Do you remember a little while ago I wrote a post about how to take to take your own photographs during pregnancy? Well, as fate would have it, while I was writing that post I was contacted by Marie Donn to see if I fancied doing some maternity photos with her.
Marie is a proper photographer and does gorgeous lifestyle shoots so of course I said yes. And then the panic set in. I am not a supermodel. I am a normal woman, in my early thirties, living in Essex. Generally, I am quite happy with the above facts, but when you realise that someone is going to take pictures of you, being as normal a woman as you can be while heavily pregnant…. well, I was a little bit worried.
Thankfully, when I met Marie last week she was as calming as I could have hoped for. She’s pregnant too, so understands that you want to look nice, round but not huge, natural and not, as I keep being told by random strangers last week ‘really big’. (Note, I did put them straight. Politely, but possibly not as politely as I could have.) And of course we went down to the seaside to take the photos, where else?!
And these are the results. I’m trying hard not to write ‘Look at that bit of fat just there!’ because I know how pointless that is. And I think my brain is slowly winning that argument. I’m pregnant, I’m not huge and I know that in a few weeks time I will look back on these with my new daughter sitting on my lap and think what an amazing thing I did to carry her for nine months.
This is a time for celebration, not a time for self-deprecation. I probably won’t have another child. I’m eternally thankful to be blessed with The Toddler and his baby sister who we will be meeting soon. And I’m very thankful to Marie for helping me to appreciate that pregnancy is something to be marveled at. I’m really happy with these pictures, I hope you like them too.
Love kate x
PS – If you want to go and check out Marie’s rather lovely website and blog it’s all over here, do say hello from me!
Absolutely gorgeous. You must be chuffed with the results. Xxx
you look absolutely stunning and apart from the baby bump your are one very trim lady.
Thank you and yes I am!!
Those pictures are beautiful. You are glowing. What a wonderful keepsake. x
Thank you (mumbles something about glow possibly being down to the lighting…!)
You look so beautiful! (Although may be a little chilly at times?) Stunning photos – such a wonderful thing to have to look back on. I wish I’d taken more photos of myself when I was pregnant, but I was totally in that “I’m so fat” mentality!
xxx
Yeah it wasn’t the warmest of days! Thankfully the water was really warm though which I didn’t expect at all!
Stunning! LOVE that last one in front of the boats especially – you look absolutely beautiful and the dress is a great colour on you xx
Thank you 🙂 yes, I love the one in front of the boats too.
Gorgeous! You look so beautiful in your gorgeous yellow dress. I love Marie’s work and love your maternity shots. I really wish I’d had some professional images taken when I was pregnant – it’s such a special time and I wish I had some proper photographs to remind me of that time xo
Wow, you look gorgeous! You must be delighted. And what a fabulous bump you are sporting there.
How lovely to have those photographs as a memory of your pregnancy. I especially like the last one with the boats.
You look proper gorgeous!! Lovely, lovely pictures! Not long to go, looking forward to seeing baby pics here soon! Lots of love xxx
That is very lovely bumpage! Gorgeous photo’s and so lovely to have the mementos of pregnancy. Wish I had done this when I was pregnant!
Such gorgeous pictures, you look beautiful! I have some pics of me on the beach when I was pregnant with my first and I treasure them! x
Fat? Fat?! What??? You look amazing! Lovely photos…
Those are great pictures and you look gorgeous. As a woman in my early 40’s who’s had 5 children over the last 19 years I can assure you that in a couple of years at most you will look at these photo’s and won’t be able to understand why you couldn’t see how beautiful you were at the time 🙂
I hope the birth is amazing x
Thank you 🙂 And already every time I look at them I feel more positive about the way I look 🙂