There is a quiet time that comes before any arrival. A time of waiting, transformation, and invisible construction, where everything begins to take shape before it even exists in the world. Pregnancy holds this rare pause, where time slows down and what truly matters becomes more tangible.

Documenting this moment is a way of honoring the depth of what is being lived right now. Not just the anticipation, but the connection, the changes, the bond that already exists before the first meeting. Because in the end, this beginning, as intense as it is fleeting, deserves to be remembered with the same weight with which it is felt.