days late, but we couldn’t let this year’s International Day of the Midwife lapse completely without shining a light on all of the incredible midwives in our community.
Birth is predictably unpredictable. A skilled birth team adapts care as needed to ensure everyone is safe and supported. We’re so thrilled for this family and adored documenting their immediate postpartum time together.
Cesarean Birth Stories:
We’re so grateful to provide doula support and birth photography for families and in the Twin Cities and surrounding areas during their cesarean births.
Honoring Black Maternal Health Week 2025 with our community in the Twin Cities and beyond.
The awe of birth.
This family chose to birth their second child into this world via cesarean birth. But not the typical way we see cesarean birth practiced.
An Expecting Family Session Honoring Julia and Baby Boy
In this post are some portraits from a recent Expecting Family session. Below are the family’s words when they announced their pregnancy to their family and friends. Taylor, Josh, Julia and baby boy, you are all so loved and held.
Born at Home in Minneapolis, Minnesota | A Preview of a Warm and Cozy Water Birth Story in Photographs
Born at Home in Eden Prairie, Minnesota | A Preview of a Family-Centered Home Birth Story in Photographs
Real Postpartum: Kangaroo Care in the NICU with Twin Girls
Revisiting Maeve's 2021 Birth at Southdale Hospital in Edina, MN | An Empowering Second Birth in Photographs
Born at Home in Minneapolis, Minnesota | A Spring Baby's Home Birth Announcement Film
Born at United Hospital in St. Paul, Minnesota | A Family’s Curated Look at their Maternal-Assisted, Gentle Cesarean Birth Story in Photographs
Born at Roots Community Birth Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota | A Photo Preview of a Speedy Birth
Your Birth Bag: What to Pack, What to Leave, and A Couple Extra Tips
Born at Southdale Hospital in Edina, Minnesota | A Preview of an Empowered Cesarean Birth Story
Real Postpartum: A Sunlit Breastfeeding Photo Story in St. Paul, Minnesota
Born at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis, MN | A Preview of a Twin Birth in Photographs
Celebrating One Month as a Family of Four | A New Family Session in Stillwater, MN
We love to photograph families in a documentary style- meaning the session is more relaxed, playful, and true to your life. Kids thrive in this style of session, because they get to just be themselves. We love watching their personalities and relationship with you unfold in front of our lens.
Real Postpartum: An Intimate Breastfeeding Photography Session in Minneapolis + Big Brother!
Born at Fairview Southdale in Minneapolis, Minnesota | A Hospital Birth Story in Photographs | Photography by Gather Birth Cooperative
Born at Roots Community Birth Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota | A Full Birth Story in Photographs
Born at Twin Cities Birth Center in St. Paul, Minnesota | A Preview of a Birth Center Birth Story in Photographs
Born at Maple Grove Hospital in Minnesota | A Preview of a Breech Surprise Sex Birth Story in Photographs
Tips for an Empowered and Positive Birth Experience
