Monday, April 23, 2007

Birthing videos - The reverse-snuff film

Elizabeth wants me to watch videos of women giving birth so that I know what to expect when Baby Sanchez is born. My reaction to that is running out of the room screaming like a little girl. It's like watching a reverse-snuff film. The polar opposite between a snuff film and a birthing video is that a snuff film a shows a person being taken out of the world and the other shows somebody coming into it. My reaction is the same for both.

Of course I'll be with Elizabeth in the delivery room, but it's our baby being born and my wife. That's something that I wouldn't miss for the world. I guess when it comes down to a month before the due date, I'll watch those birthing videos so I can build up my tolerance.

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