Ricki Lake from the Business of Being Born: Pain & Nudity

[MrWeatherman10]

she so sexy

[beki3520]

I ended up with an EMCS with my eldest cos the MW's simply got too impatient. I had laboured for 45 hours, baby wasnt in distress & nothing wrong with me. Unfortunately, i allowed myself to be bullied into it. Second child - i changed hospitals and did a birth plan which basically said not to even mention a section to me unless my or my childs life was in danger. They didnt. 54 hours of labour later, my second child was born naturally.

18 months to recover from cs, 10 days for vbac.

[rsrrcastrop]

thank you I will take my midwife delivering my children anyday over an ob-gyn. Midwifes help a mother more, they are more caring. They dont like to induce a mom nor do they like to do c-sections like doctors tend to do because of the convience factor.

[Indiegirl007]

I think it's cool, if you decide to have a baby at home with a midwife. Women for thousands of years have being doing it, and have come out just fine. (obviously, because we're all here to talk about it) But if lost my brain somewhere and decided to have kids, I would definitely, DEFINITELY want to have it in a hospital. They can give me drugs for the pain, and not just stand there and tell me to breathe.

[sugarmagnolia17]

@Indiegirl007 You should definitely watch Ricki's documentary then.

[cellorocker14]

@Indiegirl007 Nurse midwives can also give you pain drugs. They just also have a less pushy way of assisting in labor.

[lshaw303]

labours in Great Britain are attended by MIDWIVES. not OBGYNs and I can tell you most women here would be astounded by your arrogance. I don't know how midwives in your country are trained but in ours, they are trained to the highest standard. Specifically trained to deliver babies. It is their job. if the only difference for births in both our countries is that Obgyns deliver in yours and midwives deliver in ours but you have a higher mortality rate... what does that tell you.

[theonlythai]

vacationing in JA right now and hardly remember this but... All of this is about sharing personal stories incl Ricki and this documentary. And we all can find 'research' to back our points. Sharing is not the issue as long as ur not trying to convince others that ur way is the only right way. Have YOUR baby and deliver it YOUR way bc only YOU will deal with the outcome. Who is anyone to try and convince or prove somebody wrong for this very personal choice? Just silly..

[PEDROCLASSIC]

damn i had this big crush on rikki lake back in the day . i'd always watch her show before the NBA finals in the 90s. GORGEOUS WOMAN SHE IS AND WAS

[averyproudmomma]

To those who criticize homebirth or just don't understand it. Ignorance is a lack of knowledge. I have seen this in many ways. I have an 8 yr. old whom was born in the hospital that has ADHD, SPD, and autism. I also have a 4 yr. old whom was born at home whom is completely healthy. Two completely different experiences. Everything they talk about in this video is very true! I lost trust in this country for their medical, food, & drug practices. To the people: Educate yourself on these issues.

[MrMishChief]

@passmethechronic your a racist ASS!

[DrSandmann]

This video is absolute bullshit!

The difference between midwives and OBGYNs is not simply "they don't do surgery".

Midwives are not physicians. They are not trained to make diagnoses. They are not trained to handle anything but the most minor complications. They are not trained to provide medical or surgical management of complications associated with pregnancy and parturition.

Rikki Lake is a fucking moron. (That much was apparent back when she had that trashy talk-show).

[MrMishChief]

@DrSandmann obviously you know it all! Good for you! Im actually am currently studying to become a midwife & have had 3 babies with ONLY the assistance of a midwife (like women have been doing it for thousands of years!) ... so Im glad there are a "morons" like Rikki Lake in this world to embrace a more natural birth idea.

[L0v3brittany]

lol @ the guy comment, love her ♥ I'm very grateful for the BoBB! thank you Ricki.

[djavatar68]

She got so thin!

[AnetaSzymon]

I bought the movie and watched it many times. It's such an eye opener and I hope every woman has a chance to see it once. Thank you Ricki!!!

[baby09july]

Loved her movie! she says her delivery cost about $4,000. Mine was free!! totally unassisted, NOT for everyone.

[magdalena7]

was that your first birth?

please email me. i am looking for information on how to have my daughter unassisted

[PeaceLoveEternity]

I had an all natural birth 24.5 hours of all back labor in May 2009. Thank you Ricki for opening my eyes. God bless!

[deborahcturnbull]

Well Done, Ricky!!!!

Love from a Doula in England x x x

[OhGodisGood]

GO RICKI@!!! she ROCKS!

[456ddttd]

wow she's really lost weight since her teenage years

[GoGoGomy]

WTF Ricky looks... Hot?

[Andybbe]

She is hot.. definitly!!

[NepperCat]

I like her thick but not too thick. When shes really thin it makes her head look too damn big.

[ktendler]

stand proud Ricki...for all women!

[starbabe58]

rock on ricki lake

[divinelola]

rock on Ricki!!!!!!!! love what your doing!!!

[rogerdamnit]

wow!!she lost a lot of weight..what ever happened to her show???? i haven't seen her in about 10 years

[deadeye069x]

She did what all good fat girls do, put the finger in the mouth and dont eat... LOL, thats a leason to all you fat girls out there it worked for her and it can work for you to!!! 5'6' 120 pounds, not good enough women should be 5'6" 60 pounds... get the fingers out fat girls, do it the Riki way!!!!

