To want to broadcast the video of the birth at my dd's christening?

[OhCrumbs]

We tried to have a child for a long time and so when I became pregnant I was thrilled. My husband and I did a kind of video diary charting the pregnancy as it went along and obviously he videoed the birth too, which was a wonderful experience that my husband participated in.

We are to hold my daughter's christening in a few weeks and during the ceremony I'd like the video to be screened as a celebration of all we went through and experienced to get to that day.

But my husband's mother heard about our plans and now his family are threatening to boycott the ceremony, calling me a "freak" and saying it would be distasteful. How can a birth be distasteful?

Don't use my birthing experience soundtrack

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRGHHHHHHHHHHHH

Epidural

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

Wake up Iklboo you need to push

Hhhhhhhnffffffffffggggggggg (x 4)

POP (well, not literally)

DS- Wah wah wah etc

Midwife: Do you mind if I take me teeth out, me top set are new & they're killing me

I think its a lovely idea. It would be better to show the full story - you should show the conception too - assuming it was a joyous occasion video'd with a soft filter and not a quickie behind the bus shelter filmed on a mobile phone.

My midwife gagged

(giggle) This one is actually quite an amusing troll thread.

rofl at kewcumber

..c'mon, OP, hurry up, the Archers is on

We have commissioned a local artist to do a painting of me breastfeeding our child, I suppose you would disagree with that would you not?

God made my feathery bits and dangly bits, He made them something to be proud of, not hidden away. I happen to think that I have a fantastic fanjo so why not show it off?

After all, on our wedding day we had a plaster cast of my husband's 'Big Ben' presented to us my his best man. I thought it was hilarious, but his precious mother didn't like that either. It's not as though it was presented to her! I use it as a toilet roll holder now.

, pagwatch

Yuk....

Are you having a cast or print of your piles done for the downstairs loo?

ROFL - brilliant, absolutely brilliant.

Bless you. If this is not a wind up it is very very funny. You will be forever known as the nutter who displayed the birth at the christening and will give all the guests a fantastic dinenr party story.

a grape holder surely?

This cannot be for real! But thanks a lot for making me PMSL whilst ROFLing and LMAOing.
You've made my day
Please come back tomorrow and start a thread about different ways to cook a placenta - 24 hours from now please? I'll be ready for another laugh!

I think there is a marketing opportunity here, Ohcrumbs, you could have latex casts made of your lovely fanjo and sell them on the internet for boys to use while alone.

Feathery bits AND dangly bits????

(and if a wind up still v good)

groundhogs has teh perfect solution: "It's a christening FGS, not an art exhibition". have your christening. and then get an art gallery to exhibit your installation. as it were.

Surely someone frank enough to plan to show themselves giving birth on a large screen would say "vulva" and "penis".

I think a linguistic error on a par with For Heaven's Sake.

HKT - Perhaps she froze the placenta to turn into lovely pate for the sandwiches?

ROAR at toilet roll holder.

YABU. I don't think it would get the attention it deserves at a christening, what with all the religious stuff and mingling with guests.

Can't you arrange a proper screening sometime? And perhaps repeat it every year on her birthday?

Very good attempt but slightly too mad to be real. Tell you what, you upload the video to Youtube and we'll tell you if it's appropriate...

I hope this is a windup but if not you're a nutter. No one will want to see it besides possibly the besotted grandparents.

Just a thought - someone was comparing giving birth and having a poo - surely they are the same, or at least simultaneous!

Thank you, BOF or whoever you are for cheering us all up!