Monday, February 15, 2016

incredible live images show Beauty and agony of childbirth, showing screaming mothers, C-sections and serene underwater deliveries

Marijke Thoen photographs childbirths from C-sections to underwater deliveries
The miracle of childbirth has been captured for a series of moving photographs - from the agony of contractions to hospital C-sections and mothers in a hypnotic trance during water births. The intense images, which document every stage of delivery, were entered into the International Association of Professional Birth Photographers (IAPBP) 2016 competition. Photos after the cut.

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The award celebrates 'the beauty of birth' and the skill of the photographers in three categories: labour, delivery and postpartum.


Images of women giving birth were entered into the International Association of Professional Birth Photographers (IAPBP) 2016 competition. First place went to Belgian photographer Marijke Thoen for her black and white image 'underwater birth' showing a baby with curly hair being delivered



Best in category for labour went to 'The Surge,' by Morag Hastings from Vancouver, showing a woman in the later stages of labour clutching onto a chair and screaming while bent over in agony

The competition, which is in its fifth year, took place in Austin, Texas and included photographers from around the world. First place went to Belgian photographer Marijke Thoen for her serene black and white image titled 'underwater birth' showing a baby with curly hair being delivered.

Best in the category for labour went to 'The Surge,' by Morag Hastings from Vancouver, which captured a woman in the later stages of contractions - clutching onto a chair while bent over and screaming in agony.

Another candid image was awarded best in the category for delivery, shot by Robin Baker from San Diego, when a father helped to deliver twins in a water birth. The mother is shown clutching one newborn in her arms while the second is still beneath the surface of the water.

Other entries which were sent in to the competition show a range of emotions, like the unbridled joy of a tattooed mother shown holding her baby for the first time, taken by Jennifer Martin from Florida



A moving moment was awarded best in category for delivery, taken by Robin Baker from San Diego, when a partner helped to deliver twins - with the second newborn visible under the surface of the water



A relieved mother cradles her newborn in a black and white shot showing the serenity after birth. Photographer Nathalia Walth, from Los Angeles, called it 'Where peace begins' and was awarded first prize in the category for postpartum



A mother watches her baby take its first breaths in a picture titled 'In between two worlds,' by Alexandra Kayy from Los Angeles



A mother sipping water while holding herself up against the shower while in labour titled 'Love', by Krista Evans from British Columbia, was also given an honourable mention


But it wasn't just natural births, caesareans were also celebrated with surgeons captured removing the newborn in the amniotic sac, taken by Daniela Justus from Rio de Janeiro, BrazilA mother kisses her partner while their baby breastfeeds in a tender family portrait despite the hospital caps and gowns, taken by Monet Nicole from Denver, Colorado


A poignant black and white image sees a couple going through the early stages of labour by Shea, from CanadaA baby is seen in tears, covered in fluid and still attached to the placenta, taken by Bridget Clarke, from New Zealand



In a surreal shot, a baby's foot is seen coming out of the mother. However the image by Line Sena, from Brazil, may have captured a complicated birth as the baby was delivered in the breech position

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