Our First 3 Months With a Baby as Photographers (The Honest Truth)

Becoming parents while running a full-time photography business has been the most life-changing (and honestly, challenging) chapter of our lives. In this episode of Say Cheese, we open up about everything from pregnancy struggles, birth stories, and postpartum recovery to what it really looks like balancing newborn life with destination weddings, editing, and building a business. This isn’t a highlight reel, it’s the real, unfiltered truth about the transition from photographers to parents. What you’ll hear in this episode: - Our honest pregnancy + birth experience (including 60 hours of labor) - How we prepared our photography business for time off - Breastfeeding, pumping, and navigating postpartum recovery - Balancing newborn life with wedding season - What parenthood is teaching us about creativity, identity, and resilience Timestamps 00:00 – Becoming parents while running a photography business 04:32 – Pregnancy struggles and birth story (60 hours of labor) 12:48 – Preparing our photography business for time off 19:55 – Postpartum recovery: breastfeeding, pumping, and healing 28:40 – Balancing newborn life with destination weddings 36:12 – Editing, travel, and sleep deprivation 45:30 – How parenthood shifts identity and creativity 52:47 – Lessons we’re taking into photography and life If you’re a photographer, creative, or parent juggling business and family—you’ll relate to this one.