1 Mom Photographed the Birth of Her Son, and Holy Moly, That's Some Next-Level Multitasking

Megan Mattiuzzo, a mom from Buffalo, NY, knew she wanted to savor every moment of giving birth to her son Easton Louis. And given her background as a professional photographer, that meant capturing her son's birth with her very own camera on March 6. Yes, you read that right. The mom balanced her Nikon D5 on her stomach and snapped photo after photo as she was bringing her child into the world.

"When I first found out I was pregnant, I knew that this was something I wanted to capture for myself," Megan told POPSUGAR. "I have friends in the birth photography field who said they would be happy to capture the moment for me. But I didn't want just the moment captured, I wanted it from my perspective! Thankfully, my doctor and husband were both on board."

And for Megan — whose epidural wasn't 100 percent successful — juggling both childbirth and photography was a serious feat. "I could still feel the right side of my body and a spot on the left side of my stomach," she explained. "I almost didn't take the photos because of a failed epidural, but I knew I would regret it if I didn't. I told the doctors as I started to push to turn the room lights off and just keep the spot lights above the bed on to make for a better photo."

Finally, after handing off her camera to her husband for 15 minutes, she was ready to immortalize the special moment. "Between two contractions I set the setting on my camera and gave it to my husband . . . When I was ready, he handed it to me as I curled my chin to my chest to push. I balanced the bottom of the camera on my stomach to look through the viewfinder," she explained. "Then I captured the best moments of my life. The first time I got to see my son, the first breath he took. It was the best day of my life and I know I will always remember it."

Although taking her own birth photos was far from easy, Megan will always look back on the experience fondly.

"I'm so happy that I did it for myself," she said. "I get to look back and see it through my eyes again and again. These photos will be important to my family forever . . . As hard as labor was, these pictures don't take me back to that pain. They take me back to the joy I felt seeing him for the first time: hearing him cry, knowing he was OK. These photos will always be a happy memory for me."

Read on to see the very first seconds of baby Easton's life.