US woman to drop sprog live on internet

What's the point ?

There already exist plenty of educational videos of women giving birth. What happens if something goes horribly wrong during this delivery whilst it's being broadcast live ?

A bad idea.

There's an app for that...

...with push... push... PUSSSSHHHHH technology...

Hmmmm.

I wonder how "empowered" her child is going to feel when it grows up enough to appreciate how its being exploited as a teaching aid?

No thanks

Seen it 3 times already, can't watch it again.

Please

Don't.

Babies should not be seen until after they have had their first bath.

Is this really any different to a birthing video?

I'm quite sure there are plenty of birthing videos out there. How is this really any different to any of them?

It's not as if it's the sort of thing where you will be logging on to see how the action unfolds. And now that I mention that, apparently you aren't even going to see the action end. So actually this is probably less useful than a birthing video. Especially since there probably won't be any helpful commentary, just some woman panting and gurning.

The only people I can think of who would be interested in this are people into birth-porn, and having seen such things I can't think they could possibly exist.

Call me a cynic but...

All sounds very noble, however I have a suspicion this is being done to secure some nice lucrative wonga/prezzies post-birth from all the various baby product companies ready and willing to slap her mug on anything they can!

Assumption FAIL!

Why did I immediately think this was Kerry Katona, or on second thoughts Jordan Price.

Me=FAIL.

Hey, lady; 1998 called...

...and they want their stupid-assed, totally-played Internet media gimmick back.

And, no, I do _not_ want to look at your goddamn' Baby Bump. Yeeeesh. Frickin' famewhores.

Why?

They showed us a very graphic video of childbirth back at school during sex-ed when I was 8 (21 years ago). They showed us a different, still very graphic video at secondary school during sex-ed when I was 14.

In both cases they showed us the full "John Hurt moment" in great detail. Once things start coming out, the snickering at the back disappears very quickly even amongst the most immature of schoolboys.

Do they not show this sort of thing in sex-ed in the US?

BTW it is horrific to watch. The miracle of childbirth is only a miracle when it's your child and even then you're pushing it.

Seen it

The majority of us have all witnessed childbirth. It would have been the first thing I saw. I can't recall it myself, but I'd imagine it was seen from quite a different perspective than what this woman's offering.

Won't somebody think of the children?

Is the babys surname going to be Trueman by any chance?

Eh?

'A little while ago, we had someone show their death on the Internet - and that was kind of a good thing, showing a natural process that is increasingly turned into a great mystery. '

I'm not sure if you're referring to the suicide that was web cast, but if you are, your comments are quite sad.

'If someone is giving birth on the Internet, then that helps restore a natural process to being a normal part of people's awareness.'

Let's be clear, most people will log on to try and get a 'snatch shot', not out of some deep desire to connect with their inner hippy.

You can dress these things up as much as you want, but it's just voyeurism.

@Adam 10

"Do they not show this sort of thing in sex-ed in the US?"

Yes they do - and for multiple methods. Seen it "regular", birth @ home, underwater, in some sort of squatting position...

"empowerment"

What a stupid word. By merely existing it implies that power is granted from others, which generally defeats the purpose of those trying to use it.

If you really want to be all gay about "empowerment" I'd have to say Ann Rand was closer to the truth. Those who have power take it. It is not given to them.

Breeder syndrome

Yes everyone cares so much about your brat they want to watch it on the interwebs. or maybe not.

@ElFatbob

You think the majority of people will be logging in for (your words) a "snatch shot" ? Well there might be a few people into "giving birth porn" - I can't imagine there are many. As others have said, it's more likely to put you off than turn you on. But if a few people get their jollies from it, it doesn't much matter. You're against harmless pleasure, are you? The rest of the people can watch it out of curiosity about an important part of life that was once very familiar to people and is now very behind the curtains for a lot of people.

And as to my comments about "that suicide" being sad, well it was an assisted suicide in a caring facility for someone who was in chronic pain. They wanted to show their death with others to show people a facet of life that is often taboo. That's there choice and I think for some people, they probably succeeded in their aim of making the process a little more familiar and natural seeming. And that may help others so I'm all for it. It was their choice, after all. Just like this lady. No-one is forcing anyone to watch it.

A martian, because we don't know where the father's from. Could be amanfrommars for all we know. ;)

@Stratman 6th November 2009 14:10 GMT

Alright! Another backwards film freak heard from.

My parents and teachers honestly couldn't figure out what we saw in that. Running stuff backwards gave it this strange, surreal, dada-esque quality, real but unreal.

My own personal fave was, in our senior-year film class, watching the last ten minutes of "Guns Of Navarone" backwards. Man, was _that_ ever a treat. We had the whole class howling.

Hubby Anders is apparently on board for the ride

One hopes he was on board for the ride from the beginning or someone has some explaining to do.

This all used to be on UK TV a lot....

If i remember correctly and I think it must have been either about 1979 or 1983 there was a period where UK TV got permission to broadcast (quite graphic) film of births. I think one station ran a clip and then everyone else jumped on the bandwagon. For a few months it seemed impossible for a week to go by without a birthing going on on the box.

I'm assuming rules changed (again) or everyone got bored with it due to saturation programming. Since those days I don't recall it being in normal programming ever again.

Paris - because its likely to be the only way we never see her.

empowerment (lol)

"I hope to give women a sense of empowerment and joy because it's a very miraculous everyday event. We're just sharing the story from the empowerment and emotional aspects."

yay another woman with another cliched statement about being pregnant to justify their attention whoring, newsflash pregnant women you are not sexy, no one want to see or cares about your disgusting breeding habits... btw miraculous events dont happen everyday, being pregnant is no miraculous event, circle of life you know even blow flies do it.

So is it PC to say...

Attention Whore?

Paris, because she wishes she where the first but without the being pregnant factor.