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<p>Hey look! I&#39;m in<a href="http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/articles/2010/11/11/push____and_smile_more_new_moms_are_primping_on_the_big_day/?page=full" target="_self"> The Boston Globe</a>!</p>
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<p><em>How good is good?  “It’s not about looking like you came from the runway,’’ said style  blogger Roxanna Sarmiento, a mother of three. “But those pictures last  forever. Anyone can see them five or 10 years from now. Even future  employers.’’</em></p>
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<p><em>Although some  women do get dolled up for the delivery, Sarmiento, 34, says that  doesn’t make sense. “I’ve seen pictures of people with mascara running  down their faces. You cry or you get all sweaty. It’s a very emotional  time.’’</em></p>
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<p><em>The time to put on  your face — assuming that there were no complications with the delivery  and the baby is healthy — is, apparently, about 20 minutes after the big  event. That’s when Sarmiento pulled out her kit with the little mirror  and the Chanel and Laura Mercier cosmetics.</em></p>
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<p><em>“I  didn’t attempt eyeliner,’’ she said, “but I do a little shadow and  mascara and blush and a little powder. People are worried it’s too vain,  but there is a lot of down time.’’</em></p>
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<p><em>She  and her husband live far from family, she said, making photos even more  important. “What’s your choice? Taking care of yourself at the hospital  and making sure you look decent in the photos, or shying away from the  camera and being invisible when the baby’s born?’’</em></p>
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<p><em>The  latter just won’t do, according to Geoffrey Batchen, an expert on  historical and contemporary photography and a professor of art history  at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.</em></p>
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<p><em>“The  photographic image is no longer simply a document shared within an  immediate family group,’’ he wrote in an e-mail, “now it is also a means  of communication, a message to an extended social circle that says ‘I  am present,’ ‘I am here,’ ‘I just did this.’ ’’</em></p>
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<p>I know it&#39;s not exactly the editorial pages and that I&#39;m becoming The Globe&#39;s go-to person for frivolous stories...don&#39;t rain on my parade, man. I don&#39;t mind! I&#39;m in this story with the fabulous <a href="http://bostonmamas.com/" target="_self">Christine Koh</a> and <a href="http://alphamom.com/" target="_self">Isabel Kallman</a>, so I&#39;m in great company.</p>
<p>So, confession time: Did you primp before having your baby? Don&#39;t tell me we&#39;re the only ones!</p>
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