Maternity Pictures

bankssl1 · January 2016

Are any of you doing "Maternity Pictures", my in-laws keep asking me if I'm doing them and I keep telling them I'm not!! Then I get a million questions on "why not?!" I will probably do a few cute pics with DH and our dogs but I don't see the point in having a ton of pictures that I look HUGE in. What will I do with those afterwords?? I MUCH rather have adorable newborn pictures. They just don't understand and apparently are listening to me... thoughts?

MsBeachNJ · January 2016

I am thinking of doing like a "mini session" I've seen some come out beautifully and while I may not appreciate my size in the moment, I think I'd like them to look back on. I'm not trying to spend $500 on a full session so I'll see if I can get like a 20 minute one or something.

newbabymakes4 · January 2016

I didn't do maternity photos with DS, and don't plan on it with LO either, but I did splurge on the newborn photos and I absolutely LOVE them. Those are totally worth the money to me. If you're doing newborn photos, see if the photographer has a package that includes a mini-maternity sessions, or would be open to doing a mini-session. Sometimes they'll throw that in for a little bit extra.

NLewis1 · January 2016

I did one with my son and will do one again this time. I love looking back on that time and remembering all the excitement I felt at that time. Plus we got some beautiful pictures that I would like to think my kids would look back on one day when I'm not around anymore.

To each their own though! We also did a newborn shoot in our nursery. I love looking at those pictures of us, in our home. We didn't do any where he was squished into some random object - just pictures of us together. These were some of my favorites...

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ahernandez16 · January 2016

I'm on the fence about it. I've been taking pictures of myself pregnant -- alone to document my bump, with my husband, etc. I'm trying to not to shy away from the camera even though I feel a little self conscious. My mom doesn't have any pictures of her pregnant and I would've loved to see them. However, I think I'd rather not have professional maternity photos done. I don't think I'd display them and if they're just going to be scrap booked, I don't see the point in having "nice" ones over the ones I can take on my own.

I have a nice camera and a tri-pod so maybe I'll take a few on my own just to have but I think I'd rather spend the money on a newborn shoot when the baby is here and hopefully find a photographer that is willing to incorporate us into a few of the photos as well. We'll see. Maybe I'll get hormonal and want some. Who knows.

NicknShan · January 2016

I hated the way my body looked pregnant, and I wouldn't celebrate those pics. I would personally never do them. I have seen some GORGEOUS photos... It's just not for me.

crdo · January 2016

Yes, we are doing a maternity shoot as well as a newborn shoot. We definitely want this time documented in a beautiful way (aka with a pro and photoshop

)

We've also taken belly shots each week just for us to keep.

bankssl1 · January 2016

NLewis1 GORGEOUS! I will def be doing our newborn pics at home, I would just feel much more comfy at my own house

bankssl1 · January 2016

I think what I'm most worried about with maternity pictures is them turning out super cheesy. I don't want a full blown session of my naked tummy, or pictures that look forced. I think I may just do a mini session, that sounds more up my alley for sure

DeePaddy24 · January 2016

Yes, we're doing maternity pictures & newborn pictures with the same photographer. Our maternity pics will be outdoors & lots of fun...I'm hoping we really enjoy it. They aren't until the last weekend in May, so I'm hoping I'm still this excited about them then.

Huskerfanz · January 2016

I had my sister take some. I'm glad I didn't spend money as I didn't really like how I looked pregnant but am glad I documented it. I much preferred spending money on newborn pictures.

alj413 · January 2016

I am a photographer, and lots of my clients do maternity and newborn shoots, but I'd definitely say the vast majority prefer to only do the newborn session due to being self conscious about their pregnancy bodies, but i just want you all to know, your pregnant bodies are BEAUTIFUL!!

amangels2 · January 2016

I am doing both maternity pictures and newborn pictures. I'm very excited for both

gray51015 · January 2016

I found a photographer that bundled maternity, newborn, six month, nine months, and first birthday pictures all into one price! It seems like a reasonable price to me so I will do maternity pictures. If it wasn't a part of the bundle I don't think I would go out of my way to hire someone to do them.

annaf2011 · January 2016

I'm not planning to get professional maternity pics, but I have been trying to take more photos of myself, H, and our life in general. I agree with PPs that someday your kid(s) will appreciate seeing photos of you during this time, but they don't necessarily have to be professional photos. If a maternity session came as part of a package deal (or if I disliked taking casual pics and preferred a more controlled setting), then I would probably get the professional pics.

splsmama2016 · January 2016

I'm not really wanting maternity photos, but my sister is a professional photographer (mainly newborns and kids as she's done stuff for children's modeling agencies), and there is probably no way she's going to let me out of it.... Do I want them? No. Am I doing them? Most likely.

princessandthegator · January 2016

H and I were at odds about this. Neither of us liked maternity pics before but we lost our first pregnancy and I definitely want to do some now. Not the Miami-style bare belly ones, those aren't for me, but something that I can cherish that's been professionally edited. I found a photographer here who gives special rates for rainbow babies so I really lucked out, it was hard for him to say no to a $20, 30 minute session. Can't see spending a fortune though because I think newborn pics are definitely a better investment.

