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Empowered Birthing Mother Summit

I’m very excited to be part of the Empowered Birthing Mother Summit!

▪️Saturday 14th & Sunday 15th November 2020, 10am-3pm

▪️An International Panel of Pregnancy Experts

▪️Appearing Live on Facebook

▪️8 Talks, Classes and Presentations

▪️Raising Money for the Doula Access Fund

Pregnancy, childbirth and new motherhood is a time of immense transformation at every level of our being. It can be as destabilising and undermining as it is exciting and rewarding.

The Empowered Birthing Mother Summit was born from the wish that women find empowerment and dignity through this time of transformation.

Taking place over the course of a weekend, this special online event will provide expectant mothers with the very best ideas, advice and techniques to support and empower them during their pregnancy and childbirth journey.

An International Panel of Health Practitioners, Artists, Activists and Women’s Pregnancy & Lifestyle Advocates will be coming together to offer a weekend summit of advice and support including:

Pregnancy Yoga

Therapeutic Counselling guidance techniques;

Women’s Rights and Maternal Journaling inspiration

Pregnancy Photography tips

Recipes for optimal Nutrition & Digestive health during pregnancy

Shamanic insights into birth as transformation

Sophrology – “dynamic relaxation” & Homeopathic self-prescribing for Pregnancy & Birth.

This is a ticketed fundraising event, £10.00 per day or £15.00 for both days. All proceeds from the event will be donated to the Doula-UK Access Fund which enables pregnant women and new mothers in compromised situations to access doula support during childbirth and the postnatal period.

The event will take place on Facebook Live. Please join the FB page where you can know more about the speakers.

Enjoy a weekend of education, information, and
celebration all in the name of maternal empowerment.

Book your spot on Eventbrite.

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Moments like this are the gems in a session. They don’t always come.

But when they do, I’m ready.

No AI image could give you this. Maybe a fake photo, but without the lived experience, it’s just another pretty picture.

Dad saw the smile happen. Mum was watching them both. It was real, and it lasted only a few seconds.

The print is what lets you relive it forever

Not just a digital file, something tangible, after something real.

What’s a moment you wish you had a print of?

#newbornphotoshoot #londonnewbornphotographer #printyourmemories #londonmums

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Moments like this are the gems in a session. They don’t always come. But when they do, I’m ready. No AI image could give you this. Maybe a fake photo, but without the lived experience, it’s just another pretty picture. Dad saw the smile happen. Mum was watching them both. It was real, and it lasted only a few seconds. The print is what lets you relive it forever Not just a digital file, something tangible, after something real. What’s a moment you wish you had a print of? #newbornphotoshoot #londonnewbornphotographer #printyourmemories #londonmums

I’m definitely not a poet. I’ve never called myself a writer.
I’m a photographer.

But these lines came out of me almost on their own during the breastfeeding project. As if they’d been waiting for a page.

This is the third and last part.
Thank you for reading it with me. I hope you enjoyed it.

If you missed the other 2 parts check the previous reels.

#breastfeedingjourney #breastfeedingmum #BreastfeedingUnfiltered #londonmums

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I’m definitely not a poet. I’ve never called myself a writer. I’m a photographer. But these lines came out of me almost on their own during the breastfeeding project. As if they’d been waiting for a page. This is the third and last part. Thank you for reading it with me. I hope you enjoyed it. If you missed the other 2 parts check the previous reels. #breastfeedingjourney #breastfeedingmum #BreastfeedingUnfiltered #londonmums

Part two of the poem I wrote while working on Milk Tales. If you missed part one, it’s on my page, or click on the reel.

It’s a raging storm,
and the calm sea at dusk.
It’s the sun that tempts you,
the rain that breaks you.

It’s burning fire
that stirs what words can’t say.
It’s a path of discovery,
lit in your own way.

A journey that strips you bare,
but clothes you in new grace.
Each drop of milk
a vow you won’t erase.

Third and last one coming soon. Don’t miss it.

Which line stayed with you? #breastfeeding #breastfeedingjourney #poemsofinsta

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Part two of the poem I wrote while working on Milk Tales. If you missed part one, it’s on my page, or click on the reel. It’s a raging storm,
and the calm sea at dusk.
It’s the sun that tempts you,
the rain that breaks you. 
It’s burning fire
that stirs what words can’t say.
It’s a path of discovery,
lit in your own way. 
A journey that strips you bare,
but clothes you in new grace.
Each drop of milk
a vow you won’t erase. Third and last one coming soon. Don’t miss it. Which line stayed with you? #breastfeeding #breastfeedingjourney #poemsofinsta

While I was working on my breastfeeding personal project a few years ago, a poem slowly grew in me, written in Italian.

This is the translated version, which became part of Milk Tales, a book of photography and stories from 25 mothers, including my own.

I never shared the poem publicly, until now.
Part one of three. Follow for more.

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While I was working on my breastfeeding personal project a few years ago, a poem slowly grew in me, written in Italian. This is the translated version, which became part of Milk Tales, a book of photography and stories from 25 mothers, including my own. I never shared the poem publicly, until now. Part one of three. Follow for more.

Nobody tells you that the last weeks of pregnancy are also the last weeks of being just you.

You’re not quite a mother, yet. But you’re not quite yourself anymore either.

Somewhere in between, carrying a whole person you haven’t met.

This is the photo of the woman you were, right before.

Before the sleepless nights. Before you start disappearing, just a little, into someone else’s story for a while.

If you’re in it right now, I’d love to capture it for you.

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Nobody tells you that the last weeks of pregnancy are also the last weeks of being just you. You’re not quite a mother, yet. But you’re not quite yourself anymore either. Somewhere in between, carrying a whole person you haven’t met. This is the photo of the woman you were, right before. Before the sleepless nights. Before you start disappearing, just a little, into someone else’s story for a while. If you’re in it right now, I’d love to capture it for you.
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VALE@PHOTOGRAPHYBYVALENTINA.COM

07577 978246

LONDON NEWBORN & MATERNITY PHOTOGRAPHER

Based in Richmond, I work with families across London to capture life’s most meaningful milestones through portrait photography.