Videos?

Signed up for Bradley classes at Babyology with a woman who also offers doula services (though she's kind of pricey).  I have considered hiring a doula, but I was going to wait to see how my husband does in the Bradley classes.  If I feel like he isn't going to be able to provide the support I'll need, then I'll likely hire a doula.  There's a kind of hippy lady that I think I'd like that has a really reasonable fee and will take video if you ask her to.  I know, the video thing is probably not something a lot of people want to do and I wouldn't want one if the camera were pointed up my whowho with a crowd of blue gowns standing around yelling at me to push while I'm trapped up in the stirrups all sweaty and uncomfortable, but we are tentatively planning a natural water birth and I am planning on wearing a long shirt through delivery (the hospital lets you wear your own clothes), so I feel like I'd be comfortable with the camera recording the birth so long as the angle is from my back.  And I'd like some shots of us laboring together.  Ideally I'd like it if I could use my Nikon and do some shots with the focus coming in and out because I'd like to cut them together with a song for like a 3 and a half minute montage of labor and delivery, but finding someone who can operate the camera that I want to be in the room with us is iffy.  I have a good friend who's a photog and I could probably hire her, and cut the video myself (I went to school for videography, though I've never done it professionally since I went down the graphic design path instead), but she's youngish and doesn't want to have kids, so she might be freaked out about the idea of being IN the delivery room.  It's an intimidating prospect, I know.  And she works full time, so it may not work with her schedule.  I just downloaded an album the other day and hear the song "We Are Fine" by Sharon Von Etten and immediately had a vision of a labor montage in a brightly lit, sunny birthing suite.  Would be nice if I could make it happen.  I could definitely do it on my own, but I'll be otherwise occupied, so perhaps I can have others operate the camera and see what kind of footage I end up with.  I'm rusty, but I'm actually a pretty good editor.