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San Tan Valley Doula and Birth Photographer
and surrounding areas
Tell your story
Authentic, powerful and perfect.
Capture every stage and transition as you enter into a new role in life. Savor the emotions and details of your little ones first moments!
It’s me…. HI!
Hey! I am Kara, a Doula and birth photographer based in San Tan Valley. I have birthed two babies and been blessed to be pregnant with four.
I am a lover of maternal autonomy and the pure beauty and strength in birth. It took having my own kiddos to know the true beauty within myself. Now… I am passionate about showing every woman their unfiltered strength and beauty through birth.
Birth is not only for the child but for the mother as well. You are becoming a new woman in an instant! Watch the transformation through a story telling documentary style of photography.
“These photos are ABSOLUTE PERFECTION!... It is easy to forget and these pictures are forever! Now I'll remember all the things! “
-McKenna
![Mom holds baby on hospital bed after delivery at Banner University.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65f33151749c547ae114f1f4/edba08a2-49d9-42f9-85db-7d25f2848550/Banner+gateway+Birth-1.jpg)
![Woman preparing for delivery holding the edge of a hospital bed at Banner Ironwood](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65f33151749c547ae114f1f4/106532c6-9e4e-418f-ac44-10e335d76f7d/Banner+Ironwood+Birth-1.jpg)
![Nurse hold baby during newborn exam at Banner Ocotillo.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65f33151749c547ae114f1f4/5fcf807b-a39b-4926-beba-4551f244d2f8/Banner+Ironwood+Birth-43.jpg)
![Newborn laying in a hospital bassinet focus on her feet in black and white](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65f33151749c547ae114f1f4/81f51dd4-1bee-48a6-860e-697a7b9a85a8/Baby+Tate-8.jpg)
![Mother laboring with monitors in a hospital bed at Banner Ironwood](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65f33151749c547ae114f1f4/e00c8d7c-5713-48ef-b0bf-4463276806fd/Banner+Ironwood+Birth-11.jpg)
![Laboring mother on continuous monitor at banner ironwood hospital.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65f33151749c547ae114f1f4/97f11cef-04a3-4447-aaab-830ddc432845/Banner+Ironwood+Birth-5.jpg)
![Father touches noses with newborn baby in a hospital room.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65f33151749c547ae114f1f4/9465c958-0bfd-4f9c-8605-c494da2681bf/Banner+gateway+Birth-2.jpg)
![Newborn baby gets it's first exam after being delivered at a hospital.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65f33151749c547ae114f1f4/7eca6ef3-c8e0-4b6e-8a70-5f1fbc7455c5/Banner+Ironwood+Birth-42.jpg)
![Father laying on a couch in a delivery room reading his phone.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65f33151749c547ae114f1f4/968758ff-d77b-489b-8928-919c6cf46038/Banner+Ironwood+Birth-9.jpg)
![Mother and father hands grasping a hospital bed rail as the mother has a contraction during labor.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65f33151749c547ae114f1f4/488c3c23-fe2c-412e-95bd-6c4abc8c13c4/Banner+Ironwood+Birth-2.jpg)
![A man looks at a woman in labor with love and comfort in a hospital room at banner ironwood.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65f33151749c547ae114f1f4/1b9cdfb8-a9c6-41e4-b0e9-72df3a5553d6/Banner+Ironwood+Birth-12.jpg)
![A mother greets her newborn baby she just delivered vaginally with blood and fluid still on the baby.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65f33151749c547ae114f1f4/0e8b8429-3d79-4d6b-bf0b-31a566668cf4/Banner+Ironwood+Birth-17.jpg)
![A father looks at his newborn son cuddling skin to skin on his wife.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65f33151749c547ae114f1f4/49518977-f14e-4021-8ea2-fe21028168f4/Banner+Ironwood+Birth-21.jpg)
![A mother's hands holding a newborn baby wrapped in a hospital blanket.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65f33151749c547ae114f1f4/416c2a6e-8679-4e4f-86a4-47742b1f2ead/Banner+Ironwood+Birth-25.jpg)
![A Newborn baby boy gets his head measured by a nurse at Banner Ocotillo.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65f33151749c547ae114f1f4/8e351571-f6bb-4294-abc3-c92a7eea0b9f/Banner+Ironwood+Birth-44.jpg)
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The Process
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Reserve your Due Date
A pre-booking consult required prior to booking to insure Your family is fully on board.
Your fee ($1200) covers
-up to 2 prenatal appointments.
-My 24/7 on call time 37 weeks until baby is arrived and support throughout pregnancy and postpartum
-documentary style photography at birth & doula support when you need during labor
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Baby Arrives
Photo and Doula Support
This part is all lead by YOU! It is your job to embrace, be present and 100% yourself as you bring your baby into this world. Whatever that means to you. I am on your birth team as a support to you. Documenting the details and small moments. Being both physical and mental support using doula services when needed.
