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I am not a squeamish person but even so the thought of watching a birth is not something that has ever appealed to me. Its just seems so personal and er, I don’t know something that I should not be watching.
Until I saw this today on Mumbrella. An ad for Sydney based fertility clinic Genea featuring a woman giving birth to support the organisation’s rebranding from Sydney IVF.
I know that it is magnificently photographed and edited and given all the soft touches but I find it extraordinarily beautiful, the most powerful clip I have seen for a very long time.
Yes. I cried and may have ovulated.
Rick and Nat have refused to watch. Jason has asked me to stop trying to force them.
What do you think?
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I love this ad, but then I'm a huge fan of birthing videos! The only thing I don't like is that she's labouring on her back. It drives me nuts that the images of childbirth we so often see in the popular media depict women lying on their back, which is the absolute worst position to labour in, as it completely goes against gravity and is, for most women, very uncomfortable. It's a popular position for OBs and midwives because they don't have to bend down and get into any awkward positions themselves, but any good OB or midwife will encourage you to move around during labour and birth in any one of a number of more suitable positions. It makes me sad that there are people who find videos like this 'gross', and is a pretty immature reaction to the most natural event one could imagine.
I highly recommend all pregnant women and their partners to take a course in natural childbirth and learn how body and baby work together. There is nothing to fear except fear itself!