September 2017 Moms
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Newborn Photography
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I searched our board for this topic but didn't see anything on it yet. If I missed it feel free to point me in that direction!
Has anyone used a newborn photographer with any of their previous babies, or is using one for their first now? I didn't realize I was late to that party until I started calling around and have now had three different photographers tell me they are already full for September and aren't accepting anymore babies. I guess people book this more than 3 months in advance. I'm also wondering if it is even something we want to shell out for. I've been doing some research into photographers in my city, luckily there are many to choose from, and I am a bit overwhelmed at how much it costs! I didn't realize it was so expensive either, if we end up doing it, it will cost at least 400-500 for someone decent and that was the cheapest I could find.
What do you all think, worth it or not? Some of the newborn photos I've seen are so cute, and I would hate not to do it and then regret not having any of her later on.
Has anyone used a newborn photographer with any of their previous babies, or is using one for their first now? I didn't realize I was late to that party until I started calling around and have now had three different photographers tell me they are already full for September and aren't accepting anymore babies. I guess people book this more than 3 months in advance. I'm also wondering if it is even something we want to shell out for. I've been doing some research into photographers in my city, luckily there are many to choose from, and I am a bit overwhelmed at how much it costs! I didn't realize it was so expensive either, if we end up doing it, it will cost at least 400-500 for someone decent and that was the cheapest I could find.
What do you all think, worth it or not? Some of the newborn photos I've seen are so cute, and I would hate not to do it and then regret not having any of her later on.
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Re: Newborn Photography
I had to do my research in seeing what I was paying included since a bunch of photographers I had to pay for the session then could only pick a few photos which cost a couple of hundred and not have the rights to them. One I saw was charging $500 for session then $500 for digital copies.
I would just just decide if you want them or see what it costs in your area. The cost may help make your decision if you want to splurge a little or not.
Definitely make sure that whoever you go with that you get full printing rights. Some photographers seem cheap at first, but then you find out you have to pay for prints or get books made through them.
I'm doing $250 hospital photos (comes with a free 30 minute maternity session at 32 weeks), and $650 studio photos 2 weeks after the birth. The studio photographer is the one I used last time and I love her. The hospital photographer is new for me. Last time when DS was born, the hospital had a photographer that worked there who went around and posed the baby for pictures in your room, then they went over prices with you afterwards and it was like $200 for not so great photos. My mom and MIL bought them though. It was weird because they just surprised you in the room, and gave you no prep time, I looked terrible. This time I decided to hire my own hospital photographer ahead of time for roughly the same price.
Make sure you consider whether or not natural light is important to you. I love my hired hospital photographer's use of natural light in her sessions she's posted online.
April 2009 - 8+ week MC
January 2012 - BFP - DS Born 10/21/2012
May 2013 - BFP - Twins MMC @ 13 weeks D&C
Oct 2013 - BFP MC @ 6 weeks
Dec 2013 - BFP DD Born 8/16/14 - Cholestasis at 36+5
Nov 2016 - BFP MC @ 6 weeks
Dec 2016 - BFP DD Born 6/19/17 @ 28+4 Severe Pre-E, IUGR, Cholestasis
Nov 2017 - BFP MC @ 6 weeks
Jan 2017 - BFP MC @ 6 weeks
Jan 2019 - BFP MC @ 6 weeks
DH Vasectomy Aug 2019
Feb 2022 - TTC #4 with IVF - RPL testing
Protein C and S Deficiency - Blood Thinners for Treatment - Maybe we don't know!
June 2022 - IVF - 2 embryos - 1 transfered 6/22/22 - Transfer Failed
July 2022 - FET
You may also check with your birth center or hospital. When we toured ours, the tour guide said the hospital staffs a newborn photographer. So that service would be available to all mothers in their L&D ward if your wanted to utilize her services. The nice thing about the hospital photographer was that she would come to your room to do the photo shoot and would bring her gear with her so mom could be resting in bed if she wanted while they did the photo shoot. Also since the photographer was full time staffed at the hospital, you didn't have to worry about her being booked up in advance.
ETA: this is a great price for my area. Most photographers do not include the rights to all your photos. We'll have about 100-150 photos to choose from.
TTC #1 January 2009
January 2010 SA results: Count 16 million, Motility 40%, Morphology 2%
January 2010- Surprise BFP! DS born 10/1/2010
January 2013 TTC #2
September 2013 Repeat SA: Count= 1.7 million, Motility= 24%, Morphology= 2%
November 6th 1st Appointment with RE: diagnosed with severe MFI
Testing to try to determine a cause & possible treatment for MFI
CD 3 blood work for me. RE does not want to repeat my HSG/lap at this point,
but may want to before moving forward with any fertility treatments.
After seeing the uro, DH is currently taking lots of supplements and clomid to try to boost his count. We will have a repeat SA in February to see if it works.
Follow up SA numbers are: Count= 4 million, Motility= 40%, Morphology= 1%
Uro wants us to have another follow up SA 5/9 to see if we see further improvement than we are back to the RE to make a game plan.
SA 5/9/2014 Count: 12 Million, Motility: 60%, and Morphology 2%. We will be doing iui #1 in late June
IUI #1 6/28 clomid + ovidrel, post wash count 3 million total sperm= BFN
IUI # 2 7/21 clomid+ ovidrel. post wash count 900,000 total sperm= BFN
IVF planned for early November- cancelled due to cyst
December IVF #1- 22 eggs, 20 mature,16 fertilized
12/9 Transferred 1 4AA Blast, 6 frosties
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