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s/o birth videos

goinggreengirlgoinggreengirl
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How many of you recorded your labor and delivery? I'm going back and forth right now about it. We have a video camera and tripod we could set up. I don't want extra people there just to record and I don't want DH away from me having to worry about it...

So, if you recorded, how did you do it and were you glad that you did?

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  • renee143renee143 member
    the camera (a flip) was my doula's but a nurse ended uo filming.  i'm very glad i have it!
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  • luvlieKluvlieK member
    Never ever would I want it on film. ?jmo :o)
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  • jk09uhed89jk09uhed89

    that was something i always said i would never do.

    at my baby shower some friends talked about it and said that i should record it and if i decide i dont want to watch it after the fact then i can just delete it, and that no one else has to ever see it and all that. i was not convinced

    then my doula suggested the same thing...

    then dh bought the camera "just in case i changed my mind"

    our doula grabbed the camera just before he crowned and recorded from there till he was out.

    i knew it was on the camera so when we came home from the hospital i hid the camera. i didnt want to see it or think about it or anything. i ended up watching it a month later. i started the video and stopped it maybe 3 times before i finally was able to watch the whole thing. and by the end of it i was in tears. im secretly glad i have that. no one but me and dh will ever see it or know that it exists. and thats just fine with me

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  • smurfetteinredsmurfetteinred

    imageluvlieK:
    Never ever would I want it on film.  jmo :o)

    We really were meant for each other luvlie Wink. I can understand why some people would want it on film but I myself would not want to watch mine! 

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  • TCsbrideTCsbride member

    imageluvlieK:
    Never ever would I want it on film.  jmo :o)

    I feel the same way as Luvlie.....but then again, during each my my births they were more worried about the babies being preamture and having problems than if they could hold the video camera. Plus, I can say that both times, a tri pod would have gotten knocked over probably in all the rush.

    I have pictures of DH and I and our babies both the first time we held them (both in the NICU) and personally, that is enough for me.

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  • SWBs WifeySWBs Wifey
    DH and I tossed the idea around. Ultimately, my craptastic hospital made the decision for us: NO VIDEO RECORDING in the delivery room. Reason #329847298374298374 that I will be trying for a birthing center for #2.
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  • goinggreengirlgoinggreengirl

    I'm planning a home birth so there will be DH, me and two midwives. I might just set it up in the corner of the room and if it gets the birth, fine, if not, no big deal. And, if it's an easy labor, I might ask the assistant midwife to record the actual birth...

    I don't know. I guess we'll just play it by ear and have the camera ready just in case...

    And I would never let anyone else see the video! Only me and DH!

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  • cooksrcooksr
    we didn't have a video camera for #1 but did for #2. DH propped it up on a shelf when I got out of the tub to start pushing - it's amazing! I think he taped for about 30 minutes or so (i only had 4 pushing cx) and we watched it the day after we got home from the hospital and both were crying by the end of it. I could watch it fairly often - it was such an amazing and beautiful experience. I'm glad we did it.
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