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halldur

The Business of Being Born
1 Year, 11 Months ago

I was just wondering how many folks have seen this documentary about the birthing industry called "The Business of Being Born". What was your reaction? One couple we know decided to go with home birth simply because of this movie alone. It opened our eyes to some of the issues with hospital birth, but we're opting to go with a hospital birthing center nonetheless, albeit attended by midwives. But we definitely shopped around. Check out the trailer:

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bobjr79

Re:The Business of Being Born
1 Year, 11 Months ago

My wife and I watched this before are son was born. It is definitely and eye opener but we went for the hospital thing. It's a scary time not to have immediate access to advanced medical care. I think are our choice was primarily based on the level of care the hospital could provide after our baby was born and it definitely came in handy for my wife and our son. Also the concerns about hospital births have influenced some women into doing it all out Abe Lincoln born in a log cabin style in the documentary Free Birthing. Those women are straight up crazy.

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Daddy Clay

Re:The Business of Being Born
1 Year, 11 Months ago

It's been a pretty polarizing piece, although Rikki Lake has never been afraid of that. My wife and I have been believers in hospital births since the birth of our first, a preemie, but found our ideal combo with our middle (a midwife delivery in a hospital). By the time our youngest was born, the hospital had prohibited midwife deliveries.

That was really frustrating to me.

The birth of our third was more expensive (because of a last-minute, unsuccessful attempt at a spinal) and less satisfying experience.

I am not a believer in home births, but a firm believer in midwives and doulas. Pushing them to the periphery, or out of hospitals altogether, causes parents to take unnecessary risks.

I also think that market forces drive this trend, and that, in a microcosm, it represents what is wrong with our health care system. Not to get too political, but I think this is why we need some kind of health care reform.

There. I said it.

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ben

Re:The Business of Being Born
1 Year, 11 Months ago

I am not a believer in home births

Like you don't believe in the Easter Bunny?

I believe they happen.

That film actually set us the other way. Just as I was opposed to considering cloth diapers when our son was born because I had no understanding of what contemporary cloth diapers were like with their flushable liners and velcro closures. If all the information you have about birthing and medicine come from Rikki Lake or Jenny McCarthy, you're not getting an accurate picture. I'm sure we'll get the "Fair and Balanced" report when DL goes to Cleveland.

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