By NICKY CHAMP
There is a woman in the UK who is selling tickets to the birth of her first child, and I get it, I really do.
Yep. Josie Cunningham has reportedly sold four tickets to her child’s birth – two £10,000 tickets to journalists allowing them to film the birth, and two £5,000 tickets to people who can watch but not film.
(Just FYI – £10,000 is around $16,000 AUD.)
While I don’t have anything in common with Josie Cunningham, who is so desperate for fame that she wanted to abort her son because being pregnant meant she couldn’t go into the Big Brother house, I say go ahead and have a bunch of strangers in the birthing suite with you sweetheart, because I did exactly that.
I didn’t sell tickets, nor did I plan for there to be 10 people huddled around watching the to the birth of my daughter.
It just kind of happened.
My waters broke in the middle of the night, and to speed through the gory details, I found myself in the labour ward being told I was going to give birth in the next 45 minutes… completely drug free. I begged the nurses for an epidural but they said, it was too late and that the baby was coming NOW. I sucked the life out of the gas – but here’s a tip for anyone planning a natural birth with gas, IT DOESN’T DO ANYTHING. Its only use is the mouthpiece turns into something that you can bite down on to kinda, sorta, not really get through contractions. Well, until the nurses realise you’re doing it, and take it away from you.
After what seemed like an eternity (it was 30 minutes) I gave birth, came to, and looked around the room to see a bunch of people I’d never met before. One came over and said, ‘Thanks so much for letting me be a part of your birth experience.’ I feigned a smile, turned to my mum, and mouthed, ‘Who the f**k is that?’
So delirious from the pain, I had apparently consented to having a room full of medical students in the labour ward with me. If you opt for drugs or to go solo, you’re in such a weird state that you don’t care what anyone in the near vicinity is doing, you just want that baby out of your vag STAT.
So Josie Cunningham I don’t agree with anything else you’re doing, but you go right ahead and have whoever the hell you want in the birthing suite, because you’re not going to remember any of it. Well… considering two of the people who paid 10,000 British pounds for tickets are journalists filming it, maybe you will…
Would you ever pay money to see that? And if you have given birth who did you have in the labour ward with you?
Top Comments
I say Mamamia should pay for Rosie Waterland to have a ticket so that she can give us the recap afterwards lol.
I also turned around after giving birth to see a line of complete strangers standing around watching - med students of course, not paying spectators. I have to say, by that stage I couldn't have cared less who could see what - childbirth = dignity begone!
If she's silly enough to 'sell' attendance at her child's birth then it will be her problem when her child later on finds out about how her mother behaved during his/her pregnancy and I suspect it will be a problem for the child.
On a completely unrelated and judgemental sounding note, just looking at the photo of her explains exactly why I have arguments with my teenager about makeup and fake tan. I'm sure Josie would be more attractive without the 'face' than with.
Jeez I'm getting old.
I feel the same way Faybian. The make-up is Halloween, the bosom is unbelievable and all I can think is "That poor little baby!"
I'm sure i saw this woman on "snog, marry, avoid" or was it "geordie shore"?