The nurse was telling me, “Push!” and I clenched Spencer’s hand as I dutifully did. I was so deep into the contractions that I really didn’t think about the fact we were filming the birth for my 425,000 YouTube subscribers.
Capturing the amazing moment our daughter, Renaelia, was born was something my husband Spencer and I had always planned, because I’ve shared everything on my channel, Imogenation – the highs and the lows – since it launched in 2017.This was the biggest stage of my journey yet.
I’ve always loved being in front of a camera and performing. I did a degree in dance and musical theatre and I’d wanted to be an actress, but fell into retail and worked in a nightclub to pay the bills as acting work was so patchy.
I saved up for equipment like studio lights to start my channel because I missed performing. I was renting a tiny room before my YouTube began in 2017 and I’d film when my landlady and her family were out at work and school.
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