[Airborne1986]

To each his own, but when is the appropriate time to whip out a video of your wife having an episiotomy?

[satchmodog9]

My wife would shove the camera in my mouth if I tried to film her. I don't blame her. On another note, I was born at Swedish Covenant. Whoopie.

[Chickensoup]

To each his own, but when is the appropriate time to whip out a video of your wife having an episiotomy?


Right after dessert is served while passing out coffee.

Personally, I think that all meetings with lawyers should be videotaped.

[edpc]

Viviana Chapman, who's due to give birth on March 1, was looking forward to capturing the event on camera. "This was going to be our memory forever," she says.

Something tells me, even without the videotape, she won't soon forget it.

[kevkrom]

Thankfully, our hospital had no problems with me bringing in the still or video cameras -- they requested only that I did not film the actual delivery. I still have several good shots of the baby from the initial weigh-in, etc., and video of going to the nursery after the delivery.

[edpc]

Tripods can fall into the "sterile field,"....

Considering the area in question and the stuff that comes out with the baby, the camera's sterility should be the least of their concerns.

[Tax-chick]

Gag, retch, spew. Go to the farm and watch a cow give birth, if you absolutely must see this sort of thing. Ugh.

One of the few good things about being the one having the babies is that you don't have to see it!

[SouthernFreebird]

I would have died of embarrassment if I was ever caught on film giving birth. Good grief, ranks up there with filming your pap smears...count me out.

[NapkinUser]

I honestly don't see who in their right mind would want to record a childbirth.

[Gay State Conservative]

Obstetricians are among the most frequently sued specialty in medicine.In many states,an OB/GYN can be sued for a delivery performed 21 years earlier.

There are tens of thousands of John Edwards-es out there.

[vikingd00d]

>> To each his own, but when is the appropriate time to whip out a video of your wife having an episiotomy?

When is the appropriate time to whip out the video of the kid's conception?

[Ro_Thunder]

The 'sterile field' thing is a load of poop. Oh my, what did people do when they were having kids 100 years ago? 200 years ago?

*IF* a couple wants to video the birth, they should, period. isn't it THIER PRIVACY that should be looked after?

[MarxSux]

In suit-happy America, who can blame the hospital for taking measures to protect itself?

[beef]

I am SOOOO glad I was born before all of this nonsense.

[wallcrawlr]

What good is it for me to videotape the wall?...thats all I could handle staring at during that process.

[sweet_diane]

We chose to not video tape our daughters births, but didn't audio tape our first, which she gets a kick outa hearing. A nurse got up towards my head and took a pic right as the doc lifted her up, still attached. The doc is beaming (I loved him!) and she's screaming bloody murder!

As luck would have it, the TV is on and visable over the docs shoulder, which I had on General Hosp (I was a fan at the time). The scene was a close up of Robin Bernard, a girl I went to high school with (older sis to Crystal Bernard of the show Wings). Kinda neat and way better than graphic video! lol

[VOA]

Doctors say the no-movie-camera policies benefit patients.

Having been on the receiving end of some incredible goofs by
MDs...I have my suspicion of who is being benefited here.

And Dubya wonders why the medical field is so slow to adopt more
high-tech methods for tracking and treating patients.
Actually, Dubya should term it "resistance".

(and I'm not bashing MDs...but for some good ones, I'd not be here)

[Ditto]

I agree. Watching my children being born were the most magical moments that I will never forget. I didn't need to record or photograph it to remember how special those moments were. I always thought taking cameras into the delivery room was borderline sick. People worried about recording the moment rather than experiencing it and understanding what a miracle life is.

[KarlInOhio]

Anyone have any videos of the delivery, followed by the delivery room ceiling and a nurse looking down asking "Are you OK?"

[Fruitbat]

To each his own, but when is the appropriate time to whip out a video of your wife having an episiotomy?

LMAL...

At halftime of the Super Bowl of course!