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Wednesday, December 30, 2015

December!

FINALLY. Finally a studio space is coming! A small studio space for newborns and possibly cake smash sessions will be added to my loft in my home. So very excited to offer newborn sessions in my home now. Here is my beautiful new ripped barn wood… I’m in love.

I took most of December OFF. I was able to enjoy every single second of every day off and not worry about being on-call! It was glorious 😉 My Mom and I took my sweet baby girl to her very first Nutcracker ballet and a “fancy dinner” beforehand. Complete with a new dress, sparkly shoes and I even curled her hair. My heart may have fluttered a little as I stood there and curled her hair. We’ve had family and friends Christmas parties. Our annual girls Christmas party was so much fun too! We made gingerbread houses, visited the Alum creek lights, school Christmas parties and programs, wrestling matches, sleepover with friends, and visits with Santa, you name it. It’s been an exciting month for sure!

Cheers to 2015, here’s to 2016!

Thank you all for making my year the most successful yet! Thank you for following my work and supporting my dreams. I hope you had a Merry Christmas and have happy New Year!

Posted in Behind the scenes! Tags: Sarah Shambaugh Photo

Tuesday, December 22, 2015

New things in 2016

Posted in Announcements!, Be still, Break the silence

In 2016 Sarah Shambaugh Photo is offering TWO complementary, sessions a month to those with who have had a life threatening diagnosis, serious illness, injury or disability. These sessions will be provided by myself, to help people in my community create life-long professional memories of your loved ones. These sessions can be held outside, in a hospital setting, or in your home. I will also use these images to help raise awareness along the way. I hope I can provide families with a feeling of compassion, hope, courage and happiness through these images.

*Adoption will also be eligible for complimentary sessions.

You can nominate you or someone you know by simply emailing me. Anyone can have a session. No one will be turned away, if I am full for the month, I will refer you to another photographer. There is no age limit.

Please include the following in your email:

Your name:

Name of person you would like to have a session:

Age:

Story/diagnosis:

Be Still.

Having hope will give you courage.

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Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Oh Christmas Tree

Posted in Behind the scenes!

I love the memories of decorating our Christmas tree each year <3 My favorite thing to do is look at the home made ornaments from the past. Brings back good memories.

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Saturday, December 5, 2015

Happy First Birthday Eliana!

Posted in Babies, Bellies, Births, Break the silence

It’s honestly kind of hard to find the words for this post. First I will say, I can’t believe its been a year. It’s been a whole entire year since this sweetie began making waves. She was born to change the world, and she did just that. I never blogged the time I got to spend with Eliana. What a better time to honor her than on her first birthday. I met Naomi, Eliana’s momma the day before her scheduled c-section. We had been in contact for months before that when Naomi was planning a home birth. Shortly after Eliana’s parents found out her diagnoses of Trisomy 18, I said no matter what, I would still be at her birth. I walked into the hospital on December 4th for our meeting to talk about all the different scenarios of how Eliana’s birth could go, nervous as ever. I had no idea what to expect, but like I told myself for weeks, it’s not about me. It’s about them. It’s about her. The following day, December 5th. Eliana would be born. Would she be alive? How long will she live if so? Minutes? Days? Weeks? I (we) had no idea. How would she look? I will admit, I have never ever been as nervous as I was on this day. This day forever changed me. Here is a little tribute to honor my favorite and most inspiring baby I have ever had the pleasure of meeting. I’ll keep it short, because I could go on and on… but Thank you Eliana for leaving your heart with me <3

Eliana’s memorial video that was played during her memorial service:

This slideshow is one that Matthew Eliana’s Daddy asked me to make for Naomi as a surprise.

eliana (matthew slideshow) from Sarah Shambaugh on Vimeo.

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Monday, November 30, 2015

A glimpse into gestational surrogacy

Posted in Babies, Births

I have one sentence to sum up this blog post….

If you can make somebody happy, do it. The world needs more of that.

Perfectly said. Talk about the most selfless gift a woman could ever give. Emily and Gwen are both sonographers in a local doctors office together. After being friends for years, Emily stepped up became the gestational carrier for Joe and Gwen, also known as the Intended Parents (IP). Baby Paxton was a frozen embryo from September 2014.

**A surrogacy arrangement or surrogacy agreement is the carrying of a pregnancy or intended parents. There are two main types of surrogacy, gestational surrogacy (also known as host or full surrogacy) and traditional surrogacy (also known as partial, genetic, or straight surrogacy). In gestational surrogacy, the pregnancy results from the transfer of an embryo created by In Vetro Fertilization (IVF), in a manner so the resulting child is genetically unrelated to the surrogate. Gestational surrogates are also referred to as gestational carriers. In traditional surrogacy, the surrogate is impregnated naturally or artificially, but the resulting child is genetically related to the surrogate. In the United States, gestational surrogacy is more common than traditional surrogacy.**

These two sonographers were some how able to keep from cheating, and kept the gender a surprise! I have no idea how they did it 😉

Dr. Costa was phenomenal, she had Gwen help deliver her baby, cut the cord, do skin-to-skin, and had her completely involved in her baby’s delivery. Momma announced to everyone, “it’s a BOY!” Tears were flowing, the room was full of love, smiles and laughter. Not a dry eye in the room. Not one face without a huge smile. I have never been in such a heartwarming delivery!

Here is a glimpse into baby Paxtons journey into our world!