Smile and Say ‘Cheese!’ You’re Giving Birth
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iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — From water births to home births to C-sections and epidurals, the options available to women today for how to deliver their babies are endless. Now there is another option to add to that list, birth photography. This option, like none before, is opening the doors to a once closely guarded, behind-closed-doors event for the doctors and the parents only.
The demand for birth photography has exploded so much in recent years that the career path now has its own association, the International Association of Professional Birth Photographers, with roughly 400 members, according to the New York Times.
While popular, birth photography may not be for everyone. First, the very personal pictures also come with a hefty price tag. Rates for a delivery session with a professional photographer can run as high as $3,500. There is also the consideration that the birthing process itself is messy and not something every new mom, or even dad, wants to invite an outsider to be a part of.
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