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30 Raw Photos From The 2022 Photography Image Competition That Show How Cool Moms Are
Despite living in a time of crisis that leaves us struggling with overwhelming anxiety about the future – let's take some time off and celebrate our presence. Life is sincerely mind-blowing. We get to go through these contrasting events filled with all the possible emotions, we have the freedom to get whatever we want from our existence, and we're allowed to make mistakes while still having the power to improve and grow.
We're brought into this world by our beautiful mothers that go through what seems like an unimaginable delivery. It doesn't matter whether you've been through the child-bearing process or not – you understand how overpowering and captivating it truly is. Though the media tends to conceal the reality of the birth, IAPBP doesn't fail to provide folks with mesmerizing behind the scenes:
The International Association of Professional Birth Photographers has been hosting their famous birth photography competition for several years, and they recently announced the winners and participants of their 12th contest. Bored Panda has already covered IAPBP's previous works – so if you'd like to see more, click here and here.
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#1
Best In Labor: "Ovarian Cancer Survivor - Hospital Transfer" By Sara Hunter, United States
Ashley Reardon 3 years ago
The raw emotion in this photo...i can feel it.. It brings me right back to the delivery room of my own children and all the overwhelming emotions that flooded my body-- fear, excitement, anxiousness, happiness, hope, and mostly love, and i can feel all of those emotions conveyed in this photograph. It's very powerful...
The International Association of Professional Birth Photographers was essentially established to assist soon-to-be parents with gifted birth photographers. These days the community has over 1,100 members in 52 countries, and continues to grow daily. Moreover, 12 years ago, IAPBP introduced an annual image competition that allows folks to witness the reality of an otherworldly process. The association itself was founded in 2010, and is a proud owner of immensely talented and creative photographers/videographers who put their whole heart into documenting expecting parents' fragile but significant moments.
Becoming a birth photographer is a very crucial choice. It's a way to connect with the world and its wonders, it's intimate and it's messy. Birth photographers are storytellers who catch every aspect of the delivery, whether it's planned or unplanned. They're there to document the person's anticipation, pain and finally that long-awaited skin-to-skin contact.
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#2
Best In Delivery: "The First Look" By Ebony Allen-Ankins, Australia
Emalee Bespflug 3 years ago
I have a similar pic of my husband and our son. It was after his shots, we wrapped him up in a swaddle and I handed him to his dad, and my baby lifted his head up as if he was much older and looked straight up into his daddy’s eyes, and my husband started tearing up. I later got it framed for him for Father’s Day.
Photography is a very rewarding practice, let alone when you specialize in capturing people's deliveries. Not everyone is aware that birth photography is even a thing, besides, most would probably think that documenting such private and personal moments is rather unnecessary – but meeting your child for the first time is an otherworldly emotion that many would love to remember forever.
Every labor is different, but most are extremely difficult, as you can never thoroughly plan the process. It's all very individual, where some are blessed with a very smooth and quick delivery and others spend days laboring with the immense support of their loved ones. Either way, birth photographers are completely trained to adapt to the unexpected and are ready to capture your beautiful journey.
#3
First Place: "A Touch Of Love" By Bárbara Aviz, Brazil
Flopsy 3 years ago
If you guys didn't know: the hair on the baby's body is called lanugo and will fall soon.
#4
Members' Choice: “Crying Dad” By Sara Hunter, United States
Lori Ashley 3 years ago
I love this! The Dad is so happy to meet his little one. But you can also see the smiling facing of Mom in the background. These pics are beautiful!
Susann Campbell 3 years ago
This is a wonderful picture and he is probably crying for two reasons; Love is a strange wonder and now to get a job. Just kidding but I just had to have fun with this picture. I am now a great grandmother as of three weeks ago and I know when I see her I will cry from happiness. I am six states away and corvid is still stopping me from going because of my age.
