This is a sweet, informative, sometimes stressful piece about pregnancy and labor. Sarah has a great voice, good pace and earnest, true narration. And it was interesting to hear the trials and tribulations of having a baby, beyond the pain and the goopy birth-stuff. However, it didn't strike me as much more than "cute". Which isn't a bad thing, but I was hoping for more. There were some distracting sound moments, too: the baby's heartbeat early on and Sarah's incredibly heavy breathing towards the end. The former is jarring because I didn't know what it was for some time. The latter was off-putting because she was breathing as if she'd just gone through hours of labor. Then we learn she'd had to have an emergency C-section. A sweet piece, though, with great baby noise at the end.
Review of Welcome Baby Max
Lee Fuoco
Posted on December 28, 2004 at 11:01 AM
This is a sweet, informative, sometimes stressful piece about pregnancy and labor. Sarah has a great voice, good pace and earnest, true narration. And it was interesting to hear the trials and tribulations of having a baby, beyond the pain and the goopy birth-stuff. However, it didn't strike me as much more than "cute". Which isn't a bad thing, but I was hoping for more. There were some distracting sound moments, too: the baby's heartbeat early on and Sarah's incredibly heavy breathing towards the end. The former is jarring because I didn't know what it was for some time. The latter was off-putting because she was breathing as if she'd just gone through hours of labor. Then we learn she'd had to have an emergency C-section. A sweet piece, though, with great baby noise at the end.