a mother of two, birth nerd, photographer, doula and pregnancy yoga teacher.
Hi! I’m Louise. I live in the sunny and beautiful Airlie Beach in Queensland with my two girls Summer and Lucy.
When I am not doula-ing or spending time with my birth families I spend time with my own family, making memories together and watching the girls grow up (way too fast for my liking!).
I’m down to earth, loves a coffee and I have a fire burning for birth work.
my background
Originally from Sweden, I came to Australia in 2011 to travel and guess what… I never returned home!
Photography has been a hobby for me for over 10 years but I never found what I really loved.
In 2018 I decided to take a leap and start my little business and with that I also found my big passion, Birth Photography!
Since starting birth work, I have also completed my certificate as a Birth & Bereavement Doula. My passion for birth work just keeps growing.
In November 2020, one of my favourite birth images won a Bronze award in the Birth Photographer International Image Competition 2020! You can find this image in the gallery.
In February/March of 2023 I completed my Prenatal Yoga Teacher course and is looking forward to start my local Prenatal Yoga Classes / Courses!
I am also currently studying to become a Childbirth Educator, so stay tuned for birth classes and education in all things birth soon!
my philosophy
I will admit - I am a birth nerd.. It is such a miracle what a woman can do and grow, it blows my mind. There is so much to know about birth, and physiological births are getting so rare! Regardless how you birth your baby, it is a transformation like NO other.
Witnessing a woman becoming a mother and meeting her baby for the first time it’s truly something else…
I could not be more honoured to be a part of huge life moments like these and to capture them for you.
I am devoted to my birth families and their birth stories and I strongly believe that every birth is beautiful. You deserve to have the best possible birth experience, and I would love to support you on your journey, no matter how that journey looks.
my why
After going through the most incredible experience (but also, DAMN that was hard work) with my first pregnancy and birth in 2017
I felt so strongly that I needed to get involved in birth work. I was drawn in. I wanted to connect, help and support.
I wanted to give back what was missing from my experience.
I started looking into midwifery courses, doulas, lactation consultants. all of it.
But when I reflected back on my own birth there was ONE thing I felt was missing that I wish I had.
I had NO photos..
There was nothing for me to look back on, other than my own memories.
But they were so blurry and unclear and WHAT had just happened?!
I could not look back and admire myself, my body and my baby for what we went through.
I don’t know the look of my husbands face when he saw his daughter for the first time.
How I grabbed her and pulled her up to my chest to meet for the very first time.
All I had was a couple of blurry iPhone photos HOURS after my daughter was born.
I would’ve loved to see the emotions in the room, the oxytocin flowing, when my girl took her first breath, our skin to skin, first hello and the life-changing first feed.
I also went in for surgery an hour after the birth and missed that one-on-one time my then husband had together with Summer.
How I wish I had something from their time together while I was away, as this left a huge empty gap.
My biggest regret is not having any photos to show her when she is older.
My second birth in 2019 was SO different!!
I did the research, I educated myself and I made it happen.
I birthed on my own terms.
I got the birth I planned, AND some photos! To read the story and see the images, see post in my blog.
What a difference. I have NEVER felt so empowered! And I honestly look at these pictures all the time.
Nothing as special as this.
They do really mean the world to me, and I am still so upset I didn’t get to have memories like these from my first birth.
I hope that one day, we get to create some magic together.
