Ottawa woman to give birth live on the Internet

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An Ottawa-area woman is about to share the most personal of experiences with the world, by publicly broadcasting the birth of her child live to anyone who registers on her website and tunes in to watch.
Nancy Salgueiro, a chiropractor and trained childbirth educator, is due to give birth to her third child next week. It will be her third home birth.
"I really feel it's important for young women to see what normal, natural birth, undisturbed by anything, can be like," she told CTV Ottawa.
The 32-year-old from Barrhaven, Ont. has posted video of the births of her two previous children on her website, but this is the first time the experience will go live as it happens.
Salgueiro is due on Oct. 7.





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[karrie]

I agree wholeheartedly with her. I think it's very crucial that women, and young women especially, learn to listen to and trust their bodies through childbirth. It makes it much easier for the medical practitioner assisting if the mom can tell them when something is actually wrong, rather than being in a panic the entire time regardless of whether something is wrong or not. Our western attitude toward childbirth now treats it like the most horrible crippling disease a woman could possibly endure, resulting in ridiculous outcomes like the 30% cesarean rate they have in the city where I had my kids (you bet your ass I went for home birth when I got the chance!).

But, that being said... I would never broadcast it with my name and face attached. Her poor kids will be taunted by this at school fo sure.

 

[#juan]

I agree wholeheartedly with her. I think it's very crucial that women, and young women especially, learn to listen to and trust their bodies through childbirth. It makes it much easier for the medical practitioner assisting if the mom can tell them when something is actually wrong, rather than being in a panic the entire time regardless of whether something is wrong or not. Our western attitude toward childbirth now treats it like the most horrible crippling disease a woman could possibly endure, resulting in ridiculous outcomes like the 30% cesarean rate they have in the city where I had my kids (you bet your ass I went for home birth when I got the chance!).

But, that being said... I would never broadcast it with my name and face attached. Her poor kids will be taunted by this at school fo sure.

I watched both our kids being born and while I thought the whole process was a miracle, it is not something most people would want
on the air for the public to watch.

 

[petros]

I wouldn't want to watch another C-Section.....

 

[karrie]

I watched both our kids being born and while I thought the whole process was a miracle, it is not something most people would want
on the air for the public to watch.

People watch all sorts of medical programs that contain much more distressing images. On any given day you can find at least one face lift being performed on tv, not to mention the plethora of other surgical procedures. I'd rather watch the one where it's simply a human body doing what a human body is supposed to do. Yet somehow we've hit a point as a society where people would prefer to see a cesarean televised.

 

[#juan]

People watch all sorts of medical programs that contain much more distressing images. On any given day you can find at least one face lift being performed on tv, not to mention the plethora of other surgical procedures. I'd rather watch the one where it's simply a human body doing what a human body is supposed to do. Yet somehow we've hit a point as a society where people would prefer to see a cesarean televised.

There are some things the public doesn't need to see. Live childbirth is one of them.

 

[karrie]

There are some things the public doesn't need to see. Live childbirth is one of them.

I'm just curious what makes it so bad to see, in your mind, compared to what else is on tv.

 

[petros]

There are some things the public doesn't need to see. Live childbirth is one of them.

Why not?

 

[JLM]

I'm just curious what makes it so bad to see, in your mind, compared to what else is on tv.

I don't think there is ANYTHING pertaining to ANY subject that is worse than what is presently on T.V. :lol:

 

[petros]

I don't think there is ANYTHING pertaining to ANY subject that is worse than what is presently on T.V. :lol:

TV is after all the Anti-Christ.

 

[#juan]

Why not?

The public can and will do exactly what they want. I think my wife and I would agree that
we just wouldn't want the public to watch our childbirth. It is none of their business.

 

[petros]

There is only one way to see what really happens and that is to witness it.

 

[karrie]

The public can and will do exactly what they want. I think my wife and I would agree that
we just wouldn't want the public to watch our childbirth. It is none of their business.

But you weren't talking about her/your childbirth, you said live birth, in a general sense.

 

[#juan]

But you weren't talking about her/your childbirth, you said live birth, in a general sense.

And I mean it in a general sense. God! Is there any area safe from bloody TV cameras? Who would need
childbirth on TV? I guess doctors could learn from it but is there a need for it? My kids were born over 40
years ago and I know things are better today but it still is not one hundred percent safe. Women do still die
giving birth and babies are occasionally still born. I can't see any good reason to put childbirth on TV.

 

[karrie]

And I mean it in a general sense. God! Is there any area safe from bloody TV cameras? Who would need
childbirth on TV? I guess doctors could learn from it but is there a need for it? My kids were born over 40
years ago and I know things are better today but it still is not one hundred percent safe. Women do still die
giving birth and babies are occasionally still born. I can't see any good reason to put childbirth on TV.

I benefitted from being able to watch a few birthing videos and programs during my pregnancy... made it a lot less terrifying. And goodness knows no one's forced to watch it.

Patients deserve to know what to expect just as much as docs do

 

[#juan]

I benefitted from being able to watch a few birthing videos and programs during my pregnancy... made it a lot less terrifying. And goodness knows no one's forced to watch it.

Patients deserve to know what to expect just as much as docs do

Yes they do, but were we talking about childbirth videos made in a clinical environment? Seems to me that
this topic slipped a bit......probably my fault.

 

[karrie]

Yes they do, but were we talking about childbirth videos made in a clinical environment? Seems to me that
this topic slipped a bit......probably my fault.

Does it matter what environment they're made in? They're the same thing in the end... a baby coming out of a woman. Half the point is to show women that it is NOT a clinical issue like western society has made it out to be. With simple, basic monitoring most women can deliver naturally without any medical intervention. The ironic part is that the more doctors do to try to make it clinical, the more likely it will end in fetal distress and cesarean. Your chances of needing a cesarean rise exponentially with each well meaning thing a doc does. An IV, a monitor strapped around your belly, anything that limits your movement and distracts you, all increase the chances that you won't labour well.

I'd have no qualms with my birth video being shown, just, not while my kids are school aged, or at least not with my name attached to it.

 

[JLM]

And I mean it in a general sense. God! Is there any area safe from bloody TV cameras? Who would need
childbirth on TV? I guess doctors could learn from it but is there a need for it? My kids were born over 40
years ago and I know things are better today but it still is not one hundred percent safe. Women do still die
giving birth and babies are occasionally still born. I can't see any good reason to put childbirth on TV.

Yep, a couple of Years ago an N.H.L. hockey player's wife died during childbirth, can't recall his name at the moment but pretty sure he played for Pha.

 

[karrie]

Yep, a couple of Years ago an N.H.L. hockey player's wife died during childbirth, can't recall his name at the moment but pretty sure he played for Pha.

Presumably the cameras aren't going to follow her into an ambulance if the birth goes sideways. Stuff can always go wrong. That's why there are midwives and ambulances. It's a handy system