Gentle Cesarean?

that just looks so.. weird to me. everyone standing around watching this baby just sit there. I wonder if the need for a "gentle birth" is just us projecting what we would like to have onto these babies. is there actually any proven benefit to a slow birth like this rather than the usual? wouldn't any distress/discomfort (in a typical birth, whether from natural or c-section births) be pretty short-lived and forgotten quickly?

I'm sort of fascinated, but - I'm so claustrophobic that I can't stand to have the bed sheets around my feet and watching this made me feel so uncomfortable in my legs, all crawly and twitchy. I just wanted to kick my feet around.

I'm so weird and I totally own it.

Doesn't mean I think they shouldn't do it, and the concept of vaginal birth is just as bad even though I had one myself, just that I have this weird claustrophobic feeling watching it.

Wow that was interesting to watch. In normal birth a baby is pushed out by the mother correct, not the baby moving down the passage itself, so is this really a natural thing to do, to force the baby to wiggle out? In the end it's grabbed by a hand and pulled out so that negates a gentle arrival.

Side note: Are women allowed to wear bras during childbirth? I wear a bra 24/7, sleep in it, I don't feel I'm wearing it ever. I don't want to be braless during birth, to me it would feel unnatural. Is there any option to wear a bra if I want?

Depends on the hospital. When I had DD3, I was not allowed to have ANY metal on me- so even the earrings I was wearing had to come out. It is becoming more and more common that they utilize a special metal detecting wand at the end of the C/S to verify that no instruments or sponges have been left in the patient by mistake. So before they close the final layer, they will pass the wand over you as a final safety check. I suspect that will eventually become standard procedure and technology everywhere. 

In one hospital I was told that I had to take off my bra if I wanted an epidural, but it never came up at the hospital where my other three were born. With my youngest I went in for a csection (was changed to an induction at the last minute - long story) and they suggested wearing my nursing bra under the gown if I wanted to breastfeed in the recovery room.

I have my last child 17 years ago, but things may have changed.  I was told no bra because the metal in the bra would burn you if they need to shock you in an emergency, especially if you ended up in surgery.  But I was a high risk pregnancy with both kids and had a 50/50 chance of a c-section with #1 and an 85% chance with #2.  I ended up with an emergency c-section with #1 and a VBAC with #2.  Don't worry--when you are in labor, you may not like it that you are not wearing a bra, but you have much bigger issues to worry about.  And if it's a big deal, I would imagine that you could discuss it with your OB and get one of those bras that you can slip on over your head (no clasp or underwires) as a compromise.

As for the gentle c-section, I guess I don't see a lot of harm in it.  If it went on for more than 5 minutes, I would worry about infection rates and needing more anesthesia.  And obviously it wouldn't work for urgent situations.  I don't see how it helps the lungs or "good bacteria", as the baby's face appears to be delivered the traditional c-sect (quick) way anyway.  

It was interesting to watch. I think if it's an option that could be made available to a mom, then it's nice for her to have the option, simply because I think that some moms who have c-sections may feel that they don't have as many options. My uneducated first reaction is that it isn't any better or worse for baby than a typical c-section, but that it's simply different.

I watched the video. That just seems odd to me. I get the part about how doing it this way provides some "natural squeezing" to help get the mucous out but I wonder if it's really necessary?

It was really cool to watch that little guy wriggle himself out though!