Anna Nicole Smith's c-section on ET

Anna Nicole Smith’s birth of her daughter, Dannielynn, via caesarean section was shown on Entertainment Tonight. Dannielynn is now 2 months old.

WARNING: For the most part, the video is graphic and uncensored.

Source: You Tube

Comments

esther Panda on November 9th, 2006

excuse me but this time i think she’s crazy! and I’m not afraid to say this despite of what she’s been throught recently. To sell her daughter’s birth and her son’s death like this….to me it’s juste disgusting.

Nancy on November 9th, 2006

I’d just like to say for anyone watching this video who might be facing a c-section: THEY ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO HURT. I have had two c-sections, and all I felt was pressure, no pain. The anesthesiologists were very careful to make sure that the spinal was completely effective before the operation began. I’m worried that this video will scare women who might need a c-section themselves.

Carrie Jo on November 9th, 2006

Wow, that’s a very candid video. I find it interesting that Anna has no problem sharing those things with the world. I wonder at her seeming lack of discretion.

tink1217 on November 9th, 2006

why oh why??

Cathy74523 on November 9th, 2006

Why does she seem so out of it? And why does she act like it’s hurting? I’ve had three c sections and I know enough to know that you’re either numb or you’re put under. I was awake for all of mine and the only thing I felt if anything was some pressure but there was never any pain. So what gives?

Beth on November 9th, 2006

Why on earth have you posted this??!

Sarah on November 9th, 2006

This is so damn stupid… i can´t believe how stupid… poor Dannielynn.

Jennifer R on November 9th, 2006

What is wrong with her? Was she drugged up or something? I sure hope so….good grief.

Sid on November 9th, 2006

I saw this when it was aired. Apparently the epidural didn’t take? Or that is what they said during the show. I just don’t understand selling your birth tape.

annabelle on November 9th, 2006

Why would she choose to share this???? I do feel bad for her with so many dramas and tragedies in her life ….. but then why would a person publicize the (seemingly) only good, private things left in her life?? I do not understand.

Katie on November 9th, 2006

I am an RN and have done my time in the delivery room for a C-Section and never out of the hundreds I have witnessed have I seen a woman act so out of it and dramatic. I’m sorry but that was a dramatized act on her part. Every Doctor I know would be very concerned if their patient started to move and act like that. They would have taken measures to stop the pain if she was in any. I think she knew it was video taped and was going to be released so she went to every extreme to make it as dramatic as possible. Isn’t drama what she is all about anyways!?!

Kelly on November 9th, 2006

Anna Nicole always seems a bit “out of it” to me, kinda like she’s “high”. I had a c-sec with my daughter, and I was VERY alert, not groggy and I had a epidural (obviously). I too, don’t understand how it seems to be hurting her, or maybe she is just a drama queen and knew it was being taped..who knows.

Rachel on November 9th, 2006

I heard she was on some other drug that wouldn’t allow the epidural to take effect, and that she felt everything.

aida on November 9th, 2006

for most part of my c-section i was drugged up and wasnt fully aware of what is going on. i t didnt hurt a bit, just there was pressure but it just felt weird and didnt hurt. so she is probably drugged up, but panting and crying in pain? whats the deal i wonder?

tink1217 on November 9th, 2006

i know i didn’t act drugged up with my 2 csections, but I know with my first one after they delivered her and were sewing and stapling me back up closing up the incisions I started feeling it. The epidural was wearing off. I had to be completely knocked out.

Joy on November 9th, 2006

yeah I have to say she seems REALLY out there – not that she wasn’t before but she acts and talks like she’s 4. I know she’s probably in a lot of pain and could be medicated for that but she’s really not looking good.

They are going to continue the interview tomorrow where she gets hostile about her mother and what she did after Daniel died.

keppa on November 9th, 2006

wow…that was just awkward….not the c-section, but just her. what is wrong with her???? “i wan my baby, i wan my baby, i wan my baby” right….

JEH on November 9th, 2006

I read reports that the anesthesia didn’t take and she felt everything. I was under the impression that if that were to ever happen they put the mom completely under to prevent from feeling the whole thing. It must have been excruciating. She is an emotional person anyway but I don’t totally believe that they would allow her to go through that.

JEH on November 9th, 2006

I read reports that her local didn’t work but I was also under the impression that if that happened they put the mom totally under so I don’t know she is just an emotional person regardless.

r9lee on November 9th, 2006

The rumor is her epidural(?) she was on wore off & she supposedly felt everything!!! @@

Nancy on November 9th, 2006

I’ve had two c-sections, and as Cathy said, they don’t hurt. I’m worried that this video will frighten women who have to have a c-section.

