mamarama - "Business of Being Born" film review 05/07.1

[pinkchick180]

hehehe There are a lot of Umms! It's almost just seems like you are thinking about so many things, that your head will just blow up! =)

But what you are saying totally makes sense. Thanks for this video

[itsthemechanic]

UMMMMMM lrn2public speaking

[madgracebaby]

So many ummms that I can't watch anymore!

[ohsanyaexoxo]

lol she says um alot

[brilynnd]

please know what you are going to say before you speak....

you most defiantly say "ummm" too much.

[jessomglol]

yeah it might be a good idea to write out some of what you plan to say before you actually start...

I think there was maybe 5 minutes of actual review in this 9 mins of video when you take out all the "umms" and run-on sentences where you don't really say much at all, lol.

[Happyone4]

She has a beautiful smile. =) And even though she pauses a lot with the "umms" she is still giving a great review in my opinion.

[peardrax77]

lol. I was just about to comment about the uuuuhmmmmmsss and uuuuhhhs here and only to find others complaining about it too...

If we were to edit out the uuuhhmmsss and uuuhhhhs then this video will be only half it's length...

I really cannot watch this whole video...waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too many uuuhm and uuhhss... Goooooooooooooooooooooooooosh!­!!!!!!!

[Dftmedcanhjjrgmjah]

WAYYYYY too many ahs and uhms... you ought to work on that.

[ssbarth]

Wow... she says "umm" a LOT. That's the only memorable thing about this video.

[thebarebrood]

It's close to 65 umms.

[gailabner]

I'm not sure why she says she was unfortunate to see the film. Very poorly done. This might be a first 'draft' that she could watch to see how she could do better. Since she has so many problems with umms she might do better reading text.

[bjohnson32]

and this is y so many ppl dnt open up there minds to new...no I'm sorry old things...because they only want to hear what they want to hear...if you were listening and coming to this with an open mind...cuz obviuosly ur's is clossed..ummmm...u would have heard correctly that she said she was fortunate enough to see it not...unfortunate...just want to clear that up for u...ignorance is bliss

[jadoredashboardd]

gailabner: she actually thought the documentary was great. If you listened you'd know.

[thebirthlady]

well done, and a great overview of the film....

[southernmommie]

It's hard to get over you saying "umm" throughout the whole segment. I can't take what you are saying seriously.

[sfaithj]

nationwide it's more like 33% of births end up c sections.

[yoda002]

Do you believe in circumcision?

[beardude14]

Hey I dont mind your umms at all. I love your honesty and integrity and your openminded non-judgemental attitude which really comes accross in this clip. So please dont lose that in order to make sure you dont umm. Umms are ok!

[shmouts]

can I stay after class and bang erasers together?

[TheRealtMG]

This film is great. I'd highly recommend it. Check out the trailer, esp. the scene where they ask the ob residents how many totally natural births they've seen. Stunned silence for about 10 seconds before the titter while they admit "almost none."

It's not funny. The dirty secret in childbirth: pain provides important hormones for the baby. Numbing the mom is worse for the baby. (Not knocking those who need it; just don't misrepresent it as always perfectly safe; it isn't.)

[coffeescup]

well said

[konnely]

when i was in school, my speech teacher said "three 'umms' and you're out!"

[mamaramatv]

OMG you guys! I had no idea! Normally I don't do that; watch my other clips and see. But I hear you loud and clear, I'll be sure to reign in the "umms & errrs". Jeesh.

[shmouts]

when you look like her YOU CAN SAY WHATEVER YOU WANT

[supermanpaki]

um the um thing um I um wanted um to um talk um about um, is um um. ANNOYING

[MamaMaria309]

No, I recently attended a birth there. ;)

[MamaMaria309]

Roosevelt Hospital does not have the only birthing center in NY.  There is the Brooklyn Birthing Center and the Morritz Heights Birthing Center in the Bronx which are both freestanding birthing centers. Bellevue hospital also has an in hospital birthing center like Roosevelt Hospital.

[mamaramatv]

Yes! I meant to clarify: Manhattan and that would have been correct - but it's helpful to include the boroughs as they certainly count too. I'm thinking that one of those that you mention closed recently, no?

[Zwobu]

The cost of malpractice insurance drove Elizabeth Seton birthing center out of business. And it was due to their malpractice insurance that I was disqualified from giving birth there at 7 months pregnant, even though medical experts found noting wrong with me and ok'd a birthing center birth.

Most homebirth midwives don't carry malpractice insurance because while only going up 200% for them opposed to 400% for doctors, it takes up more than thhalf of their income to pay.

[Zwobu]

I think the comment may have been addressing the issue how expensive it is to be an obsterician, not the cost of their services? I know in the past 5 years malpractice insurance for obstetricians has gone up 400%. There are even cities in the US where you can no longer give a planned birth because doctors can no longer afford to practice.

[TheRealtMG]

At the same time we don't discipline bad doctors enough but let them keep practicing, and a lot of the reason malpractice insurance rates went up is b/c the inrsurance companies lost money IN THE STOCK MARKET.

The whole darn system is out of order!

[hopeand]

Part of the film's title is "business." Having not seen the film, I'm wondering whether it went into the costs of being an obstetrician in the US, for instance, malpractice insurance. I don't know what a midwife's costs are in comparison. This subject has so many aspects. Thanks for posting!!

[vianeymartinez7]

try not to say um. its becoming redundant and makes viewers focus more on poor speaking than the focus of your video, which is great and should have all attention

[mamaramatv]

Yeah, yeah...um, you try talking unscripted for half an hour straight. har.

[Zwobu]

it's true... i watch some of the most well versed people that wouldn't ever say "um" in a conversation, say um, um, uuummmm... through a whole show.

I actually think it makes the show more authentic and organic.

[hopeand]

You said midwives attend less than 8% of all US births. Considering that percentage, I wonder how many US women living in rural areas have the option of having a midwife (and birthing center); it must be a terribly small number.

[JRpec]

That is a very weak argument showing you know nothing about the history of birthing.

[mamaramatv]

"Birthing in the US...we have the worst infant mortality rate of all western industrialized nations." in the world?? duh!