I have had two children and have actually recorded both births (and would definitely do it again for a future child). When I had my first child I was still young and definitely wanted the full experience even after the fact. I knew I would be in horrific pain, which I was, and would likely not be able to remember the beautiful part of my child actually coming into the world, and so I decided to have my husband record the birth for me. During the second birth, I had no choice but to record it. When I was 6 months pregnant my husband, who was in the military, had to deploy to Iraq and was not able to be present during the birth of our second baby. My best friend was in the birthing room with me then and also recorded the birth for us so that my husband would be able to see the birth upon his return from Iraq and not feel as though he missed out on everything. Luckily I had both my children in Germany, so we were able to record the births from different angles, not only from the head of my bed. I am glad that I choose to record my children being born, simply because I was able to watch their births after I had recovered from the pain and felt well enough to visually enjoy the miracle of childbirth. It was not weird or gross, since it was my body and my child and nobody else needs to see the video but my husband and I.