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MrserinJ
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Would you tape your birth?
MrserinJ
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I have a friend who just gave birth and she video taped it! I have heard of people doing this, but personally, I never would. I remember feeling it and I'm afraid that if I taped it the first time, and then saw it, I would never want to do it again! LOL. Don't get me wrong, it was a beautiful moment, but I'm glad I didn't see it happen. I also would never want a mirror placed in front of me. DH watched and while he said it was amazing and he wouldn't trade that experience for the world, he's glad we didn't tape it either, because those images are in his mind forever and he won't need to watch a video to remember them!
Would you video your birth? And if you are planning to, is it just for personal use, or would you show it to others? I'm just not comfortable with it, but that's just my personal opinion!
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Re: Would you tape your birth?
I want to tape if not necessarily because I want to see the baby coming out of my vagina but to remind me of the experience of birthing as a whole. I don't think I would show it to anyone, probably just for myself. I doubt DH would ever want to watch it.
Plus we just got a Vid Cam that records HD quality and I plan to take some stills as well for a scrapbook.
No way!
Let me tell you a story. lol
When H was about 12 he was at his friend's house. They were looking for a tape of a movie that his friend recorded on TV. They found a tape that was not labeled. What do they see as soon as it starts playing? Up close and personal of the friend's sister's vag with a baby coming out.
I don't think so...
My hubby and I are buying a high-definition video camera to record our baby's first moments (and much more, obviously), but I don't think we'll be recording the birth. It doesn't seem to me like something either of us would want to look back on afterwards...>.>
LOL that reminds me of the story my DH told me about when him and his brother were little and found a tape under his mom's bed and lo and behold it was a "home movie"courtesy of mom and dad!
To the OP: no videotaping, lots of after pics though!
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I am having a repeat c-section. While I wouldn't tape the whole birth, I would love to have the moment the baby is lifted from me (minus cut-open belly shot) and to hear those first cries. DH got them on our digital camera with baby #2 and I love it. There's no shots (that I can recall) of my gaping belly, just of the baby. Then DH followed the baby with the camera while he got weighed and they did their initial tests. I wasn't able to see any of that since I was being stitched up, so I am so glad DH got that footage. It's priceless!
That said... if I were having a vaginal birth... no, I would not want my labor/delivery taped. Once the baby is freshly "out" - yes. But no hoo-ha shots, thanks.
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SO taped the birth of our son and yes i plan on doing it this time around as well. He did better than I thought he would considering DS was the 1st child for the both of us & he's never witnessed anything like that before! I've only watched it twice, but seeing as how I was only in labor for 5 hours, the actual pushing until baby popped out part only lasted MAYBE 5 mins.
I've actually been asked to record the births for my friend for all three of her children. Not only did it help me prepare mentally for my own birth but I made sure not to get too graphic...heck it wasn't anything I wanted to see either, at least from my friend. Two of her births were water births though so being underwater it's just not that graphic.
Now, do I want to? I don't know. I wouldn't mind recording the moment the baby is given to me the first time, whether it's right after birth or however it will be done. I think it's a beautiful moment to capture if you can. Not the laboring part though...I'm sure I won't want to remember that hahaha.
Yes, we are more than likely going to tape the birth...being that my husband is going to be deployed in Iraq and this is our first baby! But we'll definitely be leaving out the direct shots of my vagina ...but I definitely want to capture this experience if for some reason he is on a convoy and is not able to skype the birth with me!
This is something I'm going to be inquiring about with OB's I check out in the states. (We are stationed in Germany right now but I am going home to the states for the duration of my pregnancy in about 2 weeks and will be staying with family until the baby is about 3 mos old, then my husband will come to the states after his deployment to meet our LO and bring us back to Germany along with our 2 labs that are at my parents.)