Francesca’s pregnancy and the birth and newborn photography session of gorgeous baby Arthur.
We found out we were expecting last September, we were quite taken a back that it happened first time for us. We were meant to be going travelling for 3 months over Christmas which we then had to cancel, oops.
My pregnancy unfortunately wasn’t the greatest experience made worse with the pandemic. The first trimester was pretty rough with morning sickness and tiredness, second trimester wasn’t too bad as the sickness subsided a bit, the third trimester I developed preeclampsia so had lots of additional scans and check ups all without my husband. Little Arthur stopped growing at 35 weeks so they induced me at 37.
Arthur Gilbert George was born at RD&E Hospital on 11th June, day of induction at 20:48pm weighing 5lb3oz.
It all happened pretty quick....I was induced at 2pm and contractions started at around 6pm. I was in active labour for 45 mins.
Unfortunately we had a two week stay in hospital with Arthur being on the neonatal unit. The support of the Drs and nurses was excellent and luckily Dads were allowed to visit and stay which took the pressure off.
Gilbert George was Chris’s grandfathers middle names.
We are enjoying life at home and he is feeding really well and gaining weight rapidly!
We have a dog Tilly, she’s a little put out by the new addition to the family but she appreciates her new toy & bed.
I found Karen from a google search, her website looked very professional and I loved her style of photography. I liked that she did a smaller package of just natural shots, I’m not so keen on all the props.
We were a little apprehensive about the shoot as Arthur suffers with colic, so we were expecting the worse. I gave him a quick feed and nappy change whilst there and he settled well. He loves to be swaddled so I think this also helped.
Karen was brilliant at making us feel comfortable and relaxed and was excellent at handling Arthur.
The images we received are amazing and I would 100% recommend Karen to anyone looking to have a newborn shoot.
Thank you Francesca for sharing your story with us xx