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Mattress Ad Features Homebirth
Not sure what the mattress ads in your TV market are like, but
around here, they typically feature a wacky mattress store giant ready
to slash prices on name brands! (Pillow tops! Kings!) Or a barely
compatible couple setting wildly variant firmness levels on his/her
side of the bed.
But
in today’s installment of How Euros Aren’t Like Americans, we bring you the
mattress ad. Here’s a French one featuring two guys snuggling with the
line “And you, how do you sleep?”
Or this: an ad from Spain featuring a
homebirth.
Unless you work for hippies (or in Spain), this video is NSFW.
The Spanish mattress company, Flex, features a Barcelona couple’s
homebirth and the slogan, “Your bed, the most important place in the world.” The couple explain they wanted the birth to happen in their Flex, because that’s where their son as born (comfort! durability!).
What do you think? Sweet ad plucking our heart strings, or a call for the return of mattress giants worldwide?
Video: YouTube
[via birthactivist.com]
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11 Comments
Anonymous commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 amI found both ads disturbing – though the homebirth was haunting and beautiful, I don’t know that I’d want to see that on tv during dinner or family time. The second ad, was just plain creepy.
Anonymous commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 amAwesome! I loved both ads and wish we had ads like that in the US. Makes me waht to buy that bed!
Anonymous commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 amThis is a great add, but I tell you that French women cannot afford such luxury. A few home-birthers are forced to migrate to third-world countries (Belgium, Germany etc.) to enjoy a peaceful childbirth! See the photograph:
Anonymous commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 amLovely ad…but all those white sheets, with a baby? Not going to last
Anonymous commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 amThank you for the link love to Birth Activist!
Anonymous commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 amAwwww! If only my delivery had been as sweet and peaceful….maybe I used the wrong mattress??
Anonymous commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 amI like both. I wish there were American ads like these.
Anonymous commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 amYeah, they say “primer hijo” (first child) was born at home, on the same bed.
That was totally amazing!
Anonymous commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 amlove both of em, great ads!
Anonymous commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 amMeganInMA, they had an older son in the commercial…I’m guessing that’s who they meant.
I found the ad kinda sweet, but…yeah. weird. I don’t think I’d like to see a live homebirth when eating my dinner or anything, but I liked the idea behind it.
And the French snugglers? Adorable!
Anonymous commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 am“The couple explain they wanted the birth to happen in their Flex, because that’s where their son as born (comfort! durability!).”
I think you mean where their son “was conceived”…
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