Lorus on November 9th, 2006

If you watched the interview she had said that the pain relief (I’m assuming epidural) didn’t fully work so she felt a lot of the surgery. People do get delirious when they are in a lot of pain so that might be why she’s acting that way.

ashley on November 9th, 2006

cathy,
anna claimed to have felt “everything” during her c-section. obviously this is not true, b/c she would have been screaming bloody murder. i had a c-section as well, and felt some discomfort, but no pain. i think anna is just dramatic. and possibly on drugs.

Maura on November 9th, 2006

Can she get anymore tackier? She has no class whatsoever.

Tiffany on November 9th, 2006

She said in an interview that the epidural did not take and she felt them cutting her.

amanda on November 9th, 2006

anna has said in many interviews that her epidural didn’t kick in a that she felt everything.

meliciousgirl on November 9th, 2006

During my Caesarean I was given a drug that was supposed to ‘calm’ me as the situation that resulted in me having a Caesar had caused me to panic. It made me woozy, out of it and I swear it looks like she has been given the same stuff.

Mimi on November 9th, 2006

Actually her epidural didn’t work. The same thing happend to my sister. I was in the delivery room with her. She felt the whole thing.

PSB on November 9th, 2006

I saw this on TV! So weird that she claims her spinal block didn’t work. She said her c-section was scheduled, so I can’t imagine that they would have gone ahead with the surgery if the epi didn’t work – not like it was a life/death emergency. I had a c-section that wasn’t planned and they didn’t proceed until I was unable to move my legs. I personally think Anna either confused the firm pressure you feel during a c-section with actual pain or she’s trying to get attention…or she is hallucinating (sadly, the most likely option).

That graphic footage really brought me back!!

Noelle on November 9th, 2006

I heard that her epidural didnt fully take effect and that she could feel it. She does sound pretty drugged up though.

Carol Lee on November 9th, 2006

everybody reacts differently. It’s very possible to feel pain during surgery even if you’re numb. It’s major trauma to the body and you can react in any number of ways. Cut her some slack people.

moonmoth on November 10th, 2006

Why would she allow this footage to be seen publicly? Didn’t she already make millions from her oil tycoon husband? Why would she need this revenue stream?

Plus I’ve also had a c-section and though ti wasn’t exactly comfortable, I sure was numb from the neck down. Felt pulling and air, but no actual pain until afterwards healing.

Kori on November 10th, 2006

Ummmm very weird. If the epidural didn’t take she would have known that and they would not have cut her without anesthesia! I am sorry for her loss but I hope she leaves the public eye, it’s all just too weird.

Sabby on November 11th, 2006

Whoa! I saw it on TV. I can’t help but wonder what Larry Birkhead’s reaction will be when he sees this. Anyways, this is very graphic and I can’t belive I watched it! LOL! I got pain just looking at it!

Heather77 on November 12th, 2006

Just b/c some of you have had a c-section and didn’t feel anything, doesn’t mean it’s that way for everyone else. I have had 3 c-sections, and I too, FELT my first one, and it was very scary. Even though I kept telling them I could feel it and was in obvious pain, all the anesth. would say to me is “just keep breathing”. I was not put out. So it DOES happen. I post on a parenting forum for c-sections and have talked with several women who had the same experience as I did during their c-section.

Heather77 on November 12th, 2006

Just b/c some of you have had a c-section and didn’t feel anything, doesn’t mean it’s that way for everyone else. I have had 3 c-sections, and I too, FELT my first one, and it was very scary. Even though I kept telling them I could feel it and was in obvious pain, all the anesth. would say to me is “just keep breathing”. I was not put out. So it DOES happen. I post on a parenting forum for c-sections and have talked with several women who had the same experience as I did during their c-section.

Kathy on August 29th, 2007

I saw this on ET, it was disturbing, I really think she could feel it. If you look closely enough you’ll notice that she said ‘ow’ whenever the Dr. would manipulate the incision. I have a feeling that since she had such a long history of abusing pain-killers she developed such a tolerance to them, that the spinal block anaesthesia didn’t work! Its apparently been known to happen. What’s really creepy is, in interviews and TV appearances featuring this footage, Anna Nicole repeatedly claimed that she could feel it, while interviewers and Howard K. Stern alike ignored it and Anna Nicole’s obvious distress and crapped on like it was a regular ‘miracle of life’ clip.