while in labor

I don't care what I look like after. I didn't look to bad with my daughter. It doesn't bother me once my baby is cleaned off if anyone wants to take picture. I had my husband in the room the whole time I was in labor he would have been bored outside for 16 hours not knowing what was going on. He took pictures after our daughter was born.

See I'm not a girly so I never care what I look like and neither will the people that see them. I didn't look to bad in any of my pictures that they took with in 5 minutes of my daughter being born. I had short hair so there was no mess. It did take longer before I could hold my daughter because I had an episeatomy so I had to weight for my doctor to stitch me up but she was done really quick and my daughter had to be checked out any ways so they where all done at the same time that's when we had a pictures together. I've never cared what I looked like to much of a tom boy to care even now. If I had paint all over me I wouldn't care still. People see my picture and then a few weeks later see me and they would do double takes because I was so skinny so quick.

I also didn't care much on how I looked after giving birth, and for the whole duration of time that I spent in the hospital. I had to extend a day more because I had fever. But, when I saw the pictures that my visitors took of me and my baby, I was really disgusted with how fat I still look, and my hair wasn't done well, and I didn't bring my make up with me, so I looked so pale. Aghh..

Here in the US its what ever you want to do if its a natural birth. Video cameras and pictures as not allowed in surgery if there is a c section going on. Me I didn't mind pictures after having my daughter but during labor and delivery no I didn't want any. I just wanted the memory between me and the people in that room at that time. Because a mom will never really forget the birth of there children weather there is pictures or not. I'm doing the same for my second child.

That is good. You have made right choice to preserve those memories for you always than to have those in photos.

Photos can't last forever but memories in your head can last as long as your a live.

here in the Philippines, It is allowed upon request of the patient. depending on the hospital. but as far as I know, my mom used to have pictures also during her C-section.

Here in the US its not allowed at all because its a clean room and those things can get in the way or cause interference with equipment and stuff. So they tell people to take pictures before and after c-section when the mother is back in the room.

With c section they don't take pictures till after the baby is born not during at least not here in the US. Most place will not allow that. I had a natural delivery so we got to take pictures of my daughter with in minutes of her being born. The nurses cleaned her off and checked her out and then let my husband take pictures cut the cord and stuff. My parents and husband knows what I like so there was only pictures that I would keep and have framed or put up in an album. We are doing the same with our second child.

Yeah no I didn't want any video of my daughter being born. I don't know any kids that would want to see there own birth on film. After my daughter was and cleaned up my husband and dad took pictures of my daughter. Me I didn't care what I looked like so it was find to take pictures of me after having my daughter. My husbands manager when he meet me, he said I looked totally different then in the picture on my husband's desk. I told him yeah that was like 5 minutes after having my daughter and I only lost 4lbs before that picture was taken and but with in a few days that was all gone. Didn't have much of a belly to being with.

You mean your baby not kid babies aren't consider kids for a while. I didn't want any because I know I would remember it with out having pictures. After labor is over and my daughter was born I was fine with what ever pictures anyone wanted to take. Her first picture was of her after the nurses had cleaned my daughter off and she was in the heating box to help keep her warm. Now we are going to do the same for our second baby. Other wise my husband knows I will kill him.

No its not a family night movie thing but most people don't play them as one of those. The parents normally are the only ones that watch that over. Lots of people take pictures sure they might not share it with everyone but the parents keep them for baby books and stuff. See I didn't let anyone take pictures till after my daughter was born. My husband waited for the nurse to clean her off but they where checking to make sure she didn't need to go to the NICU because of her being born a month early and being so small as she was.

For my daughter it was a natural birth so I told my husband no he had the camara so my husband and my parents that where in the room took pictures of her after she had been cleaned up. I would want the same thing after having my second baby. I didn't look great after having my daughter but that really didn't bother me.

No women would be smiling in labor unless it was easy labor where you don't feel much of anything. Me I didn't way pictures of either me or my daughter till after the doctor was done with me and the nurse had finished cleaning my daughter. My husband respected my wishes with that one. I know someone doesn't care and others that do.