Father's Day 2020 | SWFL Birth Stories

Dear Daddy / Papa / Dad / Father,

 

Thank you for having patience.

After laboring all night, Lawrence intently watches his wife during a moment of rest.
What felt like an hour had passed since Dwayne's wife was wheeled to the OR. He stops pacing to check his phone for updates.
Michael became a jungle gym while comforting his wife during transition.

Thank you for being supportive.

One hand cradling his daughter, the other his wife.
After a night of laboring, Nick and Laura rested together during quiet moments.
Carlo never left Ari’s side during their home birth.
When pushing became exhausting, Justin leans in to offer words of encouragement.

Thank you for loving me.

Overcome with emotion while announcing their daughter’s arrival!
Making eye contact with his daughter and his son to his left, Nick learns he has another daughter!
Matt was overjoyed to finally meet his son! Logan’s birth was a VBAC at home.
Justin makes eye contact with his son only seconds after his arrival.
Elijah is completely smitten with his son.
father smiling at newborn at family birth center Naples Florida
fort Myers home birth vbac
Father smiling at fort Myers, Florida home birth
father meeting newborn at health park hospital

Thank you for being you.

Elijah takes a few moments to bond with his son shortly after birth.
skin to skin with father after Naples home birth
father holding newborn son at health park hospital
father and newborn son at vbac home birth in Cape Coral
father meeting newborn at family birth center Naples Florida.
father looking at newborn in morning, Naples Florida home birth

Happy Father’s Day to all father figures.

You are appreciated.

father kissing newborn at Babcock ranch home birth
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