to feel that hiring a photographer to capture the birth of your child might be not such a terrible idea?

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AIBU?

I have harldy any photographs of my Son due to being in SCBU for six months. I think when I have another baby I shall have thousands

YABU - not sure I'd want a photo of me in stirrups, baby crowning, drips attached and vomit and blood covering my legs and nighty - each to their own I suppose but its not for me

I've got lovely ones of me doing skin to skin with DS2 and DS3 taken by DH (Ds2's is on my profile). My friend also has a lovely photo of her dd being born by c-section that her dh took. I wouldn't want a crowning photo or a proffessional photographer though.

Can it be an Austin Powers-style photographer?

What are they? @ eurochick The movie I haven't seen, yet. :)

A terrible idea. There are some things where you just need to enjoy the experience and not pretend you are doing it for 'Hello' magazine or similar!

No photos or taping of the delivery allowed here any more. Too many law suits. So photos right after only.
My friend has pics of the whole thing, stirrups, crowing the lot, all in a photo album. It used to be on the coffee table

DM filmed me giving birth to DS ten years ago, she got every last detail. I have watched it once, as has DH. No one else has seen it, and I doubt they ever will. Funnily enough I didn't ask for anyone to film DD being born.

Ok, I must be odd. I think it's a lovely idea, the photos in the dm (I never brought it) were lovely. My friend, along with my dp, we're with me with the birth of my first child. My friends main job was to take photos and film the occasion. Not porno style, but to capture those first moments. Unforunaltly she wasn't there for the birth of my second, but a student doctor was and he took some great photos and video footage, again not porno style. I would have loved for a professional photographer to be there. Equally I love looking at the photos and film of my children being born, particularly around their birthdays. My memory of giving birth is such a haze so it's lovely having such things to look back on and I'm looking forward to sharing them with my children when they get older.

I doubt an extra person would be allowed in the room?

I've seen some head crowing shots on fb. I'm a midwife so doesn't bother me though, all I could think of at the time was ooooh stretchy perineum

I was in an operating theatre, I doubt the staff would have been impressed.

I'd love, love to have photos of my DCs being born. However, Spagpo put it, the thought of "a hired photographer hanging around my nether regions": no way!

The anaesthaetist took a pic of DD2 half in/half out when i had my CS.

Twas free too

Crowning?

But 1944girl (and I'm sorry if this sounds insensitive) do you not ever feel you wanted to 'see' the moment your children were born, despite their differculites? I'm lucky enough to of never had had a c section, let alone under ga, but to me, if I was ever in that postion I think I would want even more photos taken. I guess it's not for everyone though. My dd was very ill as a newborn and I have loads of photos of her in hospital. Those memories are now becoming a blur (thankfully in many ways) but I'm glad we still have the photos to look back on and to rememeber what a fighter she was/is. I'm glad your sons are doing well now.

Yes, YABU. Apologies for the blog link, but I blogged my thoughts on this exact story last night/early morning so as the thread is relevant I thought I'd share!
Here's what I think to someone photographing babies coming out of your foof...

castawaywithdreams.wordpress.com/2012/07/17/birth-photographers-is-nothing-private-anymore/

sorry

castawaywithdreams.wordpress.com/2012/07/17/birth-photographers-is-nothing-private-anymore/

I'm a photographer and no bloody way would I want to do the job!!
However I love doing really newborns in the first few days but rarely do, as mums miss the moment. they really do have to be taken within the first 4-5 days or they lose that lovely curled up look. I've only really done my own dcs and a few others that young. Photos that I will Iove forever.

No need to apologise 1944girl. I was just curious, we're all different

Madey

Say cheese and SMILLLLLEEEEE!!!!!

Why the heck would someone WANT to look back to them being born?!
I'm quite happy remembering it in my little haze. Do I need a video of it? No I bloomin' well don't', it'll just make me scream and close my legs a little bit tighter in future.
Yes, it's such a fond memory.
Nah, is it chuff. All I can remember thinking at the end of it is "Thank f** that's out of me at last."

Oh oh pick me pick me!

I would LOVE to photograph someone's birth.

No fanny shots or pouting rectums mind.

Just the highlights of the labour. The good bits. (like the look of bliss when mum's epidural starts working/the graceful lolling stoned slump that follows a dose of pethidine/the exciting purple cheeks and bulging eyes of second stage).

Actually, deadly serious, I so, so wish I'd taken more photos of labour. I treasure the one from dd's birth - me chuffing on gas and air and making hilarious deranged faces, completely unaware that my furry muff is on full display to everyone in the room. Happy days!