Dove & Lioness Doula

05/26/2026

Thankful for someone who makes me slow down. :)

That’s all. That’s the post.

05/12/2026

This is why it matters who surrounds you in labor. These women that you invite in, they are with you from the very moment it starts until it all set and done, and they are STILL with you, even once your baby is born. Forever. In the memories of that day. The faces that surround you as you meet your child.

The people on your team are holding you, grounding you, cheering you on, crying with you, braiding your hair, rubbing your back, giving you water, holding your hands, surrounding and supporting YOU.

The “bridesmaids” of your Labor Day, are the biggest decisions of your life. Not the onesie you’ll put baby in. Not the bassinet they won’t sleep in. Not the color of the nursery wall. The women who hold you through the biggest change.

Are you content and secure with your birth team?

04/23/2026

Often times, I feel like the power of touch is so often forgotten between partners in labor. Whether it’s being afraid to interrupt, afraid to disrupt, afraid to just be in the moment, whatever it is—it has such a strong impact on labor.

Births that need the support people all in, typically see an increase in touching, whether that’s a firm hold, a little gesture (like fixing and cutting off a long ID band), or whole body support—the need is there. Support it and welcome it.

04/07/2026

Wow. You guys, I don’t even know where to start.

On March 20th, the International Association of Professional Birth Photographers (IAPBP) announced the winners of their 2026 competition for images captured in 2025.

This was my second year entering, my second year being utterly shocked to have been recognized, and my second year ever of birth photography… and somehow, both years, I have been recognized internationally, globally, worldwide, literally whichever word you want to use, little me was recognized.

This year, before winners were even announced, I decided that I would submit to the local papers in hoped of starting a conversation. Maybe they would find it neat that I had gotten Top 20% in 2025, maybe they would find what I do interesting, maybe… just maybe… it would start to change the narrative on birth for those who live in the same little geographical area that I do.

Come March 20th, at 8am, I laid in bed scrolling through the awardees on the website, “Oh! I voted for that one! Oh!! I love that one!! Wow!! Oh my goodness I LOVEEE that one! …wait… that’s mine???” Right there in it’s little display…

“‘Held’ Honorable Mention – Amie Bogart – United States”

Surely it wasn’t real, so I refreshed the screen, yet still there it was, staring back at me. My name, my image’s title, my country I am representing, the image that literally was a once in a lifetime shot, with one candle for light, some dim salt lamps backlighting everyone, and me… standing on the corner of the tub, balancing on one leg, supporting my second camera body for video, and watching this family grow through the screen on my camera.

It was my image.

My art.

Honorable Mention means something to me, especially with my second year of birth photography. It’s confirmation. Confirmation that my passion has a purpose, confirmation that these images influence people, confirmation that I am still learning, still growing.

A few Fridays ago when I checked my email, I had an email from the lovely Liz Caples with The Gettysburg Times. She wanted to do a story. Little did I know it would be a front page story, and pretty much the longest article in that edition of the paper.

And then, after an initial delay on Thursday, on Good Friday, (:’)) my feature came out, and her story was phenomenal. She shared the change that I hope to see around birth culture, the ways that we need to bring the conversation to those around us. She gave platform to my dream.��That same morning, I had a lovely woman reach out to me, simply congratulating me, cheering me on, telling me “thank you” for the work I do with mothers and women. She was 79, and just wanted to thank me, for me.

I was anxious to see my faith be represented in the article. I hoped it was included, I hoped it came across how I wanted it to be portrayed–as this gift is literally only through Him. Liz did an amazing job. I truly cannot sing her praises enough.��This is how it changes.

This is how a conversation starts.

This is how we change the narrative around birth.

And time and time again I’ll say, Jesus be the center of it all.

04/06/2026

Mother’s Day Minis!!
$75.00 to book, $75.00 due day of!��

It’s April, which means its times I start advertising for the Mother’s Day minis!!��These sessions will be 45ish minutes, in your home (because sometimes traveling is just not the move), and will have high quality, edited images delivered to you via online gallery. You will receive approximately 50 images.

