Birth photographer Paula Galvão’s breathtaking photos capture the tender moments between a mum and her new baby.
These beautiful, raw moments reveal the wonder of new mums bringing their babies into the world.
Birth photographer Paula Galvão’s breathtaking photos show newborns delivered by doctors, crying as they take their first breaths.
This is the tender moment a baby is born and places on his mum to meet her
One extraordinary shot shows a baby born via C-sᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴ, still encased in the ᴀᴍɴɪᴏᴛɪᴄ sᴀᴄ.
Another shows a woman in the ᴘᴀɪɴꜰᴜʟ throes of ʟᴀʙᴏʀ, holding on to her partner for support following a ᴄᴏɴᴛʀᴀᴄᴛɪᴏɴ.
But when the ᴘᴀɪɴꜰᴜʟ marathon is over, Paula captures those tender moments between a mum and her new baby as they meet for the first time.
Paula, from Brazil, started to take photos of women in ʟᴀʙᴏʀ after the birth of her own daughter, Ingrid, now 17.
The incredible photos show the tender moments of a mum meeting her baby for the first time
Paula captures the moment a baby is born via C-sᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴ, still in the ᴀᴍɴɪᴏᴛɪᴄ sᴀᴄ
“I am very happy and fulfilled. Each birth brings a different emotion,” she said.
The 39-year-old has always been interested in photography and began working in her father’s studio when she was 16.
Following family tradition – her father, brother and grandfather are all photographers – Paula went on to become a children’s photographer.
Then, in February 2001, Paula welcomed Ingrid into the world and invited her father to take pictures of the birth.
A few days later she saw the pictures and the emotions she felt giving birth came flooding back.
In that moment, Paula decided she wanted to do the same for other parents.
Paula took her first delivery room picture in October 2004 and hasn’t looked back.
A mum clings to her partner in ᴘᴀɪɴ as a wave of ᴄᴏɴᴛʀᴀᴄᴛɪᴏɴs comes along
A newborn cries as he is held for the first time and takes in the world around him
The first tender moments of a mum meeting her newborn baby
A newborn sleeps peacefully after being born
The emotional moment a baby takes its first breath as it emerges from his mums ᴡᴏᴍʙ
A newborn having his hair brushed by his loving mum for the first time
Other birth photographers have captured the love and tenderness of childbirth.
The International Association of Professional Birth Photographers (IAPBP) has recently announced this year’s winners.
The incredible pictures show the first moments a baby is fed, meets their mum for the first time and takes their first breath.
