Birth is incredible and scary and life-changing, and unless you’ve been through it yourself or stood alongside your partner, it’s hard to put the experience into words.
Photographs of labor and delivery can often provide a look into the whirlwind that is birth, and one photographer and mother’s images of her birth went viral.
One mom gave birth in the hallway of the hospital, and her birth photographer was right beside her, and the images are incredible. She went viral the first time the photos were shared with the globe, and she’s going viral again for the same reason: the photos are truly incredible.
Jes Hogan, a mom from Kansas went into labor with her sixth baby on July 24, 2017, and it came on faster than anticipated.
Travis scrambled to gather what they needed as Hogan’s contractions became more intense, and as he pulled their car up to the front door, Hogan jumped in so quickly that she forgot to put on shoes.
After her waters broke, Hogan and her husband Travis rushed to the hospital, but they never made it to the delivery room!
As they made their way inside, it quickly became apparent to Hogan that her baby wasn’t going to wait any longer. As she stood just inside the emergency room entrance, she could feel the baby boy’s head coming out.
After only 25 minutes of labor and only one “intentional push,” Hogan ended up giving brith on the floor of a hospital corridor while her photographer, Tammy Karin, the founder of Little Leapling Photography, caught it all on camera.
When Tammy Karin, owner of Little Leapling Photography in Manhattan, Kansas, came at the hospital, she discovered the laboring mother barefoot in the hallway, giving birth.
“This powerful mama barely got through the ER doors before her son made his appearance,” Karin shared along with the images on Facebook. And the photos went viral when she first shared the images on February 3, 2018. And they’re going viral again.
“It was my craziest birth, but also, the most perfect,” Jes wrote. “It was not at all what I had planned, but it ended without any intervention, a healthy baby, and amazing support people by our sides. It was beautiful and I’ll forever love every memory of it.”
See Max’s whirlwind entrance into the world in the stunning photos Tammy was able to capture of his unique birth. And the photos are amazing.