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I had major regret after my first. I had a 57 hour labor and emergency c-section and looked awful.
For my second I consciously did my hair and a little make up so that I didn't look like a troll in her pictures.
It seems like a silly thing to be upset about but my first few days with my oldest were such a blur that I want to look at the pictures because i hardly remember anything but I look so terrible it distracts me.

I wish I would have taken more pictures when we were in the hospital after the rush of birth. I really only have a few pictures of right after birth and right when we were going home. There was a photographer that comes by and takes "newborn" pictures of the babies and parents (like, 8-10 pictures), so we have some of those. Honestly, I think that's all you need. And, even though you cringe at them (who really expects a woman to look photo ready after birth??), they are still special pictures to keep.

We took lots of picks but I look like a swollen weepy mess. I am glad we got photos with the hospital photographer though but love our two week newborn pics that were done at home better.

I guess I can always use better hospital photos too, but maybe just of LO and just very few of me haha!

We had our phones and we brought our DSLR camera so we didn't even bother getting the pictures taken by the hospital photographer.

Do I look beautiful and glamorous in the pictures? No – but I just went through 36 hours of labor followed by a C-section so what do you expect.

While I do kind of wish we had more photos of that time (we mostly just have a few phone shots of me and C, and a million of just C) I don't actually regret spending the time marveling over my newborn instead of taking the right pictures of fixing my hair. My favorite pic ever is me holding her at some point that day, not showered or washed, just holding my sleepy baby. So I'm glad I have that one shot at least, but we don't have any of the three of us.