Booked C-Section this morning. Mum Dad and the obstetrician all happy for me to snap away. Was able to download all the pics onto the parents laptop, so they were very pleased with pics from this side.
7lb 11oz boy
It looks rough the way they pull them like that :( I don't have any pics from my c/s... and I only have just born, wrapped up shots of the younger 2... they were VBAC's.
This is a really great shot, though... was it a boy or a girl?
@sarahricho
Thanks Srah, they were happy. Wish I could have taken more, but don't want to get in the way. Got a lovely one of the doc handing the baby to Mum, and a photo of dad's camera taking a photo of mum and bub...that's an interesting one!
@ozziehoffy It looks rough, but it isn't really. They do have to pull though as the uterus is not doing any work to help. It was a boy. (I just edited the story to add that in, thanks)
@ohappiness Thanks. I thought I'd better make it black and white.. The colour one does look good, but not for everyone! @mturne1 Thanks Martha, I was happy with this one. Some of the others had blurred hands, or blurred baby. This was the best one of the actual birth
@cromwell
That's why I thought i'd better do this one in B&W @corymbia
Thanks Amanda, so glad you liked it. It is always such an amazing thing to see, regardless of how the baby is born, then you wait for the cry. This one was making noises before he was all the way out, then straight over the drapes into Mum's arms
That's such a beautiful capture!! (Personally) I think I'd prefer the color version, but I understand why you posted it in B&W. lol. It's such a perfect moment that lots of c-section moms have to miss. (Myself included, 3 times)
Heard a story recently about a woman who's husband left her after peeking around the curtain at their C-section after being told not too.
Good choice using black and white!
@marzenka
thank you Marzenka @vorka thank you, it was so nice to see Mum looking at the photos in amazement after we got back from theatre @elsbels
Thanks Helen, so lucky that the parents were happy for me to take photos for my project @buttercup
I'm lucky to have people who let me do this. Not something I do often, but it's great to be able to share my work life on 365 @nattybabe
Thanks Nat. I used to take my camera in to work before 365, but only if someone especially asked me to take pics. We take heaps with the dad's camera! Now i always have the camera at work...never know what you might see. But only after I have asked permission and explained the project @espyetta
Thanks Mary Beth. The colour one does have a lot of blood, but thats normal. I did put the colour one on flickr, link is above. @neda
Thats a strange reaction!! have heard similar, but not for C-sections. Most of our dad's know they can watch the whole thing reflected in the operating light...hmm, that gives me another idea.....
@bobfoto
Why is that Jase? I just was clicking back and forth between the 2 photos, and this one does look "crisper". The only editing that I did from the colour one was to change it to B&W, then added a bit of shadow so it didn't look washed out.
Yes I am lucky to be able to get and share these precious moments.
@lynne3804
Thanks Lynne, it's great to get feedback from people. I liked the colour one as it reall put baby in the spotlight, but I can also see the difference in the sharpness when I had them side by side
i'm shooting one next week - we aren't sure if they'll let me in the OR yet, so I'm planning to give the daddy my camera in case I can't go. What kind of flash do you use in an OR?
Amazing, and for me i love the B&W because it balances the pleasure and pain, one doesnt dominate the other, and I love the way the light shines on the babies head, the helping hands, so much about it you can keep looking at it!
@curiousmomworm
Thank you Sarah @sdpace
I used my 18-50 lens with no flash. I have taken photos before with the Dads camera, and have never used flash. The ceiling lights and 2 theatre lights always seem to be enough light. Different hospitals have different "rules" for cameras, and you're in a different country. They will tell you what you can and can't do. You dfinately can't get too close in case you touch something in the sterile field, and obviously you can't ask someone to move out the way for a better shot!! If it is your first time in an OR, the room is usually quite warm ( for the baby) and there is a lot of blood. Hope you get to see and photograph it. @dianneh
Thanks Dianne for your comment, glad you liked the photo
@ozziehoffy@nikkic
Woo Hoo just got home from a crap game of golf and saw your messages! This just my second time there. First time was over 200 views and 9 Favs. Don't know how they pick them, and I know it's not all about the PP, but I'm doing a little happy dance right now!!!
@onie GO YOU!!! Haha, yeah I have no idea how they do it!! Make sure you tag it... I tag mine with "pp" and "cass-pp" oh and SCREEN SHOT and save in word bhahahahaha. I hear what you're saying, but it sure is a boost to the ol' confidence, isn't it :)
@ozziehoffy
I already did the multiple shuffle to get my photo as one of the big ones before doing the screen shot!! Never thought about tagging, will do that now.
Wonderful photo. We have a very similar photo that my husband took when our first daughter was born. Sophie was breech and Rob peaked over the curtin to see how the doctors were going. She was all out except for her head. He took the photo and we have her entrance to the world captured. She loves the photo and often says "I came out backwards".
I wish I got one of mine like this......happened in about 5 mins and he was preemy so got rushed off to NICU.....got a picture or two of him at an hour old.....beautiful shot and I must say the b&w is more preferrable to me....mostly because of the shading the colors and lighting create.