Christina B 3 years ago
So much emotion, passion and love in this photo - absolutely beautiful
Being a birth photographer isn't only about finding the best angles to portray the future mother's story. It's an incredible task where you need to constantly be aware of the surroundings, in order to not interfere with the beauty and the harsh reality of the birthing process. An overpowering moment that can hardly be described with words, an event that is filled with excruciating pain and an overflowing love that, in the aftermath, feels like has gone by within a split second. The process is easily forgotten once your child finally enters your arms and birth photographers are there to help and seal those life-changing hours forever.
#5
Best In Postpartum: “Twins First Latch" By Jessica Miles, United States
Vicky Zar 3 years ago
Although most often tandem means nursing a younger and an older child.
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Louloubelle 3 years ago
I did this with my twins. I resisted at first, but it ended up being so much easier than bottle feeding.
Mary Rose Kent 3 years ago
Why did you resist? (If it’s too personal to share, I’ll understand…just put TPS.)
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#6
Honorable Mention: "Touch Of Love" By Dora Barens, Netherlands
Mimi 3 years ago
That tiny hand!!! I wish we had more context, I hope the baby made it somehow.
Lisa Silvestri 3 years ago
Sorry to say but that baby is dead. If the baby had any chance, he/she would not be in a glass container. The baby would be wrapped up and headed to the NICU. Sad…
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MadameTwoSwords 3 years ago
That's a 16-18 weeker and unfortunately the little soul wasn't viable. A beautiful and heartbreaking image, I hope the families have found comfort in it.
Veronica Connelly 3 years ago
Pretty sure that's way younger than 16-18 weeks. I'm pregnant right now and have two kids. This baby is soooo much smaller than you'd typically expect 16-18 weeks
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Anton Kider 3 years ago
This needs a deeper explanation about what's actually happening here...
Giving birth is the most empowering feeling, despite experiencing a form of pain that you never even knew existed. You're on the verge of bringing a new life to this world while being surrounded by the people you love the most. Not a lot of us can truly comprehend what happens in that delivery room but having competitions like this one allows folks to witness what it's like going through such a dynamic event.
#7
Best In Hardship & Loss: "As Long As I Am Here With You My Perfect Little Baby" By Meike Nagorny, Germany
Some Cool Guy 3 years ago
Mature content warning is a great idea BP. You should use it more often rather than censorship.
Some Cool Guy 3 years ago
I'm so sorry :( In my haste I didn't realize the child was still born.
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Little Miss Betty 3 years ago
My neice would have been 10 yesterday. She was born sleeping at 41weeks. Always loved and never forgotten xxx
Emma Brown 3 years ago
I'm so sorry. The pain never really leaves. We just learn to live with it. I lost one of my twin boys at 20 weeks.
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Vicky Zar 3 years ago
I wish I would have been able to hold my daughter like that. I only held her once just after the birth and when I awkwardly tried to kiss her, her nose started to bleed and I did not try again. I don't know, I think I was scared and still under shock. I had found out just the day before, that she had died in utero. We had them do an autopsy and wanted a closed casket afterwards because they told us she did not look ... "good" after that. My stupid MIL was with us at the funeral home and went to the graveyard after that. I did not think anything of it but had a bad feeling. The stupid cow went behind our backs, did not even ask, and had a look at our daughter. She was the last person to stroke her and hold her hand and I will never forgive her for that. Plus: she afterwards bragged about it and told us how bloody our daughter was.
ALEXIS CISNEROS 3 years ago
ugh, i hope your doing a bit better now at least. May your daughter rest in peace
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Breanna Brever 3 years ago
Ivana - the adult content warning is not for the nipples; it's because that sweet angel was stillborn and not something most people would want their young children to see if they were looking at this post.
Load More Replies... Susann Campbell 3 years ago
I'm crying and I wanted to be happy from watching the news. I always cry when life slips away to another life. Life is so precious from birth to when and I am so sorry for that mother. I hope she got pregnant again and her new baby will say, "I'm sorry I could be with you the first time something was wrong . I am here now and I love you so much that's why I came back.
