This is the longest it’s ever taken me to write one of my birth stories. I’m sure, in part, because I now have 4 children…but I also think that this birth story was not nearly as straight forward as my other births.

The images, the film - such gifts that have helped me piece this story together. But when I finally sat down to write, I realized that a chronological unfolding didn’t make sense for this windy, wild birth.

And so, I decided to share vignettes, and photos to go along with them. When I think about my birth, I think about these separate parts that somehow wove together to bring our 4th baby into the world. It was chaotic at times but also brimming with so much love.

Keri hired me after moving to Denver from California. She is a midwife - and I LOVE photographing midwives’ births. I’ve had the honor to document several midwife births over the last ten years - in a variety of spaces - homes, hospitals, and birth centers…