Here’s the fun part. Because motherhood is absolutely chaotic and we are busy humans, you can book these sessions and schedule for whenever you like. So, if baby isn’t born yet, you can take advantage of this offer and stuff it away in your back pocket until it is time!��

My motherhood and newborn sessions typically run at more than double this Mother’s Day special, so I would say it’s a steal of a deal, especially because it doesn’t expire!��My editing style is candid storytelling, warm, cinematic, nostalgic, and really just works to capture and express the feelings of motherhood and newborn days.��I am happy to answer any questions you may have!��

Amie Bogart
Dove & Lioness Doula Services
Hanover, PA

04/03/2026

I am so excited to share more about this soon!!!

When Amie Bogart photographed a mother cradling her newborn in the water moments after birth, the Adams County native captured more than an intimate family milestone: she captured an image

03/27/2026

To the Dad, because home is you…

Something that I feel is constantly being asked or misunderstood about doula support is where the dads fall into the role if someone is there to “take over”. About 90% of the families I serve are married, and with that, obviously Dad wants to be involved and has concerns about his role when a doula is hired. 

I will be the first to tell you, and the first to shout it from the rooftops… I. Do. Not. Replace. Him. I can’t. Even if I wanted to (which I don’t), you two are the ones that created that baby and this is YOUR child that is being brought into the world.

And for the dads… you do not have to know everything. Of course, education and being informed is going to be your biggest help, sometimes all your wife is going to need is for you to sit there, and simply be.

Hold her.
Hold her hands.
Hold the space.
Hold her when it feels like everything is overwhelming.

Amie Bogart
Dove & Lioness Doula Services
9104039792
dovelionessdoula.com
Serving Hanover, PA and surrounding areas.

03/22/2026

World Doula Week & World Doula Day

Man what a busy few days it has been for all of us birth photographers and birth workers!! And then today, the kick off of World Doula Week is World Doula Day.

As a doula, I’m often fighting the uphill battle again what we can and cannot do, my own expectations, others opinions, and ultimately, continuing to better myself and educate myself to serve the families that choose me to walk along side them.

The environment around birth is 2026 is honestly sad. Women are still so deeply afraid, terrified, doubtful, and distrusting of themselves and the design of their body. While sometimes, birth does need support, more often than not, we can trust that design. We can lean whole heartedly into labor and trust that our babies are working hard to meet us too.

Birth belongs to women. It always has. Somewhere along the lines things got skewed. Labor was no longer sacred and intimate, it was bright lights, legs splayed open, and constant distrust in oneself and “trust” in someone who does not know your body like you do.

In honor of this week, those who book a birth photography package before the end of March (woot woot an extension) will receive complimentary doula support, and those who book doula support will receive a full birth gallery.

Available months: August*, September, October, November, and December. The rest are completely booked.

If you are not pregnant or searching for a doula or birth photographer, share this with someone who is.

The tide is changing.

03/22/2026

2026 | IAPBP Judges’ Choice “Honorable Mention” – “Held”

You guys, I don’t even know what to say... This was my second full (but also not) year of birth photography. In 2025, I served clients, placed Top 20% (“Emotions”) Internationally in this very contest, had my own baby (2 days later), moved from Kansas to Pennsylvania, supported and captured 4 different families as they welcomed their babies, and made connections along the way.

I had a goal for this year’s image competition. I wanted to place, and I wanted to place better than my Top 20% with “Emotions” than last year. While I image-wise did not fall into that Top 20% of submissions, I feel like I almost did better (even if it’s not the statistical case).

This year, this image, “Held” from my very last birth of 2025 received a Judges’ recognition for Honorable Mention. It was PICKED. BY A JUDGE. TO BE INCLUDED. Out of HUNDREDS of submissions, for two years in a row, I have been awarded and recognized. That is so mind-boggling, I truly cannot wrap my head around it. Thank you, God, for the gift and the vision and for placing me in this phenomal work that I can call my job. It’s the best one ever. And not only all of that, but I’m pretty sure I’m the only one within PA that was recognized. Most of the awarded were overseas!! Which is also super neat.

Thank you to the family for sharing their birth story. You will ultimately be the reason that someone begins to question the narrative around birth, maybe the reason they switch from hospital to home birth, or maybe they tell someone about the image, and two lives change.

You trust to share images from your birth is the first little drop in the water that begins to cause the ripples... may they reach far and wide.

Thank you to everyone who supported me. Thank you to the Judges who gave amazing feedback on the images I submitted.

See you next year IAPBP, thank you for helping me grow.