I found this amzing link on another board...pass the tissues

[redhookmom]

http://danielfairbanks.com/jude/jude.htm

[parkersmama]

Wow! Amazing and sweet.

[ShayleighCarsensMom]

Oh my that was such an amazing thing they put together!
Thanks for sharing!

[Marisa6826]

WOW.

It took forever to load, but it was totally worth it.

Thank you

-m

[farsk]

WOW!

I think that was the most profound thing I may have seen on the web. It totally took me back to Ellen's birth. I'm in tears!

[cheyennemom]

WoW! I am crying... I want that to be my child's birth announcement.

Do you know what the music is?

[beckyr88]

I grabbed a tissue too...thanks for sharing!

As for the music, the first song is Beatles--maybe someone else can help w/ what song, and the second song is by the Flaming Lips, "Do You Realize?". Both beautiful songs.

[sweetbasil]

>As for the music, the first song is Beatles--maybe someone
>else can help w/ what song

It's Mother Nature's Son...it's on our Baby Beatles lullabye CD, and also on our Beatles for Kids CD (though the second is sung by kids).

What a beautiful site and announcement!

[vikivoly]

That was really beautiful. DD came over when the music changed at watched the remaining part. She gave it a thumbs up - actually it's more of an wide open mouth smile that she does when she just finished watching something she really, really likes!

[doubleL]

Simply awesome. Thanks for sharing.

Lou
~David 5.01
~Elisabeth 6.03

[Rachels]

I saw that, too! It's gorgeous. THAT is part of why I'm considering homebirth! Sooooooo beautiful.

-Rachel
Mom to Abigail Rose
5/18/02

[JElaineB]

That was totally cool! Thanks for posting the link!

Jennifer
mom to Jacob 9/27/02

[papal]

Now look what you did... i am sitting here crying like a fool! :)
Truly, that was amazing!! The miracle of life never ceases to amaze me... it took me back to the first time i laid eyes on my baby.....time stood still...i knew then the reason why i am here.

[loewymartin]

Do you know if it was a professional photographer who took the photos? I would love to have something like that done with a future birth, but I don't know someone who could take photos like that, and that I would feel comfortable with..

Thanks for sharing, that was absolutely beautiful.

Michelle - Mom to Alia born 5/16/02

[redhookmom]

My DH wants to know why I keep playing the same song over and over.


The credits:
photography by ira lippke studios
birth team : lorri walker, julie, maria king.. : southcoast midwifery
massage by : lori parker
web design, art direction and baby maker by daniel fairbanks
birth support : tiffany bettenhausen
child care : samuel lippke
and most credit to sonora fairbanks

[DDowning]

I had to chuckle at the "baby maker" comment! :)

[shishamo]

Wow, that was so beautiful! I can't stop crying.

[jennifer13]

I am totally crying. BUT BUT BUT, not to be cynical, but she seemed to be very serene there laboring slightly reclining on her back. I looked like a mad woman, the photos would have been scary.

Jennifer
Mom to Norah 5/23/03

[Rachels]

In my experience, homebirth photos tend to show more serene moms as a whole. It's calmer, quieter, and free of intervention, so there's generally less anxiety and more ability to just focus on the birth. Also, this was her fourth baby, so she knew the ropes. My birth photos (in a birth center) are pretty serene, too, even though I was having horrific back labor for 38 hours. I wasn't scared and wasn't being directed or moved or interrupted or messed with, so there was no need for a chaotic kind of reaction.

-Rachel
Mom to Abigail Rose
5/18/02

[JLiebCamm]

The picture right after the actual birth with baby holding his little fists up in the air is awesome!!!