Birth

Moreso even than your wedding day, the moment you meet your child for the first time happens in an instant. These sessions are my very favorite. The strength, the intimacy, the passion and excitement, and the joy of meeting your baby are unparalleled. As a birth and postpartum doula, I am able to attend births and document them photographically while also providing physical and emotional support throughout pregnancy, labor, and postpartum. See more about this, too, under "Doula Support".

For birth photography, I document labor, birth, and up to 2-hours post-partum; I am on-call for weeks 38-42.

I take a very limited number of births each year.

These photos are only shared with explicit consent.

"Mckaila shot my maternity photos, the birth and fresh 48 of my first little baby girl. Her pictures were not only amazing but captured such a joyous time in my life in such a beautiful way that I could never thank her enough for! Not only will I treasure these photos forever, but in the short time we got to know each other I felt her energy in the hospital when I was giving birth. She helped me through it like she was my sister. I am forever grateful for the opportunity to work with her and will treasure the gorgeous photos for a lifetime. She’s an amazing person and photographer!" - Lauren