Women Document Childbirth, Share On YouTube

nytimes.com:

By her eighth month of pregnancy, Rebecca Sloan, a 35-year-old biologist living in Mountain View, Calif., had read the what-to-expect books, taken the childbirth classes, joined the mommy chat rooms and still had no idea what she was in for. So, like countless expectant mothers before her, Ms. Sloan typed "childbirth" into YouTube's search engine. Up popped thousands of videos, showing everything from women giving birth under hypnosis, to Caesarean sections, to births in bathtubs.

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Comments

[sunnybunny]

Wow you're not kidding- that was interesting.

[ChristopherAtom]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gLG647iOF4

[bmermaid]

From one who knows- it's hard, it's very painful, it's worth it. Get an epidural! But not from a student!

[skippyB]

It's a bit like documenting the new Walmart opening... Yes, dear, this is the first time this has happened, and by the time you get to your second or third or whatever kid, you'll start understanding this was all just about documenting you, and even you will be bored with yourself. And you'll be a better person for it.