The Business of Being Born

[Cilantro]

Hey ladies! I know that many of you plan to have kids, or have more kids, and this is a film that any birthing woman should watch. It was produced by Ricki Lake (as in "Go Ricki! Go Ricki!") and discusses the birthing industry in America.

I read some books and saw this when I was pregnant and we decided against the normal hospital birth with our second child. It's a decision that I am thankful I made every single day. This is a big passion for me, so please don't take my enthusiasm the wrong way. :) If any of you have already seen it, please discuss!

You can find out more about the film and watch the trailer on their website.

http://www.thebusinessofbeingborn.com/

[rainbowtreat]

I only watched the trailer and I am sure this is true for most big hospitals. I have to say my experiance of giving birth with the doctor I have chosen was great. My first he was there and only induced me becuase my water had broken hours before and I was still not in labor yet. My second I had a different doctor and I didn't care for him so much but I had no meds. it was all natural and very rewarding. My 3rd I had my normal doctor and had to have anitbiotics while in labor and before he was born. My doctor was great and I would not change a thing. My doctor is part of the hospital but he works out of a clinic. He is the one that calls the shots. Not some doctor that works in the hospital just to delliver babies.

I am a very open minded person. If some thing works better for some one else I have nothing against that at all. I loved my doctor and would not have changed a thing.

[Cilantro]

It makes me happy to hear of a doctor that has respect for the laboring woman. The experience I had with my first son in the hospital was horrifying. It's still a great movie to watch if you get the chance. :)

[eponabri]

Hey ladies! I know that many of you plan to have kids, or have more kids, and this is a film that any birthing woman should watch. It was produced by Ricki Lake (as in "Go Ricki! Go Ricki!") and discusses the birthing industry in America.

I read some books and saw this when I was pregnant and we decided against the normal hospital birth with our second child. It's a decision that I am thankful I made every single day. This is a big passion for me, so please don't take my enthusiasm the wrong way. :) If any of you have already seen it, please discuss!

You can find out more about the film and watch the trailer on their website.

http://www.thebusinessofbeingborn.com/
Things are definitely getting worse. When I had my first child, the doctor told me to just relax and he would do all of the work... and that was 27 years ago. I was not even allowed to see my baby for 12 hours!

I remember my friend had her baby a few years later, so not only got to see and hold him, she reached down and delivered him herself.

I'm surprised the medical industry even allows women to carry the baby in a pregnancy. Aren't they afraid we'll screw that up too?

[Cilantro]

Things are definitely getting worse. When I had my first child, the doctor told me to just relax and he would do all of the work... and that was 27 years ago. I was not even allowed to see my baby for 12 hours!

I remember my friend had her baby a few years later, so not only got to see and hold him, she reached down and delivered him herself.

I'm surprised the medical industry even allows women to carry the baby in a pregnancy. Aren't they afraid we'll screw that up too?
I definitley hear you. :grinhappy:

[RosieAngel]

This looks really interesting, even though I'm ambivalent about whether or not I want to have kids (I love OTHER people's kids, though! :heart:). I'll definitely watch it!

Thanks for sharing!

[Thalia_themuse]

Yeah, that looks pretty bad... Here in Oz there is an increase of doctors and a decrease of midwives in most births, which worries me! My mother is a physiotherapist who works in womens health and maternity, and she has a big issue with doctors that feel the need to 'get in there and do something'. Not *all* docs are like that - for a couple of our births Mum had a great doctor that sat back and pretty much did 'nothing' because nothing went wrong. A lot of people are trying to convince women that too many things can go wrong, rather than telling them that it is a natural process and if they look after themselves and do a few things during labour, they should be fine. Yes, sometimes there will be problems and THEN a doctor should step in and do what s/he can, but not necessarily before that! I know a woman that had such a horrific birth with her second child (she broke her sacrum and a tibula and fibula during childbirth!!), but such terrible issues only arise in a small percentage of cases.

In the end, childbirth is a natural process that would not have persisted in our species unless it worked *most* of the time. Mum says that women in her classes have no real clue of what to expect - so instead of perpetuating negative and sometimes harmful misinformation, there should be more education for the mothers.

Sorry, I'll get off my soapbox!

[Cilantro]

Yeah, that looks pretty bad... Here in Oz there is an increase of doctors and a decrease of midwives in most births, which worries me! My mother is a physiotherapist who works in womens health and maternity, and she has a big issue with doctors that feel the need to 'get in there and do something'. Not *all* docs are like that - for a couple of our births Mum had a great doctor that sat back and pretty much did 'nothing' because nothing went wrong. A lot of people are trying to convince women that too many things can go wrong, rather than telling them that it is a natural process and if they look after themselves and do a few things during labour, they should be fine. Yes, sometimes there will be problems and THEN a doctor should step in and do what s/he can, but not necessarily before that! I know a woman that had such a horrific birth with her second child (she broke her sacrum and a tibula and fibula during childbirth!!), but such terrible issues only arise in a small percentage of cases.

In the end, childbirth is a natural process that would not have persisted in our species unless it worked *most* of the time. Mum says that women in her classes have no real clue of what to expect - so instead of perpetuating negative and sometimes harmful misinformation, there should be more education for the mothers.

Sorry, I'll get off my soapbox!
I couldn't agree more! :grinhappy: