The Birth of Olea - A Tampa Bay Surrogate Journey

I have never experienced surrogacy or IVF myself. I can only imagine what it feels like to see your baby for the very first time as a cluster of cells on a screen, and dare to hope.

And yet. Look at her.

That tiny embryo on the phone — that i

As a mom of three I know exactly what is happening in this moment and it is NOT comfortable.
And yet. Look at her face.
After a water birth, with her baby nursing for the first time and her placenta already earthside, she is somewhere completely unre

Things I’ve been meaning to get off my chest. Swipe.

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2026 availability update 🌙

I’m booked June through September, with one birth story available each month for October, November, and December.

If you’re due later this year and have been thinking about documenting your birth, this is you

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Black Woman birth photographer providing birth photography and videography services to home birth, birth center, and hospital birthing parents in the Tampa Bay Area.

Regardless of what your family looks like, whatever your body type is, whatever your skin color, or choice of birth location, whether you identify as a woman, man, or nonbinary….All birthing people are always accepted.

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