posted on August 25, 2008 09:35:00 AM new
Pimping your child's birth for a whopping $152.50.
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"Come join us for our special day - the birth of our daughter!
Kevin and Lauren would like to invite someone to join us at the birth of our baby girl, Hanna. The hospital we are having her at allows five people in the delivery room, and we only have four! So come and join us for our special day of welcoming little Hanna into the world! If all goes as scheduled, we will be induced on Tuesday, August 26, 2008 at 8:00a.m. Hanna will be born in Jupiter, Florida. If you are interested, please make a bid!
There is no shipping costs because there is nothing to ship! All you have to do is arrange your transportation to and from the hospital!"
posted on August 25, 2008 10:50:44 AM new
Now I've seen it all.
This guy Kevin....he's doesn't have a problem with some strange guy, who's NOT part of the medical team, standing there staring at his wife's va j j? And Lauren doesn't have a problem with this, either?
Sheesh.
posted on August 25, 2008 10:59:23 AM new
You would think it would be pulled, but it already ended! I have a feeling this couple thought they would get tons of bids and publicity for this, interviews on news shows, etc. and it just didn't happen.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Caroline
posted on August 25, 2008 11:09:10 AM new
I know that it's kind of weird, and my wife and I wouldn't think of letting in a stranger without a medical reason for being there. OTOH, I would probably have paid $152 to see a childbirth before I had (okay, my wife had) children -- I attended Lamaze and all of the childbirth prep courses, but nothing really prepared me for the actual experience.
posted on August 25, 2008 11:25:44 AM new
You're right Cash, it is kinda weird But I do see how someone would want to attend a birth if they were planning or expecting one of their own. I can handle that better than I can having the couple sell the right to see it.
Don't they show a tape or something in the prep classes? I don't think I would even sell the rights to watch my dog give birth.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Caroline
posted on August 25, 2008 11:39:09 AM new
They played a tape, but it was so "mediated" that I didn't feel that I was prepared. Keep in mind that I was preparing for my first child more than 27 years ago; now it's probably in high definition with surround sound.
I'm with you. I can understand buying it, but I can't understand selling it... which I guess doesn't make for much of a market
posted on August 25, 2008 11:42:55 AM new
I didn't even want my husband in the room. I knew he could handle the blood and gore and all that, he was studying anatomy at the time, I just didn't want him to see me in that much pain. I think it's hard for a husband to be so helpless. He insisted though.
I'll never forget the look of horror on his face when he heard the peak of my screams. Then he almost cried when I cussed him out from one end of the room to the other after he ate a sandwich and dared to lean over me with cheese lingering on his breath.
Poor guy. lol
My dad was an ob/gyn and he really wanted to be in the room. He couldn't understand why I said no.
posted on August 25, 2008 04:36:48 PM new
Did you click on the 1 FB this seller had?? It was for the same item, a place in the delivery room and it ended for 99 cents. A little weird.
Caroline 
But I do see how someone would want to attend a birth if they were planning or expecting one of their own. I can handle that better than I can having the couple sell the right to see it.