Sweet moments that welcome life Behind This Newborn’s ‘Pout’ Face
For years HuffPost Parents has shared the beauty of the ʙɪʀᴛʜ experience through the lens of talented photographers. In a new series were focusing on one story at a time honoring the many different ways babies come into the world and the beauty of every familys story. This week were hearing from Ashlee Wilkenson 29 who had photographer Rebecca Walsh working for Denverbased ʙɪʀᴛʜ photographer Monet Nicole shoot the ʙɪʀᴛʜ of her fifth baby at home in Colorado.
In her own words Wilkenson describes how unpredictable ᴄʜɪʟᴅʙɪʀᴛʜ can be no matter how many times youve been through it. I have five children. My eldest is 6 years old and then Ive had four babies in the last four years. Its been interesting! I ʜᴀᴅ ᴍʏ ꜰɪʀsᴛ ʙᴀʙʏ in a hospital and then all of my ᴅᴇʟɪᴠᴇʀɪᴇs after have been home ʙɪʀᴛʜs. With my first I ʟᴀʙᴏʀᴇᴅ for maybe 24 hours and I think it would have taken longer if I hadnt been ɢɪᴠᴇɴ Pɪᴛᴏᴄɪɴ. Then with my second I had probably two hours of active ʟᴀʙᴏʀ. My third was maybe three? My fourth was 14 hours long and extremely ᴘᴀɪɴꜰᴜʟ from the beginning.