The birth announcement of Amelie Amaya has gone viral— almost 8 million hits and counting.
It's a pregnancy time lapse video which is apparently nothing new (I found hundreds on Youtube) but this one lets the dad-to-be have a role and weaves a story that is particularly sweet. Check out the awesomeness below:
I posted it on facebook yesterday and 8 Bit Dad pointed me to this pregnancy time lapse video from a couple of years ago which ups the adorableness factor by being incredibly clever.
Then Amanda from New Mom on the Blog pointed out that if she had made one of those videos while she was pregnant, at least half of it would have been shot with her head in the toilet.
My pregnancy with Mazzy was nine months of constant nausea so I imagine my video wouldn't have been quite as sweet either.
Maybe it could have been nine months of puking various substances and then upchucking a baby for the grand finale?
Or constant crying until a child emerged from a pool of my own tears?
Or maybe it would be cool to see my body go through various stages of hunching due to severe back pain!
Also, I'm not sure I'm fond of glossing over the whole labor portion of the event.
Aren't mothers supposed to use their child's labor as a source of guilt for the rest of their lives? I don't want my daughter saying— 'what labor? All you did was suck in the air from a balloon! It took under two minutes!'
As for the dad's role in the birth announcement, I'd like to make it a little more true to life.
Neither making the baby magically appear in his hands or being entirely absent from the process seems quite right.
What about the part when he comes home two hours after you tell him that it's time??
Or the part where he leaves you having contractions in the lobby of your building at 2am so he can go across the street to get a fresh cup of coffee???
I'd like those moments kept for posterity too.
How else will I continue to hold them over his head?
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What unadorable moment would be part of your pregnancy time lapse?
Okay, that would be really funny if in between all that awesome time lapse stuff there was a woman screaming and pushing out a baby. I’d watch that. 😉 Or maybe not, but you know what I mean… lol.
Suspend disbelief. Like watching a movie. If I didn’t, I’d drive myself insane questioning everything.
Watching amazing videos like this exhaust me since I realize my kids will ask someday “why didn’t you do something special like this for me?” lol
I LOVE this type of videos. It makes me wish that I was pregnant again so that I could make something really cool like this.
People are just so darn creative.
the guy’s mouth was about 6 inches too high. that’s where they lost me.
Yeah, I’m pretty sure if I’d have thought to make a video it would be used for high school education and pregnancy prevention.
I also love how the two women in the videos didn’t seem to gain any weight other than in their adorable tummies. Um, I gained close to 70 lbs with the first one. I once pushed my husband out of the way with my “bump” because he was in direct line of the fridge.
Okay, I’m way behind on the times because I’ve never seen videos like this before. REALLY NEAT! Wish I had thought to do one.
Unadorable moment as part of my pregnancy time lapse would be finger pricking. YAY Gestational Diabetes!
Maybe the movies glorify pregnancy a little (or possibly a bit more than a little), but they are still super adorable.
And the puking video would be awesome to put pressure on your child for any occasion. Hey kid? Know how much I went through for you? Yeah. You better get me a fantastic nursing home.
What I want to know is, has there ever, in the history of YouTube, been one of these posted for the second kid?
I’m a total noob – didn’t even know this was a genre. Consequently, I am agog with admiration and squealy adoration at the moment. I’m sure I’ll eventually come around to the cynical view. Also – hipfish’s question. Yep.
I hope it’s clear that I am also in awe of the videos. I only wish that my pregnancy was that photogenic.
Oh, oh! I’ve got one!
How about the part where he goes to Jack-in-the-Box and MISSES THE BIRTH OF HIS CHILD?
Of course, I now own him for life. Bwah-ha-ha-ha-ha.
Too freakin’ funny. I mean HORRIBLE. Have you gotten a foot massage lately?
I definitely think mine would have involved a lot of time in the bathroom, and doubled over in pain. Our pregnancies were very similar. While I am happy for women who have lovely, pleasant, uneventful pregnancies, I also kinda want to punch them in the throat when they flaunt it. Is that bad?
Mine would be where my husband told me to go back to sleep because it would be ages yet and then promptly when back to sleep himself, while I Iay staring at the ceiling wondering how anyone was supposed to sleep though this level of pain!
I’m too much in awe of these videos (and that second woman’s post-baby body) to think of anything clever to say here. How do you DO that, anyway? (Both the time-lapse thing and the amazing post-baby body.)
very cool. especially since they didn’t make me feel all pinterest-inferior with a spotless home.
Oh, I definitely am too. I’m just saying I was not one of the pretty pregnant women. Or nice, if you come right down to it.