NLewis1 · January 2016

I really loved our maternity pictures and none of them included my exposed belly! The way our photog did them, it was like engagement pictures except they focused on my belly. And like photoshop! Lol. I do have a couple of my maternity pictures hanging in our home, and I will hang one or two of this session as well.

I love washing dishes and looking up and going "awww my little buddy is in my belly in that picture!"

NLewis1 · January 2016

bankssl1 said:
NLewis1 GORGEOUS! I will def be doing our newborn pics at home, I would just feel much more comfy at my own house

It was seriously my favorite! I loved that I didn't have to get my newborn out and about, and it just felt so much more natural to be rocking him in his rocker in his room. She did take a couple close up shots of his face, but other than that it was just him and I. I just wish I could have gotten my husband involved but he was working a TON at the time. He WILL be involved in this ones newborn shoot though

VikingGirl12 · January 2016

I did not want them with DS. This time I do. Since finding there's a high chance of still birth with my pregnancy I really want to document every minute. And it's been such an emotional ride for DH and I, I think it'll be special.

MsBeachNJ · January 2016

** also wanted to add I am not for the bare belly ones, I plan to be fully dressed on the beach with my husband, just some nice bump pics!

GinnyJ2012 · January 2016

I never have before, but we are taking Easter/spring family pictures in March. I'll ask the photographer to do do a few maternity pictures, but we mostly focus on the kids. She's also doing our newborn pictures. We did them ourselves with our first two and the were difficult the second time around. I want everyone in at least one picture and we have a better chance of that with a professional.

MDKC14 · January 2016

I loved doing maternity photos. I did them when I was around 6-7 months with DS so I wasn't too big yet. I'll do it this time around as well and at the end reveal sex of baby same as we did with DS. I love looking back at the pi

ctures.

PBear93 · January 2016

We are planning on taking family pictures in March or April, so while they won't be "maternity" pictures, you will be able to tell I'm pregnant in them. I have 2 pictures of me from lady time I was pregnant--I gained a ton of weight and hated how I looked and just refused to let people take pictures, but I wish I had more, so I'm glad I'll have these for us, and our children to look back on.
We were actually going to do them before Christmas but I decided I wanted to actually look pregnant instead of just fat...

RMLandy · January 2016

I had them done with my first and I'm pretty sure I have not looked at them since I gave birth 5 years ago. I may have a few (not professional) taken with my son and my bump this go 'round, but that's it.

NLewis1 · January 2016

MDKC14 your husband is so cute in the pic of him holding his "belly" haha. Love your photos!

BlueJuice · January 2016

I've never had a maternity session done, but I'm kind of jonesing to do one this time. I'm bad about remembering to take photos of myself, even the snapshots to record the size of the bump, so I don't have any particularly great photos of myself pregnant, and what I do have tend to be blimpy-looking candids snapped by friends that obviously don't look great. I have a number of friends who take professional-quality photos, though, so I will probably beg them to do some sessions with me, rather than paying for a professional session.

MDKC14 · January 2016

NLewis1 said:
MDKC14 your husband is so cute in the pic of him holding his "belly" haha. Love your photos!

LOL thank you. We had some really funny outtakes.

satcher08 · January 2016

I had them done with dd and will with this one as well. My photographer does what she calls a grow with me plan that gets maternity, newborn, 3 month, 6 month, 9 month and 1st birthday all bundled in for a discounted price so it's a great deal. Here are two of my favorites from dd that are actually displayed in my house.

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NLewis1 · January 2016

Satcher08 i just think the one of you in the sun is so pretty. Like who could look at that and feel ashamed of their pregnant body?!?

fishwife799 · January 2016

We paid a local photographer to do them when I had DD. She was great and we got a discount on our nb pics since we did a maternity session. When DS rolled around I had a friend who does photography. Not so much as a business but more as a hobby and we did some. We almost missed it though because I kept procrastinating. So we will do them this time as well. I don't think it would be fair to this baby if we did then with the others and not him/her. Also FWIW DD has a pic of us from her maternity session in her room and shows it to every person that comes to our house. She loves that she was in my tummy in it.
This is the picture she has in her room

Another form my first session

Another couple when I had DS

Bee112309 · January 2016

I didn't for either of my first two pregnancies. I booked the same newborn photographer for this baby that we used for DD2's newborn photos and first birthday pictures, and she's throwing in a maternity mini-session for us. I'm pretty excited, although I doubt I'd have done them otherwise. There will be no bare belly, though!

