It’s completely natural to be protective over your brand new baby (or your child of any age, for that matter), but you can be assured that I’m very experienced at handling newborns.
Your session will be totally baby led, and I’ll always be watching to check that your baby’s temperature is right, their circulation is good, and that they’re comfortable at all times. Of course your baby will sometimes cry during their session, but I’m skilled at knowing whether they’re just having a bit of a grumble or whether we need to make adjustments to get them comfortable.
All the poses I use are safe for your baby, and I would never leave them unsupported or able to startle and fall. Where poses require extra help, I’ll ask for assistance from a parent and use digital compositing to create a lovely image in a situation where it wouldn’t be safe to leave your baby unsupported: an example of this would be a picture you might have seen showing a newborn in a hat or helmet, or resting their head on their hands. In cases like these, there’s always a parent supporting them from different angles, and then the images are stitched together to remove the parent from the final image.