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“This was this couple’s first girl and their last baby.

It was also their first home birth and it just all came together for them.

There was so much love in the room.

This baby is daddy’s little girl for sure.”

“There are those moments in life that you know will change you forever.

And sometimes in those moments, you just can’t keep it together!”

“This dad wanted to make sure no one touched his baby’s umbilical cord until it had fully finished its job, so this was one way to guard it against being cut too early.

“This dad is holding his son for the first time, after waiting for his girlfriend to nurse and to have her time with the baby, skin-to-skin.

This mother had been laboring for about 12 hours at this point and was absolutely exhausted.

She was entering into transition, so each contraction was getting even more intense.

Mic, the father, leaned in to pull her in close as she came down from the last contraction, wiping her tears from her cheeks.

It was truly one of the sweetest moments I’ve ever captured between a mom and dad.”

“As the pushing phase progressed, this first-time dad grew more and more excited to meet his daughter.

As her head started to emerge, he repeatedly covered his face in wonderment and awe.

Her first breath certainly tookhisbreath away!”

Cool.

This dad had been emotional from the moment the midwife told his partner it was time to push.

He supported her through every second of her painful labor.

That moment when you final hold you first child after many of waiting.

Thanks baby.

This dad wasn’t positive he wanted to help ‘catch’ the baby and was rather nervous about the entire process.

But after speaking with the nurse and doctor he was reassured he was going to do great and he did!

He actually pulled his son up and onto mom’s chest.”

After 20hrs of labor, this dad is getting set for the wife's C-section.

Working together.

“This mother was determined to have an unmedicated birth in the hospital.

When I asked her if she was hiring a doula she said, ‘I don’t need one, my husband is my labor coach.’

With every contraction, he would remind her to relax and help her slow her breathing.

It was so moving to watch the two of them working together.”

Daddy welcomed the second baby.

Women and babies are the stars of childbirth, but dads play important roles too.

From massaging an exhausted mother-to-be’s back, to reminding her of her strength when she is at her most vulnerable, a supportive partner can make an enormous difference in labor and delivery.

So in honor of Father’s Day, we share powerful photos that capture the important, emotional and physical support dads-to-be provide their partners, as well as the utter magic of fathers meeting their babies for the first time.





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After a long labor by his wife’s side, this dad woke up from a quick nap at 2 a.m., scrubbed up with the midwife and eagerly delivered his beautiful baby boy!”






http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/29-insanely-touching-photos-of-dads-in-the-delivery-room_us_593ebebae4b0b13f2c6cb9b6

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/35-moving-birth-photos-of-dads-helping-their-babies-into-the-world_us_575ed6fbe4b0e39a28ae4260

Lalasticlala, Mynd44

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Awwww...dear Lord in heaven! I thank God for them for each other o...love and companionship make very difficult situations endurable. It is well.

Biko Explorers, are they both OK now

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Laurel's Funeral.

Nancy said throughout her parents' last years, she did not only took photos but recorded conversations, trying to preserve every moment.

She said:

'The recordings revealed profound recollections on important things in life and advice'




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Moving Laurel's body from home to the morgue.

Just one day short of her husband's first death anniversary, Laurel died in December 2014, in her own bed as her family members hugged her.

Nancy said: 'When I was cleaning out the family home with my siblings, we were going through things and kind of figuring out who our parents were.

They never wanted to be defined by their cancer.

They were so much more than their sickness'

A year after his diagnosis, Howie died in December, 2013.

He was buried in his favorite jeans, hat and his beloved New York Giants jersey.






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Laurel touching her late husband in the coffin at the funeral.

Howie and Laurel Borowick embrace in the bedroom of their home.

In their thirty-four year marriage, they never could have imagined being diagnosed with stage-4 cancer at the same time.


Chappaqua, New York.

Howie and Laurel receiving a phone call from the hospital that informed them about their latest scans

The drive to chemotherapy treatment takes half an hour, Howie and Laurel Borowick take turns, resting and driving, depending on whose getting treatment that day.


Greenwich, Connecticut.

Photograher Nancy, their daughter bumped up her wedding early so both of her parents could escort her down the aisle on her special day.

2013.

On the eve of new rounds of chemotherapy treatment, Laurel and Howie Borowick take a last minute trip to Florida.


Naples, Florida. January, 2013.

It’s a familiar afternoon scene around the Borowick home, with Howie fast asleep, exhausted from the week’s chemo and Laurel, hiswife, waking him with a loving kiss on the forehead.

Chappaqua, New York. March 2013.

In the kitchen, Howie Borowick breaks into a bouncing dance to hopefully get a smile out of wife, Laurel.

Chappaqua, New York. February, 2013.

At the Rodolfo Valentin Salon in Manhattan, Laurel Borowick gets fitted for a new wig, as she gave away most of her older wigs from previous cancer diagnosis.

New York, February, 2013.

After three breast cancer diagnoses, and undergoing chemotherapy treatment multiple times, losing her hair for a third time seemed inevitable and unfair to Laurel Borowick.

Cancer has taken her breast and her hair, leaving her feeling like she no longer looks like a woman anymore.



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Laurel playing with tufts of hair after her husband helped her to shave it.


New York. February, 2013.