Ricki Lake did a fantastic documentary already on ...

2008-06-16T13:31:00.000-07:00

Ricki Lake did a fantastic documentary already on this topic called The Business of Being Born. If you have Netflix you can watch it on instant view. It totally changed the way I view pregnancy and birth.

Hadn't heard about this, thank you. I had an amazi...

2007-04-17T18:27:00.000-07:00

Hadn't heard about this, thank you. I had an amazing OB who was completely supportive of my VBAC but I sought her ought and carefully screened her.

Sara, it's a very interesting book. I won't say it...

2007-04-03T08:30:00.000-07:00

Sara, it's a very interesting book. I won't say it's a "good" book because it's a difficult read, but it does a great job of exploring the problems (and the good things) with Obstetrics and even does some analysis of how we might fix them.

As for how the trailer is done...well...remember, it's a trailer. It's designed to evoke strong emotional responses so that people will go see it.

Hi Jennifer, thanks for the book recommendation. ...

2007-04-03T08:08:00.000-07:00

Hi Jennifer, thanks for the book recommendation. I looked it up on Amazon, and it looks like an important, authoritative text.

I want to clarify that I have no problem with questioning hospital births. My issue is with *how* this trailer does it. One obvious example is the very first sound we hear, ambulance sirens. Since the director's point seems to be that complications arise

There are some excellent OBs out there, there's no...

2007-04-02T08:02:00.000-07:00

There are some excellent OBs out there, there's no doubt about that. I also believe that nearly ALL OBs are honestly doing what they think is in their patient's best interest.

The problem is that OBs often fail to practice evidence based medicine. Legions of OBs are still using Cytotec to induce...tons push induction the moment mom reaches her due date. Many push inductions for "

While I'm all for questioning standard medical pra...

2007-04-02T07:53:00.000-07:00

While I'm all for questioning standard medical practices, the trailer for this film--its use of background music and flag imagery--seems designed to prompt an emotional response *before* a reasoned one. I'd like to hear both sides of the issue, including interviews with women like myself who feel they received good hospital care during and after their delivery. This film doesn't promise that.<

Now see I'm the oddball that would be scared you-k...

2007-03-31T20:48:00.000-07:00

Now see I'm the oddball that would be scared you-know-what-less to have a baby at home. I am too worried about what could go wrong. I know one of my friends in Cali birthed #3 & 4 at home and #3 was totally unassisted.

That being said, I do think with proper education that more women would birth at home but many women cannot either find a homebirth MW or afford one.

Why is the

I had not heard about this before now. I'm definit...

2007-03-31T08:47:00.000-07:00

I had not heard about this before now. I'm definitely looking forward to seeing it. I've had three babies, steadily getting more "natural" (all 3 unmedicated, first hospital, then birth center, then home). I have become very interested in the policies and politics surrounding childbirth in this country, especially having seen how the birth experiences of friends have universally not gone the way

Wow, this is great that someone is going to bring ...

2007-03-31T06:50:00.000-07:00

Wow, this is great that someone is going to bring birthing choices to light! I think many people trust implicitly that the doctors are doing the right thing all the time. At this time in life doctors seem to be answering to their own insurance companies, drug companies, and the under educated public. I was almost forbidden to have a VBAC, when I pressed about the issue with the true facts of

Count me in as someone who wants to see how this t...

2007-03-31T06:48:00.000-07:00

Count me in as someone who wants to see how this turns out. I could go on and on about my birth experience in the hospital vs. my one at home. I won't do that here, but I could :)

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