#8
Best In Delivery: “The Blessed Exhaustion” By Danny Merz, Germany
Wang Zhuang 3 years ago
Yeah, I was gonna ask the same thing. It's because her breasts are showing?
Load More Replies... Susann Campbell 3 years ago
Exhaustion of all three. Stay as long as you can and Love your new life together.
Bruce Scheiman 3 years ago
Why does number 8 and number 6 look like the same people and the same pool?
Joe Reaves 3 years ago
Not the same people, but I expect that model of pool is pretty common.
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Best In Delivery: "Euforia" By Inge Berken, Netherlands
Susann Campbell 3 years ago (edited)
The look of strong love. By the way I really like his tattoo .
Though most birth photographers are only focused on documenting your story, some are also known to offer their support services, essentially acting like doulas. It's fascinating to know that you can also develop a connection with your photographer that will most likely positively impact on your final images. Many birth photographers reveal that their clients cry when they first view their images and it must feel very rewarding for the artist to see those final happy tears.
#10
Best In Delivery: “Dad Catches His Baby Girl" By Sara Hunter, United States
TahJia Williams 3 years ago
Yall im finna cry...on all these photos. I gotta take a breath before i go to the next one!❤️❤️❤️
Mary Rose Kent 3 years ago
Mom is tired, in pain, relieved they’ve finally been born; Dad is nervous, maybe a little anxious; Midwives couldn’t have bigger smiles!
Angela Horak 3 years ago
Please stop. Your comment is highly disrespectful to the mother in this picture.
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#11
Best In Postpartum: “Love Till Infinity" By Inge Berken, Netherlands
Trulee Stewart 3 years ago
Love the look of this photo. Looks like an oil painting by one of the great masters.
#12
Best In Labor: “Surrender” By Renate Van Lith, Netherlands
Emma Brown 3 years ago
This is such a beautifully raw photo. Unlike Facebook, they understand boobs are sometimes an essential part of a story telling picture
Becky Graybeal 3 years ago
I was in water for most of my home birth. It was wonderful, and it eased much of the pressure of my contractions.
Zara VP 3 years ago
You had to click the photo- it literally says "mature content" and to only click if you are 18+ years old. Your own fault for not reading and/or deliberately ignoring the warning.
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Even though childbirth is a truly terrifying event, it's important to educate ourselves and to hear about this matter from the women that undergone this equally stressful and beautiful process. A lot of us don't know enough about labor and delivery because we're so used to seeing a slightly sugar-coated version in the vastness of media. Yet, this project and this competition is a great way to bring awareness to real and unstated birth. And it's totally hypnotizing.
#13
Best In Labor: “Accepting A New Plan” By Sara Avila, Mexico
Marianne 3 years ago
Assuming she needs an unexpected c-section: I've been in that situation and can tell every mother-to-be that there is no reason to worry or to feel less capable. You are being the best mum for your baby in this very moment!
Kiki Müller 3 years ago
Thank you. It was hard for me to accept this situation, too. But it was best for our son, he just was to big. And this doesn't make me less a mother. Thank you.
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Beachbum 3 years ago
I almost had a c-section with my first one, pushed over 2 hours, and he just wasn't budging, she said one more push and we will have to do a c-section, I said myself, I will be damned, in labor for over 38 hours, push over 2 hours, I am not having a c-section, I must turned into wonder woman, cus I pushed that little fella out!
TahJia Williams 3 years ago
Lol i feel ya girl!! I had a last minute emergency C-section & it scared the hell outta me. Hope she & baby are ok as well as me and my now 7 y/o now🤗❤️
MyOpinionHasBeenServed 3 years ago
I need more context on this. Does this have to do with insurance?
