Real Birth Footage

Girls I don't know what I was thinking when I did a Google search for real birth footage. I guess I was just curious having never experienced or seen a birth before. At first I was shocked and thinking to myself, 'what have I got myself in for, how am I going to do that' but mind you I was in tears as I watched the baby arrive and saw the reaction of the parents when they were handled their baby. I guess I am glad I saw this footage as it is helping me prepare my mind what is going to happen in just 5 months time. I would rather be prepared than rudely shocked!

If you wan to check it out and make sure you have a box of tissues before you click the link below!

Actual Footage of Giving Birth : Videos of Mothers Giving Birth to Babies

We had a camera set up out of the way for the birth of our daughter. Photos are one thing but the video is just that much better. The first cry always brings tears to my eyes (we also taped her first cry on our mini recorder) It is such a precious thing to have and look back on. And I think (well hope) she will cherish it when she is bigger :)

Sign me up - I want another one!

I wouldn't be too happy with that OB though. For a bit there I didn't think he was going to hand her over to Mum ;)

It was a nice calm birth though and it gave me a sniffle or 2 :D

Must admit I thought the same thing. I think he liked being on TV! Yes I think she had a Epidural...

Typical American birth though... No skin-to-skin contact, ob does all the 'work' (apparently), epidural, episiotomy (did you hear him say 'I just have to make a little more room here') and all that suctioning once the baby was born!

No way would I want him for my delivery!

that was awsome to watch. made me cry! thanks for sharing that with us darl :)

opps have to watch it again I don't think I recognised the suctioning...
So typically what is different to an American birth to an Aussie birth (besides the beer in the fridge)?

I didn't think of her having an epidural. I was calm like that for my first and it was drug free.

Awwwww! And didn't look scary at all. I can't wait! Raven - I know what you mean about the OB - I would hope the baby would be put straight on mum's chest, that's what I'd like.

Yep I needed two tissues... what an amazing thing to experience. I can't believe that will be me in 5 months! Just makes me more impatient to meet my little buba!

Oh I cried at the end when they were looking at the baby and saying how beautiful it was.
I would have been telling him to give me my baby though!! jeez!!

I wanted to see a bit more iykwim Yes I have had 3 babies but I have never seen it from the busness end... I want to see what BHL has been talking about all this time!!!

He tells anyone who will listen to him not to go down there lol poor bugger just as he went for a sneek peak with DS my waters broke all over him :ROFL:

Hate to tell you girls mine was nothing like that I was very very vocal I always get told to harness all the energy I am giving to screaming into pushing my babies out.... I think I just hurt there ears to much!!!

Awww What a beautiful baby

I think you need to have another person filming though.. her Dh should have been holding her hand lol

That BO was like no its my baby.. Hand it over matey!!

Tali I yelled quite a bit for my others but I was a lot quieter the first time for some reason. You'd think it would be the other way around ;)

No Raven you have it the right way as with the others you know whats comming

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Maybe I might try to be peaceful with my last but dont like my chances lol Like DR Phil always says past behaviour is a good indercator of future behaviour....

When I started reading I thought I can't possibly watch that. I'm telling myself that no matter what I won't be able to prepare myself until it actually happens. But no I've changed my mind I'm going to google it now!!

On YouTube they have lovely natural births with NO knOB's, they are the ones you want to look at!!!!

These made me mad at the 'delivery', its a BIRTH!!!!!!!!

Give the blasted kid to its Mum you TOSSER!!!!!

Sorry, that made me so mad!!!!!

I haven't looked at the footage but just wanted to say it is probably a good idea to look at some real birth footage to give you an idea of what it's like.

I'd only seen the birth shows on Foxtel. I'd watched heaps and none of them prepared me for the reality of birth. It all seemed so nice and orderly and well controlled by drugs, resting nicely inbetween contractions, chatting to relatives etc, it wasn't like that for me.

Most of those shows are from the US and they do seem to do things differently to us.

There seems to be two types of birth - the natural drug free kind in a birth centre or at home or the highly interfered with kind at a hospital.

At hospital there all women appear to be hooked up to monitors quite early in the labour and most of them seem to get offered epidurals before they've even experienced proper contractions (they barely seem in pain). I was never hooked up to any kind of monitor even though I had a long labour and at times it was difficult for them to hear bubs heart. In most cases here they will not offer you an epidural - it's something you have to ask for and they'll normally only administer it once you've been in quite a bit of pain and tried the other options first.

They don't seem to use gas in the US, or if they do they don't show it on the shows.

They pretty much always have a doctor deliver their baby whereas here it's midwives who do that (unless complications arise).

In the US they seem to offer induction drugs quite early when labour is not progressing as it should, whereas here the midwives will let you go way longer before any interventions happen.

The birth shows on TV sanitise the whole process. They make it look less painful than it is (I think because most of them have had epidurals), cleaner than it is, quicker than it is. They always make it look like women just push a couple of times and out pops baby but they've obviously heavily edited the footage as most women would push for more than the time they show. I pushed for almost two hours, they would've had to make a mini series out of my birth!!!

Unfortunately I only saw footage that resembled my birth experience after the birth. Had I seen that beforehand I would've been far better prepared as I would've done a lot more reading on labour, particularly on stage 2 labour - it was much harder than I expected it to be. I found it really hard to hold my breath while pushing.

I was quite vocal through my birth too and my DF got a slap in the face as well (accidental).

Dont hate me girls but I must be the only one that liked the OB, I think he made it really relaxed with his jokes etc. I agree mum should have had bubs given to her quicker but that wouldn't make me not want to use THAT OB, I'd just put it in birth plan & explain beforehand that I want bubs put straight onto my chest.

As I said... dont hate me LOL :lol: