28 Days Later

At about 2am on Saturday 18^th September my wife woke me to tell me that she thought her contractions had started. This was it. It was the day I would meet my daughter. It doesn’t feel like it was yesterday when I found out I’d be a dad. I was excited, happy and slightly nervous of what it would be like. Then all of a sudden it was here, today would be the day. Labour is something that isn’t spoken about. I now understand why and I will maintain my silence – but labour is an apt word for it. Our labour was very short, from the moment the waters broke to her birth was recorded t 4 hours and 17 minutes. At 3:10pm on Saturday 18^th September I was holding my daughter Laila Sapphire in my arms.

Before she was born and inspired by my good friend Gerry Alexis I decided to photograph my daughter every day for 365 days till her 1^st birthday.

Here are the first 28 days of Laila’s life.

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