AmberLiz99 · January 2016

Not for me. This is our third and we have never done maternity pics. I have no problem with how I look pregnant, but photographers are expensive where I live and I honestly just don't want to spend the money.

Knottie1442608703 · January 2016

In the beginning I was totally set to take a ton of preggo pictures... But it just hasn't worked out for me. I do not see anything wrong with not taking pictures, and I know my MIL does not agree. Tough. Its my pregnancy, not anyone elses.

CopperLane · January 2016

I love everything about my pregnant body and want to (And have been) documenting everything so far. It took us a while to get pregnant with IF, and I would yearn for a baby belly. We plan on doing a maternity and newborn session. I want some really nice maternity pictures and have actually done more pinteresting for maternity shoots than I did with our wedding photography! My husband and I both adore my baby bump, it's probably borderline insane, but we waited so long for this and struggled getting to this point.

I can definitely understand why some women don't want them. I've had friends who really struggled with their pregnant bodies, but all were so amazing and beautiful to me that it was hard for me to understand where they were coming from at first.

heathersaysso · January 2016

I'm actually a photographer and some of my favorite sessions are maternity shots! I'm not only doing maternity photography for myself, we're also doing birth photography (I'll do my own newborn session but I'm hiring another local artist to do the other sessions). The trick is to get out of the studio and into a place that makes you feel comfortable. We're going to do part of the session here in our house so we can include our dogs and another at a local park we both really like.

bankssl1 · January 2016

Well I think y'all have changed my mind. I want my sweet baby to be able to look back at pictures of me pregnant, so I will take some just for him!

mmmmkay · January 2016

I don't know. people keep telling me i need to take lots of photos. If you had asked me before i got pregnant I would have said I wanted to take a picture a day and make a gif. but then it took 5 years for me to get pregnant.
and it's a pain to set up the camera. so i am at 20 weeks and have exactly ONE pregnancy photo (that was my iphone set up on some books with the timer). and i don't really feel that excited about taking more.
I get super uncomfortable with photo shoots. we didn't even hire a photographer at our wedding (just had some friends take some shots).
I think that's what we'll do here too. I have a few friends that are excellent photographers. if they can take a couple just so we have something to commemorate this time, i think that will be enough.

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MDKC14 · January 2016

mmmmkay said:
I don't know. people keep telling me i need to take lots of photos. If you had asked me before i got pregnant I would have said I wanted to take a picture a day and make a gif. but then it took 5 years for me to get pregnant.
and it's a pain to set up the camera. so i am at 20 weeks and have exactly ONE pregnancy photo (that was my iphone set up on some books with the timer). and i don't really feel that excited about taking more.
I get super uncomfortable with photo shoots. we didn't even hire a photographer at our wedding (just had some friends take some shots).
I think that's what we'll do here too. I have a few friends that are excellent photographers. if they can take a couple just so we have something to commemorate this time, i think that will be enough.

My friend does a little photography or I probably wouldn't ever get professional pictures done. I never ask for a lot of photos. Maybe 7-10 depending on what we're doing. It helps knowing people like that.

khelger86 · January 2016

I am excited. I didn't take maternity photos with my daughter back in 2011 (she was born in April 2012). I was huge as a house and just wasn't comfortable. I am excited with this pregnancy because I'm doing my photos this round with my little boy next month!

little_bren · January 2016

I was going to say no but I love the ones of the little sibling loving on mom's belly. I did with DD and didnt love them and didn't do anything with them so I probably won't do any this time.

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Mrs. H

Crohn's Dx: August 2008

Endometriosis Dx: May 2010

Married: 05/19/2012

TTC #1: June 2013

BFP: December 2013

DS: Born 08/29/2014

TTC #2: July 2015

Mrs. H

Crohn's Dx: August 2008

Endometriosis Dx: May 2010

Married: 05/19/2012

TTC #1: June 2013

BFP: December 2013

DS: Born 08/29/2014

TTC #2: July 2015

Mrs. H

Crohn's Dx: August 2008

Endometriosis Dx: May 2010

Married: 05/19/2012

TTC #1: June 2013

BFP: December 2013

DS: Born 08/29/2014

TTC #2: July 2015

Mrs. H

Crohn's Dx: August 2008

Endometriosis Dx: May 2010

Married: 05/19/2012

TTC #1: June 2013

BFP: December 2013

DS: Born 08/29/2014

TTC #2: July 2015

Mrs. H

Crohn's Dx: August 2008

Endometriosis Dx: May 2010

Married: 05/19/2012

TTC #1: June 2013

BFP: December 2013

DS: Born 08/29/2014

TTC #2: July 2015

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