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Amie Bogart
| Dove & Lioness Doula Services |
Award-Winning Birth & Motherhood Photography
& Certified Birth Doula Services

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All of 2026
Doula Support & Photography

Serving all areas around Hanover, Pennsylvania

10/09/2026

A Birth Story | Fall 2026

📸+🪄 PA Birth Photographer & Doula | Amie Bogart
CPM Be Fruitful Midwifery
Student MW Charity Neely

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Hanover Pennsylvania Birth Photographer

10/06/2026

If you guys need a home birth midwife, I cannot point any harder at Be Fruitful Birth in Gardners, PA. Both hands, all fingers–an amazing human to catch (or watch you catch) your baby. 💛

10/05/2026

The Sneak Peeks you didn’t know you needed for your Monday :)

I am thrilled to share these and eventually remaining images from the birth gallery. Apologies in advance for the amount of posts you’ll see with these gorgeous moments.

A beautiful birth, in more ways than one.

MW | Be Fruitful Midwifery
SMW | Charity Neely
📸+🪄 | PA Birth Photographer & Doula | Amie Bogart

Hanover Pennsylvania Birth Photographer

10/03/2026

✨Born in the Veil✨
Sometimes your water doesn’t break. Sometimes, your baby is born in the sac that surrounded them during the entire pregnancy. Sometimes, we are lucky enough to witness this amazing moment. And this last birth was the first time for me.

At the beginning of this Mom’s labor, we stood up in her bedroom talking about her previous labors, water breaking (or not) and babies that come covered.

Just a few hours later, her baby was born in the very way we had been talking about only a few hours earlier.

FYI… your water doesn’t HAVE to be broken to have a baby 🫶 neither at home nor the hospital.

08/18/2026

SEVEN.

I want to talk about the number 7. I want to talk about the number 7 in this birth, in all births, in birth’s design.

In all birth, regardless of if it is a surgical delivery or a vaginal birth. The baby has to pass through the number 7.

7 Cardinal Movements to navigate from the womb to the world. Through tissue, through bone, through muscle, through blood, through water, through tension, through pain. 7 cardinal movements that engage, descend, flex, rotate, extend, rotate again, and finally expulsion as the baby is born.

7 Layers are cut, torn, stretched, and moved to the side during a surgical delivery. Skin, fat tissue, fascia, muscle, peritoneum, uterus, and finally the amniotic sac.

SEVEN.

In this particular birth, seven, was present more than just a common occurrence in birth like it normally is. It was in the contraction pattern—consistently 7 minutes apart, it was in hours, it was the amount of medical professionals in the OR…

The Hand of God in every little thing.

07/30/2026

Oh my goodness, where does one even start with this birth.

This mom in 2024 was the second birth I EVER attended, and the first portfolio labor I did (meaning we traded pictures for business use). She labored for super long, had a c-section (and a very cute little boy), and left her birth feeling a little down about it going different than planned.

Fast forward this year, I’m no longer in Kansas, I have my own baby, we are really great friends, and she says “I’m pregnant!!! I want you to be my doula!” I was super excited for her and she was super excited for her TOLAC, hopeful VBAC.

We spent months prepping, preparing, talking, processing, etc. Finally, she went into labor!

Of course, because I couldn’t be there in person, we did a lot of virtual support and even arranged for her mom (who used to be a professional photographer) to take pictures during her birth (something her mom had never done before).

Mom labored to 10cm unmedicated, pushed for a bit, decided to get the epidural, rested, and eventually had to battle with a swollen cervix. After trying several things, mom and dad decided to do a c-section and meet their baby girl.

When we talked about her labor and birth after, she couldn’t stop saying how she had so much fun and felt so happy, proud, and how even though she had a sunroof baby—she had a positive experience.

I can’t take credit for that. She did so much prep on her own to make sure that if she did have a c/s, she would feel at peace knowing she exhausted literally every option.

Surgical birth is not the enemy. Being uninformed, unwilling to adapt, and stubborn (not in the good way in birth) is what sets you up to have a less than positive experience. Mentally preparing and knowing you have options, informed consent, and you are the deciding factor helps prep your brain for the changes that will occur during your birth.

Birth never goes according to plan. Plans never go according to birth. And yet, when you are educated and put in the work, your birth will go according to your informed decisions.

Well done, mama!!

📸: Alaetha Thomas’ amazing mom
🪄: PA Birth Photographer & Doula | Amie Bogart

07/19/2026

New to the Crew 🫶

One of my favorite newborn sessions to date. Gorgeous light, simple colors, gorgeous babe.

More like these please 🙏

06/03/2026

It’s quite rare that a birth I attend occurs during the day. Often, labor may progress during the day, but usually, by the time baby is born, the sun has set and the moon is one of the firsts to greet the newest human.  I love daylight births for the photography part of it, obviously, daylight is easier to work with and often results in crispy-er images. I love the softness from low-light births, but walking into a labor room and being met with HUGE windows for a morning/noon birth is just the gift you get here and there.

This birth was a very quick IOL and baby decided that they wanted to see sunlight instead of fluoresce lights.  Here are some of my favorites, I will more than likely share more soon!

05/26/2026

Thankful for someone who makes me slow down. :)

That’s all. That’s the post.

05/12/2026

This is why it matters who surrounds you in labor. These women that you invite in, they are with you from the very moment it starts until it all set and done, and they are STILL with you, even once your baby is born. Forever. In the memories of that day. The faces that surround you as you meet your child.

The people on your team are holding you, grounding you, cheering you on, crying with you, braiding your hair, rubbing your back, giving you water, holding your hands, surrounding and supporting YOU.

The “bridesmaids” of your Labor Day, are the biggest decisions of your life. Not the onesie you’ll put baby in. Not the bassinet they won’t sleep in. Not the color of the nursery wall. The women who hold you through the biggest change.

Are you content and secure with your birth team?

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