Mushroomlover 3 years ago
No her planned birth idea isn’t panning out the way she wanted it to and they are gonna most likely have to do a c section. A lot of women have a hard time accepting that they need one because they desperately want to have them naturally. It would suck knowing that 200 years ago you’d be dead if you couldn’t push it out on your own. Thank god my babies all flew right out of me!
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Kristy-Lea Hungerford 3 years ago
It can be devastating to give up your dream of a natural birth. I’ve been there three times.
shell walsh 3 years ago
Why do women not insist on an EPIDURAL. It's NOT being "weak"..the birth is still vaginal in a lot of cases.
Veronica Sjöberg 3 years ago
Epidurals can be fantastic but they can also cause complications. I had an epidural with my first and it was helpful but made the contractions weaker so I needed meds to up my contractions. It all took much longer and got more painful because of that and I couldn't work with my body. Had baby nr 2 and 3 with only laughing gas and it was much easier because I was in control of my body. Epidurals are not the magic solution to end pain in labor. This picture however is more about a c-section I think.
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Honorable Mention: "Exhale" By Natalie Broders, United States
#15
Honorable Mention: "Daughters Of A Midwife" By Jessica Henderson, Australia
Aamna Shah 3 years ago
I initially thought the dog was the girl's ponytail lol.
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Sleazy Weaver 3 years ago (edited)
... is the kid in the birthing pool with their mother after the baby has been born? that... doesn't sound hygenic. doesn't the water end up full of blood, & commonly feces & urine as well because of the strain of pushing? cute photo but i can't help but wonder. as for the people saying the kid could just be showered afterwards... is cleaning a young child really another stress you would want to deal with directly after you or your partner gave birth???
Odd Ragnar Deng Lerstøl 3 years ago
I guess if the newborn baby can handle it both mother and sister will to. Anyway none seems to be stressed. A beautiful picture.
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Susann Campbell 3 years ago
The dog even wanted to watch and should watch because a new baby is born into this family .
Susann Campbell 3 years ago
Bonding is a wonderful thing, don't judge this because this is what should be for sister and or brother in the same time at that age. I have looked at wonderful pictures in a Mother and Family book where all the children were around the pool watching mom give birth and the look on their faces could only be describe by Angels.
shell walsh 3 years ago
That little girl doesn't belong in that pool. Just a personal opinion, but I think pool birth is nasty, - pool birth does NOT help labor pain except to feel good for the spine.
#16
Honorable Mention: "Held" By Lindsey Bartell, United States
Debbie 3 years ago
Yeah the nipple of the father is really worth warning for.
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Not Proud British 3 years ago
It's a nipple. Men can be photographed bare chested but women, whose nipples here in context are purely for breastfeeding, have to be classed as 'adult content'?
Laura Binns 3 years ago
Isn't it amazing. I wasn't born with nipples and then the very day I turned 18, here they were.
Sherry Allison 3 years ago
It doesn't say the baby is deceased. Maybe so but the title doesn't say so.
Load More Replies... RandomPanda342 3 years ago
I really offended by that nipple. Dude needs to be wearing a shirt. The skin to skin contact by a mom and child is normal if not wholesome, he is just shirtless for no reason
JASH80 3 years ago
and all children have seen remale nipples in their lifetime. At least European children. Not just as babies being fed, but also with their mothers walking around barechested and in public pools. It's NORMAL, you know. I don't get how the US can have the biggest porn industry but be so prudish about a normal body part designed to feed children
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Honorable Mention: "Lean Into Me" By Lindsey Ellis, United States
Demi Zwaan 3 years ago
Just downvote the unwanted one. Stop trying to farm likes! They don't mean anything.
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Ashley Reardon 3 years ago
That makes no sense. It's just an immature comment. She is not trying to "be sexy", my guess is that you are a child/teenager or an adult who still needs to grow up. And you obviously don't have any kids, because there is nothing sexy about labor...
