Comments on: Another Baby Birth Streamed Live. Does This Cross A Line?

By: Lucy

Lucy — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:21:06 +0000

I think it’s great that they decided to do this. It provides information and a true account of child birth with is invaluable to women. I have given birth to three children yet I STILL have no idea what was happening at the footend of my bed and I would love to see it with my own eyes. Luckily for me, my sister has asked me to be present at the birth of her first child so I will be able to see this miracle take place, but others aren’t as lucky. If you don’t want to see it, don’t look! That’s all I have to say.

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By: Michael Perlman

Michael Perlman — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 22:03:24 +0000

I’m sure many more people bring a “normal” (ie. something that doesn’t broadcast a live stream) camera into the OR to film their child’s birth, so this is just adding a level of publicity and instaneousness.

For the record, I’m sure the guy’s wife agreed, because if she didn’t, the hospital staff would be forcefully shoving the guy out of the room.

By: bill johnson

bill johnson — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 22:19:34 +0000

It’s all good until something goes bad! Then you have video evidence of everyone panicking. And the “proud” father contacting his lawyers to see what the staff did wrong!

Video cameras have no place in the O.R.

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The Philosopher’s Attic » Property, Privacy and the Web 2.0 Paradoxon — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 09:38:49 +0000

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By: Thomas

Thomas — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 17:47:28 +0000

The birth of a child is a beautiful experience and I can fully understand that you want to share that with your close friends and family (as a father of 3). Did you give a second thought that something might go wrong during birth? Where you aware of that when you decided to stream your babies birth? Just wondering…

By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 19:56:45 +0000

If you dont like it DONT watch it, it does not cross any lines, he is not forcing anyone to see this, and I bet their families were watching closely.

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By: Steve Parker

Steve Parker — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 14:22:47 +0000

All, this was done previously with world-wide media attention almost 10 years ago! 6/17/98 – when I worked for America’s Health Network (sold to Newscorp about a year later) we put on a live streaming birth from Arnold Palmer Hospital in Orlando. It marked the first online birth ever streamed and still today ranks as one of the largest streaming events of all time (birth of Baby Sean). There may be folks that feel this crosses the line – there were then too – but the reality of this is that it was and is a very educational event, and most folks saw the benefit of that. There are literally thousands upon thousands that are very unnerved by the birth process and these type of events help. In addition to the live birth event I have been personally involved in medical events streamed live including surgeries on the heart, brain, knee, back among others. Educational events of this nature are helpful to many so let’s look beyond what some consider reality tv fare and see the true value of these events.

Thanks,

Steve
@levelwing

By: Kiffin Gish

Kiffin Gish — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 18:54:50 +0000

What’s the big deal? Nothing is shown. Have any of these people who are up in arms actually seen the video? What I’ve seen on the Internet can be a hundred times worse!

By: Ts

Ts — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 13:24:55 +0000

The question is not relly whether he is breaking the line – he is breaking the rules, and that’s it. If he had wanted to do it, he and his wife should have contracted private nurses for her to give birth at home.

On the philosophical and ethical question, fine that he wants to share, but to all those who are saying that it’s fine, just realise what it means – we’re creating a society where people are increasingly expected to share everything. My girlfriend’s friends judge her more and more when she says she is not on Facebook because it’s not for her, she does not see the point.

We’re creating a society where public disclosure and sharing everything is becoming the norm, and then virtual observation rather than real life. It’s not just potentially an ethical debate, it’s somewhat pathetic.

By: Doug

Doug — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 17:44:57 +0000

I recorded the cesarean birth of my daughter (asked and got permission from my wife and the delivery team first). My father took pictures of my birth back when he was one of the first men allowed in the delivery room, which I thought were pretty neat when I saw them as an adult. I probably would have done something with Qik if it were around at the time, so that my parents could have seen it as it happened.

I think it’s a great way to share the moment with friends and family. You may choose to keep this private, others may choose differently. When my daughter is old enough, if she wants to she’ll be able to watch it, and I think that’s pretty cool.

As for those that think it’s an exposure of liability to tape in the delivery room, fear by doctors of video records of their actions (and ours) is disconcerting, to say the least. I can see why malpractice insurance companies wouldn’t want it, but the doctors?

By: Marci

Marci — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 13:30:33 +0000

If someone wants to stand out and be recognized, then do something that stands out – not something that any mammal can do. Don’t just procreate, create.

I am so tired of my generation acting like they invented breeding. Navel-gazing is one thing – but navel-gazing attention whores?

By: RIck Webb

RIck Webb — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 09:49:33 +0000

Uh right. Because if she yelled “honey I need you” he wouldn’t hear her and stop recording, because he’d be SO ENGROSSED in what he’s doing.

Dude is right there, next to her, ready to help if she needs anything.

By: Shane

Shane — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 08:44:17 +0000

Definitely agree with you, Jeff. ‘ Mr.Angry Old Man’ should take his pipe and go out for a walk instead of pressing his eyes against the computer screen.

By: venkat

venkat — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 07:21:55 +0000

The person is wanted to keep that video as an memorable incident if so he wants ,he crossed the rules of the hospital.There is also nothing to hype on video .It’s up to the persons to decide to reveal their private life to the internet ,similar thing happend moms showing feeding their babes on facebook .I think there should be a line between our public life and private life. we have to kept some secret and some open.This is my personal opinion only.

By: Lawrence Krubner

Lawrence Krubner — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 01:46:53 +0000

I hate the Fox News-style headline: “Does this cross a line?”

I hate any media outlet that tries to gain their audience by asking heavily biased questions in their headlines. Neutral questions are never asked, because they do not boost audience (”How do you feel about this?”). The technique has been overused in recent years. Fox News is among the worst (”Palestinians protest treatment in refugee camp. Do these people make your skin crawl?”). A headline that simply states a fascinating fact, something that a tech crowd might be honestly interested in, would be preferable.

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By: Richard

Richard — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 00:01:38 +0000

I usually am more of a steamed vegetable kind of person. Steaming the birth of a child also seems to be a tad difficult. And weird, if I might add.

But yes, I’m with you when it comes to freedom of steam. Different strokes for different folks.

By: Andy

Andy — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 23:46:38 +0000

This is stupid

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By: AO

AO — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 23:32:30 +0000

disgusting..

glad it was private…

By: Brian H

Brian H — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 23:11:29 +0000

My wife and I twittered and live-streamed her last birth experience in November 2008 without even giving it a second thought. We used a private justin.tv channel and it worked flawlessly (and it recorded the video for us to retrieve later).
Why? Several reasons:
1. To share the experience with family members overseas who couldn’t be there in person but who otherwise would have been;
2. Her mom chose to watch from home rather than be there (she was the first time round and thought it was too stressful). In hindsight, she explained how nice it was, at the really tough times, to be able to just look away from the screen and mute the audio.
3. To share with our friends how wonderful the birth experience can be. In the rush, I couldn’t get my iphone to stream correctly, so I set up a laptop and webcam and put it near my wife’s head. The birth center and midwife didn’t mind at all and asked us for a copy later they could share with other clients (we said no problem). There was nothing graphic shown (plenty of graphic stuff uttered, however .
If you position the camera such that you’re streaming graphic stuff, that’s OK IMO as long as you are totally aware of who is watching. I wouldn’t make it available to the general public or users. Which seems to be what this article is about – “public birth streaming.”