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Домашние роды все популярнее в современном мире. Фоторепортаж

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Jackie Dives, who for the past three years has has been practicing as a doula, specializes in photography for families interested in documenting their birth experience

Джеки Дайвс, последние несколько лет входящая в команду дула – людей, помогающих женщинам при родах, занимается фотографированием моментов домашних родов. Своими фоторепортажами она стремится показать, что роды на дому не являются чем-то страшным и тяжелым, а также передать атмосферу любви и поддержки команды, помогающей появиться на свет новому человеку.

В процессе домашних родов участвуют близкие роженицы, помогающие ей прийти в комфортное моральное и физическое состояние. Кто-то играет на пианино, кто-то рожает в надувном бассейне, другие пользуются фито-мячом, а некоторым делают расслабляющий массаж.

Ряд родителей заказывают фоторепортажи появления своих детей, пополняя ими семейные альбомы, сообщает Daily Mail.

В целом же процедура домашних родов становится все более популярной не только в Канаде, где работает Джеки Дайвс, но и по всему миру, в том числе и в России, где интернет-сообщества сторонниц родов на дому составляют уже тысячи человек.

Recently, Ms Dives shot a series of photographs that have garnered acclaim for their beautiful and 'intense' documentation of a home birth with soon-to-be mother and wedding photographer, Julia Marincat, and her husband Cris (pictured)

 

'Too often, birth is portrayed as a scary and dreaded event in a woman's life,' said Ms Dives. 'I witness wonderful births, and think they should be shared in order to demystify the experience'

The series continues with Julia getting into a birth pool as her husband, Cris, helps her to breath deeply

 

'At a home birth, the couple has chosen exactly who they want to have present, so they are able to be themselves, which I believe is a very important part of birthing, especially for the mother,' said Ms Dives

For Mrs Marincat, the possibility of having a home birth was brought forward by her sister; after meeting with a doula and doing a lot of research, the idea became a preferred reality

'At first, several people warned them against home births, listing many dangers. But they loved the idea of a birth without an epidural or medical interventions,' explained Ms Dives

 

'They felt comfortable knowing that they had two knowledgeable and experienced midwifes and a doula to support them,' explained Ms Dives

Ms Dives said: 'Seeing a being come into the world is quite special, and to be asked to document that moment in time, is the pinnacle of documentary photography for me'

 

Ms Dives, who is also the primary volunteer photographer for Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep, has been photographing home births since the very first birth she attended as a doula when the mother asked her to take some remembrance snaps

 

 

Ms Dives says she is hopeful that her images with resonate with other women, showing them first hand that a home birth is 'not a wild and erratic choice'

 

'Perhaps this will encourage those who are curious about it, to do the research. They might find that the their skepticism will be quelled by statistics that prove home birth is just as safe as hospital birth for low risk women,' said Ms Dives