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Best In Birth Details: "The Tiniest Feet" By Dania Lauren, Australia
Poplora 3 years ago
I found the back story of this photo, unfortunately the baby didn't survive. https://www.laurenanddouglas.com/blog/2021/10/15/in-loving-memory-of-luke-eli-townsville-birth-amp-bereavement-photographer
Lisa Silvestri 3 years ago
A super TINY breach baby? An assisted miscarriage? I’m confused as to what we are seeing here.
Christina B 3 years ago
I'm sorry but as a mother myself who experienced a very traumatic childbirth of my own, what a horrible thing to say...an assisted miscarriage? Please note it says 'best in birth details'
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shell walsh 3 years ago
There's NO WAY this fetus could ever have survived. It looks to be like a 16 wk FETUS, which is not viable. Lungs, brain, heart are not developed enough and would be a waste of medical resources & professionals to attempt to. I'm sorry for this woman & her loss.
Jo Iverson 3 years ago
I am a custom picture framer. I once had to frame a series of photos of dead babies after floods in Honduras. Sadly for most of these families it was the only photo they had of their child. Still haunts me nearly 15 yrs. later.
#19
Honorable Mention: "Ecstacy" By Jacinta Lagos, United States
Shashonie 3 years ago
She looks like a jazz singer about to pour her heart out in a song about the love of her baby.
Joanne Grass 3 years ago
Relief, more like it! Isn't it amazing how we forget all the trauma of birth as soon as that beautiful child is placed in our arms. Yeah ecstasy.
#20
Members' Choice: "White Noise" By Cindy Willems, Netherlands
Hex Gurls 3 years ago
such a beautiful photo, to be disrespected by that f*****g ad beneath my comment
Margie Baudry 3 years ago
Is there a way to report the person who posts this kind of s**t?
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#21
Best In Postpartum: “Swimming Interstellar” By Hayden Trace, United States
Loki’s Lil Butter Knife 3 years ago
Stunning photograph! What an incredible moment captured between mom and baby.
#22
Honorable Mention: "Womb World To Our World" By Sadie Wild, United Kingdom
#23
Honorable Mention: "Life-Giving Nectar" By Lyubov Chaykovskaya, Russia
Becky Graybeal 3 years ago
Beautiful. This was my experience - I had a 15-month old when my second child was born. They nursed together for a couple of years.
Connie Teeters 3 years ago
When an older child nurses like this it actually takes away a lot of the colostrum which is rich in the mother's antibodies.
Laure 3 years ago
The WHO recommends breastfeeding until AT LEAST 2 years old. We can date precisely how long a child has been breastfed by studying the teeth, even centuries after the death. We know as a fact that babies have been breastfed well into toddlerhood and often beyond for millennia, and still are in many countries. There is nothing wrong with this little girl breastfeeding. At her age she still needs a lot of milk to grow her bones. She could be given cows milk or formula but breast milk is 100% designed to help her grow best. And it's free and ecological. Because society decides somehow that there is an age limite to breastfeeding and that at some point it becomes inappropriate doesn't mean society is right.
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#24
Best In Labor: “My Sacred Birth Cocoon" By Jessica Innemee, Netherlands
WhatEvenIsLife 3 years ago
I have so much respect for people who make it through a natural birth. I tried twice, and failed twice. It's so unbelievably hard. The pain is unreal. I couldn't help thinking of myself as weak afterwards. But giving birth is no goddamn joke.
#25
Honorable Mention: "Ready For Devotion" By Sadie Wild, United Kingdom
lenka 3 years ago
I feel this photo in my bones. I remember this moment before my daughter was born.
LuckyL 3 years ago
and this is how you get more downvotes than the spamer...
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shell walsh 3 years ago
This is ridiculous attempting to deliver your own baby on a hard ass floor screaming...ever hear of a birth center w/ a simple epidural? As a former pharmacist who used to mix IV epidural bags, the narcotics inside them are very LOW dose, since it's going to the spine, you only need 1/4 the dose vs giving regular " IV push" narcotics. Cripes it's not like Africa where women deliver in all sorts of odd locations.
