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April 19, 2008

New mothers

In pictures: Nadav Kander captures the first precious, exhausted moments after childbirth

pictures of mothers just after birth — **Jane Power**
Age: 34
Labour: 12 hours
Delivery by emergency caesarean
Baby: Robert Alfred, 8lb 12oz Photograph: Nadav Kander/Freelance

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