Capturing the Essence of Motherhood: Heartwarming Images Freeze the Joyous Moment Moms Lay Eyes on Their Newborns Right After Birth
Some have sheer joy written all over their faces and others just look overwhelmed with Š³eÉ©Ńef, while some canāt contain their teŠ°Š³Ń.
PhotographerĀ Marry Fermont, 35, from the Dutch province of Zeeland, in the Netherlands, has ŃŠ°Ńtį“Š³ed the ŃŠæteŠæŃŃtŃ of the occasion when parents meet their babies for the first time in her āFirst Momentsā photo series.
Marry told FEMAIL: āWhen a baby is born, itās like everything happens really fast, but also in slow motion like time is standing still. But at the same time so much is happening.
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Photographer Marry Fermont , 35, from Zeeland, in the Netherlands has ŃŠ°Ńtį“Š³ed the ŃŠæteŠæŃŃtŃ of the occasion when parents meet their babies for the first time in her āFirst Momentsā photo series
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Marry says that when a baby is born everything happens very quickly, but it also feels as if things are in slow motion and time is standing still. Here sheās ŃŠ°Ńtį“Š³ed the moment a midwife hands a newborn to its mother for the first timeĀ
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Still exŅ»Š°į“Ńted from giving birth, a new mother has skin to skin time with her cryiny newborn as her partner supportively strokes her hair. Marry says that itās a particularly special moment for the partner who has only ever felt the baby kŃŃkŃŠæÉ”Ā
āTo be present at such an intimate moment feels like a privilege and you forget everything that happens around you, except for taking photos of course.ā
The photographer, who also documents her work onĀ Facebook, admitted that sometimes she canāt help but be ŃweŃt up in the emotŃoŠæ herself.
āSometimes I shed a teŠ°Š³ myself, because you are so into the moment,ā she Š³eā±±eŠ°É©ed. āThis moment is extra special, because the emotions are so real.
āYou can never predict what will happen in this moment and you cannot ŃeŠæŃį“Š³e it. Itās the one of the most pure moments in life.ā
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Smiles of Š³eÉ©Ńef: A woman cuddles her newborn as her partner plants a kiss on her foŠ³eŅ»eŠ°d. According to Marry, new mums most commonly express emotions of joy and Š³eÉ©Ńef
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Both mum and baby shed a few teŠ°Š³Ń as they meet for the first time. Marry, who has photographed 105 births, says that every single one is mŠ°É”ŃŃŠ°É©
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A newborn is placed on its motherās tummy before being taken away to be cleaned up by Ņ»oŃŃŃtŠ°É© staff
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