Vicky Zar 3 years ago
Ever heard of personal preferences, free will and freedom of choice? Do what you want and leave other be.
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Aaricia 3 years ago
Have you ever thought that this was all of a sudden? Not planned at all? And the woman can't move due to the pain so the husband had to call the midwife and is now trying to comfort her?
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#26
Honorable Mention: "Into The Night" By Ebony Allen-Ankins, Australia
#27
Best In Birth Details: "She Roars" By Lindsey Bartell, United States
Mimi 3 years ago
I would have freaked out if there had been a person with a camera around me while giving birth. But impressive shot for sure.
buttonpusher 3 years ago
My first time was more like an exorcism than a birth. I was induced and it progressed way too fast. I was a monster until I had an epidural. Then I was reading a newspaper like nothing ever happened.
Load More Replies... Joanne Grass 3 years ago
Couldn't do that, nope! My middle name was epidural whenever I gave birth. Fantastic photo with Dad holding her.
shell walsh 3 years ago
Ridiculous to even attempt home birth in alot of cases. This woman's life could have been lost for an absurd reason to not be at a hospital or birth center. EPIDURALS are not being "weak" in any way since 70% of epidural births are vaginal.i should know from working in a hospital & being in delivery rooms.
Veronica Sjöberg 3 years ago
You sound like a dude trying to mansplain child birth. Please stop.
Load More Replies... lenka 3 years ago
I had a hospital birth in which I was pushed, pressured and guilted into scheduling an induction and epi that turned into an absolute nightmare with OB screwing up while trying to extract the baby resulting in him ending up in ICU and I with severe tearing that took over a year to recover from. Compare this with my homebirth where my carers were also highly trained specialists but who actually demonstrated respect for me and my body and didn't pressure me into procedures to suit their agenda and resulted in a perfectly healthy baby. The hospital insistence on scheduling the birth to their convenience caused me physical damage that will affect me for the rest of my life. I would never willingly birth in a hospital again.
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#28
Best In Postpartum: "Reunion" By Rachel Utain-Evans, United States
#29
Honorable Mention: "A Calm Birth In Times Of Pandemic" By Susanne Krauss, Germany
#30
Honorable Mention: "Transition Tears" By Ashley Marston, Canada
A Nelson 3 years ago
Transition is the most difficult part of labor. What a great picture to show just how difficult it is, and when you finally think you are at your limit its the to push. Love this photo and respect to this lady for showing such a vulnerable time to the world by allowing the photo.
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Best In Birth Details: “Nuchal" By Brittney Hogue, United States
Ann Clinkscales 3 years ago
Yup. He's pink where the cord wasn't a problem. I am sure they were fine.
#32
Honorable Mention: "The Reach" By Natalie Weber, United States
Ann Clinkscales 3 years ago
She is having a c-section and the clear tarp is used so she can see the baby coming out without interference and possible contamination of the sterile field of surgery.
Joanne Grass 3 years ago
Saran Wrap wasn't part of my C-Section delivery.
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ByTheWindSailor 3 years ago
To keep the field sterile but to allow the mother to see the baby as she’s born.
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Honorable Mention: "This Is Us" By Charlene Foertser, Germany
Gellert panda Grindelwald 3 years ago (edited)
teyokij194 you are THE most insensitive person EVER! I am sorry if my comment is rude, BUT to use an painful ( l am guessing) and emotional moment/ photo as a space to show off your ad is uncivil, unmannerly, brusque, impertinent, impudent, pert, unrefined, uncultured, uncivilized, uncouth, coarse, vulgar, rough, artless, abusive, blunt, boorish, coarse, crude, ignorant, impolite, insulting, intrusive, obscene, surly, vulgar, harsh, unpleasant, violent, abrupt, barbarian, barbaric, and barbarous!
