| Birth Footage: Water Birth | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 2400 |
| Catalog #: | 529328 | |
| Clip Number: | 529328-1 | |
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| Timecode: | 01:24:07 - 01:29:52 | |
| Location: | United States | |
| Year Shot: | 2002 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | AGE GROUP/CHILDREN: Births HEALTH AND MEDICINE: Maternity, Pregnancy LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA OCCUPATIONS: Medical, Misc | |
| Description: | All talent is cleared. Birth Footage: Water Birth Married, 30-something, Caucasian woman named Kelly in labor and childbirth, water birth. MSs patient (pregnant woman) in hospital bed, then walking down hallway with nurse and husband. Cute MS husband massaging wife's temples. Woman crouches, getting massage from woman (nurse? doctor? midwife?). CU contented-looking woman breathing peacefully, pan to her pregnant abdomen. Various shots woman in pool/tub for water birth, surrounded by husband and medical personnel. CUs woman's face as she groans in labor. Woman lies on her stomach while nurse massages her back. CU woman (doctor, probably) coaching patient to push. CU woman's face as she pushes. MS baby boy being plucked from the water, mucus removed from his mouth. MSs new mother, still in the water, taking her newborn baby and holding him gently in the water; the parents stroke him. The whole setting feels quite peaceful. CU gloved hands clamp umbilical cord, dad's hands cut the cord. Mother is helped toward bed. CU delivery of afterbirth (graphic), CU placenta as someone explains what we're seeing (bag of waters). CUs/MS baby breastfeeding/nursing. | |
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