Transcript of Verbal Stream -- Seconds 8:50:00 to 8:50:45

[As the scene opens, the woman has been making a loud statement about her being able to say "whatever she wants during labor.  This is said and taken in a joking mood by the ressearcher who laughs, comments on the laughter as all join laughing at her predicament.  The mention of the camera at a time when "nothing else is happening" and chitchat is allowable, gives the nurse an opening to ask questions about the taping, and for the husband to continue what is indexed back by the researcher to something he has done before: "teasing" her about how boring it will be to watch all these hours of tape.]

(A transcript with comments emphasizing the positioning of bodies is also available)

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frame # Wife Husband Nurse Researcher seconds
850:08 ~no ~ ~ ~ ~ !*****! ~ ##
apology ~ ~ ~ ~ !*****! ~ ##
850:10 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ LAUGHTER **! ##
8:28:11 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ don't make me laugh ##
~ ~ ~ !*****! ~ !*****! it shakes the camera!* ##
~ ~ ~ ~ is it on? ***! I think so ##
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ yeah ##
~ ~ ~ ~ oh wow. Is ~ ~ ##
~ ~ ~ ~ whole thing going ~ ~ ##
~ ~ ~ ~ to be on? ~ ~ ##
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Welll ~ ##
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ with any luck ##
850:20 ~ ~ ~ hours of ~ ~ ~ ~ ##
8:28:11 ~ ~ boredom ~ ~ ~ ~ ##
~ ~ ~ ~ !***! ~ !***! ~ ##
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ That's what he keeps teasing ##
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ me about that I am going to ##
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ have to sit with this and go over ##
~ ~ ~ ~ and you are going and ~ ##
~ ~ ~ ~ to copy xxxxxx ~ ~ ##
~ ~ ~ ~ *** ~ ~ ~ ##
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ xxx for her yeah ##
850:30 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ##
8:28:11 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ##
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ##
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ##
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ##
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ##
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ##
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ##
~ ~ is some ~ ~ xxxxx ~ ~ ##
~ ~ some professor ~ ~ ~ ~ ##
850:40 ~ ~ going to have to sit ~ ~ ~ ~ ##
8:28:11 ~ ~ through this? ~ ~ ~ ~ I don't think anybody ##
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ will even if I wanted them to ##
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ !*****! ##

All participants then refocus on Lonnie and the strenghth of the contraction

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February 12, 1999