life before birth

[alexsmum]

who saw this last night? oh my god it was amazing!!! i was sitting watching it in tears! and my babies are pretty grown up now ( 5 and 18 months)
it made me so broody! i found it really moving. just wondered what other peoples thoughts were?

Oh and HOW many times did I need to see that woman's jiggling belly?!!??!

Or her tossing and turning in bed?

what did it say about c-sections??

I agree about the jiggling belly!

it just made me desperately broody- i phoned dh in tears while watching it, declaring 'we have to have another baby..we just have to'. i think he was a bit scared!
i liked some of the poetry...especially the bit about practicing....for..haven't the faintest!
but i freely admit i am an incredible sap.

agree about the 24 week abortion limit. i am fiercely pro choice but gosh it did make me think.

Waswondering yes, it's true only a small percentage increase in risk and I don't think anyone knows why, but there is statistically a higher risk if you've already had a boy.

Leah [mother of one boy...]

The bit about miscarriage and boys was a surprise to me too. I have 2 boys so I'm not sure I wanted to know that particular piece of information.

No wonder DD kicked the hell outta me when I ate that massive curry!

Amberlilli - I thought the 'will it be curtains for me?' piece hugely inappropriate and distasteful too. It really grated on me.

Afraid I got really bored. Isn't that awful? Waaaay too long, poetry appalling. Wish I'd stayed up to watch the birth though, obviously...

It didn't say anything about c-sections per se, it just really brought it home to me how much of a shock it must be to be suddenly pulled out of the womb. Dp has always liked to reiterate this point so I tend assume that ds was somehow traumatised by his birth. Great!! Roll up, roll up, all aboard the mummy guilt trip - it's the ride of your life!!!

And it's never-ending too, beansprout...

Way too long.

Poetry really irritating.

Computer generated baby just too scarey.

4-D images amazing but a bit odd - I don't like the idea of being able to know and see everything before the baby is born.

Too much of the woman floating around looking blooming - a touch less than realistic - they should have had a woman heavily pregnant with a couple of toddlers in tow - she wouldn't have looked quite so sprightly!

surely c-sections are less traumatic than having your brow jammed up against bone and getting stuck for hours. Or being sucked out by a vaccuum cleaner. Missed the birth bit because I couldn't have stood the over-sentimental poetry.

agree, muminlondon. I'd alwasy heard/been told that too. Most c-section babies are still asleep right up until they are brought out. I was told this is why many c-section babies are quite placid. On the downside was also told that they may be slow to suckle as are so sleepy. Don't know if the last thing is strictly true - dd was very placid and laid back and couldn't feed but was told this might be because she was 2.5 wks early (elective section - but not because i was too posh to push!)

Yes, my dd was a placid baby, although she's quite a stubborn toddler (still lovely though). I thought she was slow to latch on because of the anaesthetic from the spinal - and she also had calpol the first night for the enormous bruise on her head (either from the ventouse or from being jammed against my pelvis). It knocked her out for most of the day but she made up for it all night.

agree gobbledigook. Switched off cos sleep seemed more interesting!

I watched up until about 20 weeks and then woke up later on. Putting a programme on that pregnant women may well want to watch at 9pm doesn't work for this tired 17 week pregnant woman .

DH and I liked seeing the sort of things this baby might be doing inside me at the moment.

Agree about the unnecessary swimming pool and walking shots of the woman - not needed.

Some of the poetry was rather nauseating. There was one poem that DH liked.

I think I'd find it too freeky having a 3D or 4D scan - I am quite happy with the 2D variety.

I loved all the 3D images, thought they were fab. And there were some interesting facts like the one about sharing genes with daffodils. Huh? Really makes you think about the abortion limit though.

As soon as I heard that voice over woman I mentally switched off, she does Horizon type things and usually DH and I argue about watching that
So I fell asleep and DH watched as it was all biological enough for him to stand
I thought it a bit "romanticised" and sugared up. And what gives with the alien CG baby
gave me the scary wobblies! All that amazing 4d scanning technology and they CG stuff?
arrghhh
my children were always soft, baby skinned little cherubs they never looked like that inside or outside - {grin}
that's my story and I'm sticking to it!

Those 4D scans are odd though. The baby looks like it has been sprayed in gold paint, like some offering from ancient Egypt.