@nicolecampbell thanks Nicole, it's great to have those photos
@portereliz1958 it sure is...doesn't matter how they get out, and after 30 years of midwifery, it's amazing to me every single time @judecurran Thanks Jude for stopping by @boogie Thanks Mags @shadesofgrey thanks Shades, the more I look at it the more I like the B&W as well. It's terrible to have you baby whisked off like that, but sometimes it's necessary . @paulavdmerwe Thanks Paula @mjmaven Thanks for looking and commenting @kareen Thanks Kareen. It was initially a photo for me, I had asked the parents if I could take a photo for the project, and they said sure...take lots, so then I downloaded them all on to their laptop, they were happy with them
Yes...it was very necessary, at least in the beginning....nothing but a little jaundice and time to make sure he could keep his weight up....we were/are very lucky!
@melaniesavage
Thanks very much for the comment and the Fav I am lucky to have such a great job, and to get to take photos like this! @tracywilliams
Thanks Tracy, I hope to get some more like this
oh wow - - what a fantastic moment you have captured for them! i like how you can see the surgical scissors/instruments in the shot too....good context. wow!
posted May 26th, 2012
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bummer I can't tag Quin.......she loves these
This is a really great shot, though... was it a boy or a girl?
Thanks Srah, they were happy. Wish I could have taken more, but don't want to get in the way. Got a lovely one of the doc handing the baby to Mum, and a photo of dad's camera taking a photo of mum and bub...that's an interesting one!
@mturne1 Thanks Martha, I was happy with this one. Some of the others had blurred hands, or blurred baby. This was the best one of the actual birth
That's why I thought i'd better do this one in B&W
@corymbia
Thanks Amanda, so glad you liked it. It is always such an amazing thing to see, regardless of how the baby is born, then you wait for the cry. This one was making noises before he was all the way out, then straight over the drapes into Mum's arms
Good choice using black and white!
I have put the colour version on flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/76390255@N07/6894525442/in/photostream
hope I did the link correctly
thank you Marzenka
@vorka thank you, it was so nice to see Mum looking at the photos in amazement after we got back from theatre
@elsbels
Thanks Helen, so lucky that the parents were happy for me to take photos for my project
@buttercup
I'm lucky to have people who let me do this. Not something I do often, but it's great to be able to share my work life on 365
@nattybabe
Thanks Nat. I used to take my camera in to work before 365, but only if someone especially asked me to take pics. We take heaps with the dad's camera! Now i always have the camera at work...never know what you might see. But only after I have asked permission and explained the project
@espyetta
Thanks Mary Beth. The colour one does have a lot of blood, but thats normal. I did put the colour one on flickr, link is above.
@neda
Thats a strange reaction!! have heard similar, but not for C-sections. Most of our dad's know they can watch the whole thing reflected in the operating light...hmm, that gives me another idea.....
Thanks Mary Beth. I think the colour one actually shows the thaetre light really putting the baby in the spotlight!!
What a moment, and thank you Leonie and to the family to allow the sharing of this pretty amazing photo! Great catch!
Why is that Jase? I just was clicking back and forth between the 2 photos, and this one does look "crisper". The only editing that I did from the colour one was to change it to B&W, then added a bit of shadow so it didn't look washed out.
Yes I am lucky to be able to get and share these precious moments.
Thanks Lynne, it's great to get feedback from people. I liked the colour one as it reall put baby in the spotlight, but I can also see the difference in the sharpness when I had them side by side
Thank you Sarah
@sdpace
I used my 18-50 lens with no flash. I have taken photos before with the Dads camera, and have never used flash. The ceiling lights and 2 theatre lights always seem to be enough light. Different hospitals have different "rules" for cameras, and you're in a different country. They will tell you what you can and can't do. You dfinately can't get too close in case you touch something in the sterile field, and obviously you can't ask someone to move out the way for a better shot!! If it is your first time in an OR, the room is usually quite warm ( for the baby) and there is a lot of blood. Hope you get to see and photograph it.
@dianneh
Thanks Dianne for your comment, glad you liked the photo
Hi Quin, thought you might like this one. Now where is that sarcasm button again? ;)
Woo Hoo just got home from a crap game of golf and saw your messages! This just my second time there. First time was over 200 views and 9 Favs. Don't know how they pick them, and I know it's not all about the PP, but I'm doing a little happy dance right now!!!
I already did the multiple shuffle to get my photo as one of the big ones before doing the screen shot!! Never thought about tagging, will do that now.
@portereliz1958 it sure is...doesn't matter how they get out, and after 30 years of midwifery, it's amazing to me every single time
@judecurran Thanks Jude for stopping by
@boogie Thanks Mags
@shadesofgrey thanks Shades, the more I look at it the more I like the B&W as well. It's terrible to have you baby whisked off like that, but sometimes it's necessary .
@paulavdmerwe Thanks Paula
@mjmaven Thanks for looking and commenting
@kareen Thanks Kareen. It was initially a photo for me, I had asked the parents if I could take a photo for the project, and they said sure...take lots, so then I downloaded them all on to their laptop, they were happy with them
Thanks very much for the comment and the Fav I am lucky to have such a great job, and to get to take photos like this!
@tracywilliams
Thanks Tracy, I hope to get some more like this