There’s apparently a slowly growing trend for photographers to capture every moment of your baby’s life, right down from when they first appear into the world.
A lady called Shelley Brinkley is in today’s papers who declares that it is great to see your child born yourself, and has a PG version that she shows out to friends and family.
We’ve certainly come a long way from years ago when nobody was allowed in and the husband had to pace up and down wearing the floor out outside the delivery room. Seeing anything would have just been wrong.
Nowadays, not only can the father be in the delivery room, you can get the world, his dog, and a photographer click clacking away in the corner to watch every moment of the baby about to shoot out of your bits and share the moment to the world.
You want to put it on a dvd? Great, yes we can do that. Pull up a chair, grab your popcorn and watch a baby shoot out of your relative’s fuff. We’ll make a cinema night of it.
That a bit too graphic? They do PGย versions too, you can just share your crucial bonding moments and baby falling asleep on you at the skin to skin contact moment and you looking like death warmed up and thinking “thank ***** that’s out of me at last.”
(Or maybe that’s just me.)
Is nothing sacred anymore?! Come on people. I’m all for sharing via media (heck, I’m on the internet often enough) but some things you just need to draw the line at.
Some things mean a whole lot more when they’re something special between you and your partner……
What do you think?!
I certainly wouldnt want anybody other than my husband in the room (and obviously the medical profession) the last thing i would want is someone down there with a whacking great big flash extension trying to get every detail! Not for me in afraid…
I have to agree with you, Wendy. How long before they’re offering to film the conception as well?
Shhh, don’t go giving them ideas. Although some probably already do! ๐
Of course it is up to the parents if they wish to choose this but to be able to make an informed decision they should understand the delicate dance of hormones involved in birth. Oxytocin, the love hormone/shy hormone is responsible for the length, strength and frequency of contractions and only really works in dark, loving, safe, quiet, private conditions…..and a photographer, film maker, 2 midwives, an anxious dad and people coming in and our of the birthing room is a recipe for ‘disaster’. Think of cats….they find a nice quiet spot in the middle of the night to birth their kittens, if we filmed them their bodies would just stop the birth process and wait until a safer moment.
Just wrong! A couple of pics taken by hubby or midwife with most of mum covered up is absolutely fine.
I agree, even if you did have rather graphic photos, surely they would be for your own memories rather than to show around, but sadly I know a few people who would have them up on Facebook in a flash! ;D
There was a story about a woman who was planning to give birth as an art installation wasn’t there? Bonkers as conkers.
Ah yes, I remember reading something about that a while ago – someone was wanting to give birth on display or something!
Mad as hatters…. ๐
My husband took photos of our son being born by c-section. It wasn’t planned, and certainly not something we’d have ever thought of doing but during the surgery someone told him to take a pic and he just did as he was told! The pics are amazing ๐ I wouldn’t want a proper photographer in there with us but as you don’t get to see a c-section properly yourself I love looking at the photos of our son being born! (they’re not on facebook or anything though. Yuck!)
Just goes to show how different we all are, doesn’t it?! I personally would feel very squeamish SEEING the birth in all its ‘glory’, it was enough for me to know it WAS happening without seeing it as well!
As they say, each to their own! ๐
Im definitely not up for having every moment of a birth of mine photographed. But my hubs is a photographer and as soon as Holly was born, I was grateful of our first family picture, and the first picture of her opening her eyes, at a proffessional standard! They’re wonderful TASTEFUL pictures! http://www.ar-blog.co.uk/2011/09/holly/
Being 14 weeks away from the arrival I can think of nothing worse than having a strange photographer in the room with me, I’ve booked a new born session for about 10 days after but the actual ‘moment’ is going to be just for me and NED. Having said that I do like watching one born every minute…….. ? But to see myself go through it – no I’d just like to remember the meeting bit! ๐ฎ
Personally I can’t think of anything worse than a photographer detailing my every contraction and grimace of pain. Next we will be having birthing room parties!