Fans were glued to blogger Sophie Cachia’s labour videos this weekend, and for good reason.
The unfiltered hours before birth are not often shared on social media. Considering how common it is, giving birth is still a great unknown for those who have to do it.
For new mums, long labours unravel like an unmapped marathon, despite so many people having done it before.
It’s usually the result we get to see on our Facebook feeds – birth announcements, with carefully selected introductions and photos.
But on Saturday, Cachia — i.e. The Young Mummy — changed that by posting real-time videos of her 14-hour-long labour on Snapchat.
By the late evening, the 26-year-old had given birth to her second child, Betty.
The blogger’s fans “refreshed Snapchat” all day Saturday as they watched Cachia labouring her second child. She and her husband Jaryd also have a two-year-old son, Bobby.
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Sorry but if you are sitting at home glued to this you are a bit sad tbh. Try getting a hobby.
As for the "like she was family" comment I have family members who have kids and wouldn't wish to see them in labor let alone some stranger.
I am grateful I was born way before the advent of the internet tbh as I wouldn't want to see my mum huffing and groaning in labor with me.
I hate to see my mum in pain. She was in hospital a few years ago with severe gall bladder and the sight of her groaning in agony near enough made me cry.
Codswalop.
Such voyeuristic self-indulgence. People will video-feed absolutely anything these days short of bathroom habits. It is so unnecessary and trashy in my view.