I'm pregnant with my first and trying to decide whether or not to get maternity photos done. If money wasn't an issue, I would definitely get them done.
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No, and totally fine with it.
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I'm not. My mom is going to snap a couple of photos of me when I see her in a few weeks. I don't know what I would do with so many pictures of myself. I just want a couple to put in the baby book.
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Nope. I'm glad that I have a couple of nice photos to remember that special time, but I don't regret not having a maternity shoot.
I did ask my SIL to take a few pics at my shower at 35w (she's good with a camera). She got some nice ones and I delivered one week later!
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I did because the lady that did my birthing photos pushed me to. I love the photos, but could I have done without them? sure since I took weekly bump photos. It's always nice to have pretty pics to look back at though.
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I did and we love them. DS (who's now 2.5) also likes to look at them.
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I did but we have a photographer friend who always gives us a good deal. If I was paying full price, I would probably skip them and spend the money on newborn photos!
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I did but could have skipped it - a friend of mine is a photog so she did the session for free and I just paid for prints.
skipped it with baby 2!
@Portboston: I agree! My NB photos were worth every penny!!!!
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Nope, and no regrets.
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I did but only because DH is a photographer. I do love them though!
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I'm not planning on it. I would have skipped posed wedding photos, too, if my mom hadn't insisted on it, and don't plan on a professional newborn shoot. A birth photographer is somewhat intriguing, though . . .
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No and I don't regret it. My sister took a few photos when I was 38w in the nursery, I put those in the baby book
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Nope - no regrets. I wouldn't do it for #2 either - save the $ for newborn/family pictures.
I do think once you do it for one pregnancy you kind of have to do it for all of them, haha...!
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i loved ours, but i did it with a friend who i work with since i'm a photographer. i am so glad i have them because i felt great about myself and i'm usually behind the camera, so it was nice to have pics of DH and me.
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Nope and I don't have many pics of me pregnant at all. I really regret it. I'm hoping to do some family pics when I'm pregnant with #2.
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Nope and totally fine with it...I maybe would have displayed one or two? And then I feel like the rest would have been a waste.
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Nope and I don't regret it. I was not a pretty pregnant lady. I was HUGE and SWOLLEN. I didn't want to pay a lot of money to document that! I agree with others that newborn photos are totally worth it.
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Nope, no regrets. I'm just took my own low tech monthly bump shots.
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Nope, and totally fine with it-- maternity photos aren't my thing.
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I did, and I ended up doing it again with #2 because I knew I would regret it if I didn't, even though finances are tighter! They're great memories.
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Nope, I saved that money to splurge on nice newborn photos. I had a very miserable pregnancy and felt no need to document it.
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Yes, but I was not planning on it. They were a gift. I didn't get them until 37 weeks, and I look HUGE in them.
I guess it's nice I have them to look back on, but they are definitely not displayed anywhere in our house. I really don't look very good.
I wish I would have gotten newborn photos.
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No, but I took weekly bump pictures and I love them! I feel like I wouldn't remember how I was feeling or what I was doing without those pictures and my little chalkboard.
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I don't plan to unless DH decides to surprise me with them (he's done that once before as a way to "cheer me up"...not realizing I hate being in photos!), or if a friend wants me to come along with her for hers (she did that with another one of our friends for her first. Her BIL is our go to photog).
Generally, I hate photos of myself, so I can't see displaying them anywhere. And I figure I'll have shower photos if I want something for a baby book. I've taken some weekly selfies, but don't even enjoy the way I look in them. Maybe things will change when my bump is more pronounced? But I doubt it.
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From a pro, no. My husband took some of me down by the lake near where we lived and I happy I have those.
I also did bump photos and my husband compiled them into a single photos, it is displayed in our family room. -
@lady baltimore: I love looking at birth photography pictures. They're amazing. If I had more money and was okay with another stranger in the room I would consider it. I feel like a person with a camera might sort of get in the way though. I like them because they capture so much emotion, unstaged.
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@Mrs. Goose: That's kind of my thinking. I don't have much use for posed photos, but I would love to have objective documentation of the birth for later.
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I said no and that I'm fine with it, but dh did take some photos of me. I just haven't seen them yet, now that I think about it, so I hope I don't regret it!
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We're doing an extending family photo shoot (DH's silbings and their respective families and DH's parents) and we expect to get a few couple shots from this. I don't think I will need an additional maternity shoot, but it will be very nice to have some pro photos while I'm pregnant.
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I'm (happily) surprised how many didn't do them and don't regret it. It seems like everyone I know gets them done, but I think we'll just focus on getting nice newborn photos.
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Yes but it was because I didn't take great weekly photos or document my bump that well throughout pregnancy (I thought I would donointerest worthy weekly pics). It was a van all package (15 images). If I had to choose maternity or newborn I would choose newborn for sure. I got a great deal so I have no regrets doing both! (Maternity photographer ended up gifting us the photos for free!)
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No, I figured for me there was no point. Instead we decided to spend more money on newborn shoot and then do a family Christmas shoot a month later (she was an October baby) after I had lost some of the baby weight. I wanted family pictures with her in them not her in my belly, that was my reasoning. I figured they would be in a box not on the wall, and to me that was a waste of money.
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A good friend of mine is a photographer and she gifted me maternity pictures for my last baby ... I'm glad I got them done, they turned out great - but I don't miss having them with the other two kids. I regret more not having newborn picture of the first two.
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I had them done, I'm happy I did. But I am doing a lot more with T's newborn photos (blowing up on canvas, birth announcements, prints for grandparents, etc)
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Yes, and love them, I have a few framed in E's room. DH and step-daughter were included in the photos and we were able to take photos of just her as well, so got more for our money that way. Had my DH not suggested and paid for them though, it probably wouldn't have happened.
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Yes and no regrets! Granted, I only have one photo printed and framed from maternity session, but I'm glad to have them to look back on. I never regret doing photo sessions though - you can't buy back time.
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I didn't and don't regret it. Photography is expensive in my area, and I gain weight everywhere during pregnancy and generally don't like the way I look--I don't need to pay someone $$$$ for pictures I won't love anyway.
This second pregnancy, we just celebrated my mom's 70th birthday and her gift request was a family picture of all of us together. I am 8,5 months pregnant in the pictures and look like a gigantic marshmallow woman, so I'm so glad I didn't pay tons of money for maternity pictures.
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Just did mine today and I love them. This was the first time we paid for a professional photographer. She was local to is and offered a CD with full rights. Plus after having IF and now that I'm pregnant with twins after IVF, I'm not exactly sure I'll be pregnant again. Also, I struggled with HG for about 24 weeks and really considered not having kids again because I was so miserable but now at 31 weeks, I'm feeling so much better. So having pictures done might help me feel better about having a 3rd child in the future.
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I did them and I'm glad I have them. But I do regret not getting newborn photos. Newborn were much pricier than maternity and DH and I thought newborn (Anne Geddes style) were silly. However I've since changed my mind and wish I had newborn photos and if I had to go back and choose one because of price, I'd choose newborn. With LO2, I'm for sure doing newborn photos and have no need to do a second maternity shoot.
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I did them only bc they were part of our package. I hated them. I do not look great pregnant, so they were used for baby book only. I am not doing them for the 2nd pregnancy.
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