The day of your baby's birth is likely to be one that you'll reflect on for years to come. Although you may have trouble remembering the date and time of various historical events, you will be able to recite the exact moment of your baby's arrival, along with his weight, length and the emotional words of your husband or partner the moment he became a father. This special day will be in your mind forever.

Although your thoughts and visions will remain within you, wouldn't you love to see a replay of the miracle of your baby's birth right before your own eyes? You can do this, if your doctor or midwife and the facility you plan to deliver at will allow you to bring a video camera along with the warm socks and focal point you pack in your hospital bag.

The time to consider videotaping your baby's birth isn't when your contractions are five minutes apart; the right time is during a consultation or prenatal checkup with your health care provider while discussing such things as epidurals, the Bradley method or the likelihood of your best friend being allowed in the delivery room.

Although the arrival of numerous babies have been witnessed by the television audience of The Learning Channel's "A Baby Story," that doesn't mean all facilities and medical professionals welcome video cameras into the delivery room. If it is important to you to have a video of your baby's entrance into the world, it's wise to discuss the possibility early in your pregnancy. If you and your doctor or medical facility cannot come to an agreement on the situation -- and this is important to you -- you may choose to deliver elsewhere.

Tami Pelles and her husband reside in Pendleton, Ore. Their latest addition, a boy, was born at the same hospital in Walla Walla, Wash. as was their first child. Both births were captured on videotape.

Pelles's sister videotaped the second birth. Coincidentally, Pelles videotaped her sister's second birth at the same hospital. "I am so grateful to have the video because I had my eyes closed a lot of the time," Pelles says. The video offers her a different view of her son's birth -- being able to see it from the eye of a bystander. In addition to seeing her son's birth, "I can hear my mother and sisters encouraging me during the pushing stage and I can hear the joyful sobbing that accompanied his arrival. It's very sweet."

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