Now you can stream the Miracle of Life
Lynsee at 36 weeks, as posted to MomsLikeUs.com last week
A pregnant woman in Minnesota has announced that you can watch her give birth this month via web cam. “Life-casting” has been around for a while; now we have “miracle-of-life-casting.”
News organizations have touted this as “sharing her birth with anyone in the world.” But in fact you have to be a member of a social networking site for mothers. (The site is free. I signed up today, though not because I’m having a baby anytime soon.)
At MomsLikeMe.com, 23-year-old Lynsee has been blogging her entire pregnancy, complete with photos of her as her belly grows and video of her ultrasound sessions. The strangers members of her community have heard about Lynsee’s aches, pains, and cravings; were among the first to hear that the baby was a girl; and even helped come up with names for her.
And now on November 19th — give or take a few days; that’s her due date — the MomsLikeMe cameras will capture Lynsee’s daughter exiting the womb and entering the world. The thousands of people that are part of the “Watch Lynsee Grow!” fan group (like myself) will be able to watch it happen live.
From a press release from the site:
Lynsee and Anders also decided to broadcast the birth of their child to share this life-changing experience with other first-time parents and answer any questions they might have. In two nationwide polls this month, MomsLikeMe.com asked their members for their thoughts on the couple’s decision. The results showed that while 60 percent of moms do not want anyone besides their significant other in the delivery room, the same percentage would be interested in watching a broadcast of a live birth.
As the San Francisco Chronicle notes, Lynsee is not the first to share her birthing with the world. A YouTube search for “childbirth” brings up quite a few birth videos. But this may be the first live-while-it’s-happening online broadcast. I hope it goes smoothly.
Lynsee and Anders have not associated their real last names with the website or the news coverage. Apparently, even those who are willing to expose their delicate parts to cameras while they’re mangled by the birth process want to maintain a little privacy.
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She’s nuts. So’s her physician. What if there is some terrible complication with her birth? What if she needs an emergency Caeserean?
When does this addiction to exposure stop?
You said it, Caitlin. Just because we can share everything about our lives through the wonders of the internetz doesn’t mean we should. Way TMI.
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I say it’s bad karma.
By the way, I googled good karma, got 15,100,000 hits and bad karma got 11,800,000 hits. I thought the karma thing leaned more to the bad side. Surprised.