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The Reveal
2- 4 weeks Postpartum
You and I will have the opportunity to relive, process and discuss any lingering thoughts surrounding your delivery in the comfort of your own home. All while we look through your birth story and photos
It is here that we can create any albums or prints to immortalize the day for the future.
![A man holds his hands to his face as he waits for this baby to be born in a hospital room.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65f33151749c547ae114f1f4/3305925b-e8c8-4f56-9c28-4f779edbfaea/Banner+Ironwood+Birth-19.jpg)
![A nurse holds a baby up at an exam table in a hospital room.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65f33151749c547ae114f1f4/d25f201b-511d-4945-b36e-19771c1526ad/Banner+Ironwood+Birth-43.jpg)
![Baby Tate-8.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65f33151749c547ae114f1f4/aa5f088e-649f-4a1d-979d-1c90790cf6ff/Baby+Tate-8.jpg)
![Mother looks at her new baby with love as the baby nurses in a hospital room.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65f33151749c547ae114f1f4/0c4c4e02-b91b-4d5f-89c9-0edc29c2a2a3/Banner+Ironwood+Birth-30.jpg)
FAQs
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I recommend you have your birth team booked by your econd trimester. This includes midwife, OB, doula, photographer, videographer, etc. If there is someone from you are dying to have on your team, I strongly suggest reaching out to them as soon as possible as we typically take only a few births a month. This allows us to be as present and available for you and others as much as we hope to be.
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As your doula I come when you feel you need the support, this is typically when you transition to active labor, and stay until shortly after baby has arrived.
I have yet to miss a birth, communication is key! However if baby arrive before me, I will still document golden hour and you (and partner) bonding with baby. These moments are absolutely precious. We will also schedule a session in the future family or newborn to make up for the lost time.
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I am located in San Tan Valley and service all the East Valley. Hospitals, birthing centers and home births!
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I am here to support you as you see fit. You do not need to use my doula services, see other packages for pricing. However, I find that most families benefit from the additional support in the birthing scene. Those who don’t find a need for my services whether they have a separate doula, or are experienced birthers still highly value the documentation of their birth
Contact me!
![A newborn baby boy is held up in front of his weight on a scale.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65f33151749c547ae114f1f4/92ff41d0-b2e9-4287-bab7-f1d5c91180a9/William+Birth-182.jpg)
![Banner Ironwood Birth-25.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65f33151749c547ae114f1f4/67d46473-8d8c-4483-9777-c5410bd89f90/Banner+Ironwood+Birth-25.jpg)
![A father cutes his baby's umbilical cord while a dr holds the cord up.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65f33151749c547ae114f1f4/67b72d3a-5425-4f7b-b3b5-43f46ba42f26/Banner+Ironwood+Birth-20.jpg)
![A father and mother holding their newborn daughter in Banner University in black and white.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65f33151749c547ae114f1f4/b2bbd7cf-2a0c-462b-bc42-2a017cc42618/Baby+Tate-39.jpg)
![A newborn baby is latching to his mother's breast with assistance by a nurse.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65f33151749c547ae114f1f4/95f71507-52bc-4c4e-8277-eeb92df6183c/Banner+Ironwood+Birth-29.jpg)
![Newborn baby breastfeeding while looking up at his mother and she strokes the baby's hand.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65f33151749c547ae114f1f4/1400a48c-504a-425b-996d-3239375602b2/Banner+Ironwood+Birth-34.jpg)
![A father is excited in a hospital room as his baby is crowning in a hospital room.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65f33151749c547ae114f1f4/5b779d9a-1f51-43e8-9b72-5a240077780e/William+Birth_BW-63.jpg)
![Banner Ironwood Birth-21.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65f33151749c547ae114f1f4/8cc5b64c-9181-4a48-9a42-fe0b861ab640/Banner+Ironwood+Birth-21.jpg)
![A newborn with vernix cuddles mother's chest skin to skin after being delivered in hospital.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65f33151749c547ae114f1f4/bce64c21-0873-4b55-929e-49e6056f9927/Banner+Ironwood+Birth-23.jpg)
![Father assists the mother latch the baby in a hospital room.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65f33151749c547ae114f1f4/91440ea4-683c-468d-9a7c-f6a2b34dddb9/Banner+Ironwood+Birth-31.jpg)
![Banner Ironwood Birth-32.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65f33151749c547ae114f1f4/5806b70d-3bf2-47de-9e7f-b1ee2c64a328/Banner+Ironwood+Birth-32.jpg)
![A father holds his newborn baby for the frst time with excitement after the baby is born.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65f33151749c547ae114f1f4/7340ae62-7f76-44a2-bc31-b69af8b7571d/Banner+Ironwood+Birth-39.jpg)
![Banner Ironwood Birth-44.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65f33151749c547ae114f1f4/7feac378-eaf5-4d6c-a9ad-4e34933986e5/Banner+Ironwood+Birth-44.jpg)
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