Becoming parents are a challenging yet rewarding process. Seeing our children grow up healthily day by day, leave home, and have their own life. It’s the simplest yet biggest achievement of all parents in their life.
Nothing can describe the feeling of dads and moms when seeing their babies for the very first time. There are few moments in life as moving as when moms give birth and meet their baby for the first time … but what about dads? It’s just as heart-melting. Dads lay eyes on their newborns for the first time and hold his baby in his arms for the first time. It gets them hooked. They actually become a father. It must be one of the most magical moments in their life. To preserve it forever, why not capture that meet-and-greet?
As one photographer so eloquently put it: Moms tend to bond with their babies throughout the pregnancy, but the love often doesn’t hit dads until they first met their newborn baby. As a new dad sees and finally gets to hold his baby in his arms for the first time, it sinks in — I am a father. This is my child. That’s what makes these images so powerful and emotional to see — consider this an ode to fatherhood from the moment it begins.
The collection is below is about 40 emotional photos of dads meeting their baby for the first time captured by several amazing birth photographers who are able to witness these intimate moments of families growing. Let’s scroll down to look and share them!
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“This dad is holding his newest little girl for the first time,” says photographer Jessica Heksem. “One of my favorite moments to capture — after Mom’s face after the birth of their baby — is Dad’s reaction. This is something that most moms don’t see because they are having their own bonding moments, so to catch those loving smiles that they have just melts my heart!”
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“Tricia and Bruce were beautiful together. Their love and laughter filled the whole center,” Monet wrote.