What Does Water Birth Look Like? Stunning Photos & True Stories

By A Mystery Man Writer

Considered both an experimental procedure and a less stressful mode of delivery, water birth is one thing for sure: breathtaking.
Kansas-based photographer Tammy Karin never passes up an opportunity to capture a water birth. The mother has this warm, protective barrier around her in which to bring her baby into the world, Karin explains. She can receive help if wanted or needed, but it's almost like this wonderful force field that lends itself to this more hands-off environment. Karin, a mom of three herself, adds that the water birth stories that I have been honored to document have resolved with the most gentle entrances into the world for the baby. From the warmth of his mother to the heated waters