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They're usually contracted to the company and really hit or miss on quality. Would you be able to know who your specific photographer would be so you can look at their portfolio?

We actually had no idea mom365 was a thing until the photographer showed up at our hospital room, but the pictures she took we were very very happy with and we are so glad we did it. They usually just make rounds kind of, but we asked if she could come back after DD's first bath and she was totally fine with that. So I would guess it depends on the photographer you get but ask and they might work with you. Here's an example of the pictures we got:

When we did them, the photographer said that she was only allowed to do certain shots, and couldn't do any that weren't specifically on the list. She did a pretty good job, but I have been super annoyed at how frequently they contact you afterwards to schedule more pictures (6 months, 9 months, etc)

I was not impressed with the one from our first birth at all. And I recall them being super expensive. I didn't buy any!

Ours were pretty good but SO SO expensive! Too much for us.

They were at our hospital and the photographer just randomly showed up at our room. No appointment or even advance warning. The photos aren't the greatest but I ended up buying them anyway because the settings on my own camera were messed up and I didn't realize it until after we got home (because obviously, that should have been the first thing on my mind, haha). I wanted some truly newborn shots that weren't underexposed and completely orange, so I'm glad we had the option to get them even though I still feel like they are a rip-off for the quality you get. Oh well. They've never contacted us since, though -- I was surprised to hear that they hassle other people because we never heard a peep from them after the original email they sent with the gallery link. The photographer never mentioned specific poses but DH was also in papa bear mode and was trying to get her out of the room ASAP so we didn't ask.

Our Mom365 photographer was just the nursing staff that put your baby in a warming tray type thing that takes pictures. I was not impressed. The pics were bad.

Two best of both of my kids.

@ktdid23: You might have better luck scheduling a session with an actual photographer who's work you've seen. You can probably find someone decent for a couple hundred bucks

Mom365 was the only thing I didn't like about my hospital stay experience. I wish I would have had the foresight to tell the hospital staff I didn't want them to visit us because in the moment there were so many legit visitors coming in and out that day that when the photographer showed up I couldn't really process what was happening fast enough to decline. The lady and her assistant were nice enough and took some cute pictures but then immediately started in on the hard sell of all their packages which really annoyed me. If she had come, snapped some pics and left the website info for me to look at later I probably would have gone on and purchased one or two of the pictures but since I had to make such an effort to cut off the sales spiel while I was in the middle of nursing my 0 day old baby I got rid of everything she gave me and will not be supporting this business in any way. I'm sure not all of them have the same tactics so it depends who you get.