#34
Honorable Mention: "Love And Support" By Vannessa Brown, Canada
Emmydearest 3 years ago
No shade and no judging, just a comment to start a debate. Having your kids with you while you're literally pushing out your baby: thoughts? I get that it's nature and all but, I don't know, is that necessary? Is that beneficial to the kids (or to the mother, among others) ? In this photo in particular they are literally inches from the "focal point" 😅 from which the baby and blood and feces will come out... Isn't that a little too much to see at a very young age? And what for? They're too young to understand the importance of the moment and to create a bond; all they'll see is their mother in pain and distress and then an "almost horror movie" scene. I really don't see the purpose of this. But I'm interested in reading other points of view...
NamiKoa 3 years ago
I don’t know if I would have my older kids there when giving birth (mainly because I think it would be an additional stress factor for me), but I can certainly see why people would let them see it. It’s natural and sooner or later they should learn about these things anyway so I don’t really see the point in shielding them from something they might consider odd or unpleasant. My daughter would definitely have learned a couple more swear words. ;-)
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Nathaniel 3 years ago
Heterosexual male here. Can I juts say how much I love the photos of the mother's feeding their children. I genuinely think this is one of the most beautiful moments in life. There is a closeness to the child that I, as a man, will never be able to experience.
Michelle M 3 years ago
Powerful pictures. As someone who never wants to experience this, I love seeing these images and appreciate the women (and men) who go through these. To every BoredPandan that has experienced birth, kudos to you. To those that haven't, but are giving loving homes to children, Kudos to you too.
Ray Heap 3 years ago
Nurse told us to go for a walk in the hospital grounds, at three in the morning. So we walked out to the trees and she got a contraction. I held her tight in my arms as she held me tight too. I slipped a disk and we both collapsed, nobody around to call for help and we both cracked up at the absurdity of the situation. Took about an hour to get back to the hospital.
Christina Flores 3 years ago
What I absolutely love, is no matter your race, nationality, country or any other negative views we face every day, at the end we are all the same. A parent, child, brother, sister, aunt, uncle, grandparent and so on. We face the same issues and difficulties in life. I love how these pictures bring that together for parents. Very powerful and Loving!!!!!!
Monica Pryts 3 years ago
I love this so much! Wish I had thought about more photos. I don't remember much because of an emergency c-section.
Veronica Sjöberg 3 years ago
This was beautiful and very emotional. Just like child birth is - a mix of raw emotions.
Nathaniel 3 years ago
Heterosexual male here. Can I juts say how much I love the photos of the mother's feeding their children. I genuinely think this is one of the most beautiful moments in life. There is a closeness to the child that I, as a man, will never be able to experience.
Michelle M 3 years ago
Powerful pictures. As someone who never wants to experience this, I love seeing these images and appreciate the women (and men) who go through these. To every BoredPandan that has experienced birth, kudos to you. To those that haven't, but are giving loving homes to children, Kudos to you too.
Ray Heap 3 years ago
Nurse told us to go for a walk in the hospital grounds, at three in the morning. So we walked out to the trees and she got a contraction. I held her tight in my arms as she held me tight too. I slipped a disk and we both collapsed, nobody around to call for help and we both cracked up at the absurdity of the situation. Took about an hour to get back to the hospital.
Christina Flores 3 years ago
What I absolutely love, is no matter your race, nationality, country or any other negative views we face every day, at the end we are all the same. A parent, child, brother, sister, aunt, uncle, grandparent and so on. We face the same issues and difficulties in life. I love how these pictures bring that together for parents. Very powerful and Loving!!!!!!
Monica Pryts 3 years ago
I love this so much! Wish I had thought about more photos. I don't remember much because of an emergency c-section.
Veronica Sjöberg 3 years ago
This was beautiful and very emotional. Just like child birth is - a mix of raw emotions.
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