[darkjapanesegirl18]

making yourself vomit is really bad for your digestive track, it makes you sicker and it can KILL YOU, malnutriution, starvation, etc...not a good idea to make yourself vomit just because you want to lose weight deadeye069x, you are very ignorant

[ali4509]

Your joking right?

[thinkrevolution]

The Business of Being Born is an awesome video!!

[aliciabradshawtexas]

This is the best movie ever!!!! Ricki rocks! I love information. The QUEEN IS THE NEW KING!

[TheUntouchables6]

Ricki Lake looks fucking amazing!!!!

[homeschoolmom42]

I have always wanted to see this movie as I am a home birthing mother of six kids (first two kids born at hospital) and I LOVED my home births!!! We went "unassisted" which means no medical at all, including no midwife. I agree with Ricki, ou must educate yourself and make choices that best fit you. The important thing is to be educated and to make choices and not allow doctors to make them for you.

[BebedeJesus]

I am looking forward to seeing this movie... I am pregnant and am being cared f/ by a midwife......YAY!!!

[mouster333]

Very very good movie. It's available to watch instantly on Netflix......I totally recommend it for mothers, fathers, and everyone else. :)

[TheREALGabe]

You can watch it instantly?!

Madness; what kind of playback is that? Surely you'd miss all the details?

[mouster333]

Ahaha yes indeed, unless you have a mind as fast as lightning, such as mine. It only takes a nanosecond and I'm past it. =)

[triklops]

That's Doug Heffernan's (King Of Queens) sister isn't she ?

:)

[Jnorrisclay]

haha yepp

[EddieBeddie]

Rickie lake of course

[EddieBeddie]

Wow, you know, She is pretty cute!

[dulli78]

I usually never say this and don't think much of people who do..

but she is a MILF

lol :p

[FamilySimFemale]

Her voice sounds different because she smokes, I think...

[8H2324]

i hit that.

[mrsmagloo]

Because of my age (40), they threw my birthing plan out the window. I was strapped down for most of the "ride," except for a blessed half-hour when the midwife was on a break and came in; she was appalled! She unhooked me and let me sit on the toilet for a blessed half-hour, where I dilated THREE CENTIMETRES! until the evil night nurses came back in and SCREAMED at her! It goes without saying I ended up getting a C-section. Luckily, my one and only child (a girl, now 13) turned out perfect.

[McGradeFam]

Aaaah! Those horrid nurses! I bet you would have had a wonderful no-Csection birth if those bloody ignorant nurses wouldn't have gotten in the way. I know I sound mean but this really bothers me. Anyways congrats on your (now 13) child. :)

[Eyehield2192]

her voice sounds so different from the ricki on her show!

[bloosgurl]

wow. V

[RickyMoss]

her voice done got so deep...compared to her talk show days!

[sukalisukali]

YEAH IT REALLY GOT DEEP!

[jessafee]

Yes, giving birth has a way of bringing a woman into her own! Most women who talk in high-pitched voices are only doing so to please others. When women are in their power, their voices are (usually) a lower pitch.

[chessnuts101]

peverted freak..

[lovelyscars87]

People are such perverts... the subject is childbirth... not sex.

[penguinchicky]

Ricki Lake in an inspiration!

[Charlierosea]

Im so sad as well that she had this baby, im so moved by it, its such a shame though that the conceiving moment could not be shown.

[Charlierosea]

Show the process before the birth.

[slckr80s]

ricki is so sexy. i want to be the father of her third child.

[streetlif9]

Is this like bloodletting.?

[cbrndy]

I was born at home and so were my other 7

siblings. There weren't any problems. Of

course it was before they poisoned everyone

with vaccines and that's where most

of the health problems in this country come

from.

[imogensparks]

You don't do much for home birthing by saying things that ridiculous...

[humanebirther]

In the U.S., continuation of care from home to hospital is not available. Everyone should be welcome to emergency care with a chosen provider when it is needed. Hospitals are good for EMERGENCIES but they are systems first concerned with economics, not mother-centered births. Basic things that make a birth go well (freedom of movement, food and drink,labor assistance, birthing in an upright position, the chance to immediately bond with the newborn)are frowned upon or not allowed in hospitals.

[theonlythai]

We recently had a case in our NICU where a midwife delivered a mother who was a VBAC and known meconium....not smart, needless to say the baby ended up in the NICU on a cooling blanket with neuro defecits. I don't need to read the statistics because I see these homebirths come into our unit. Why separate these babies from these mothers longer when they could have gotten appropriate care in the first place?

[Curllyq]

@theonlythai

lol and everyone knows that anecdotal evidence from one hospital employee is better than statistics...*barf* So if I just site a few of the cases where women ended up with c-sections because they were induced out of convenience and it didn't work, I get to cancel out the couple homebirths-gone-bad that you site...right? Lordie...when will people learn that your personal stories don't cancel out years of research?

[theonlythai]

There is no such thing as a low risk pregnancy when it comes to determining who can be born at home. We all know that perfect uncomplicated pregnancies can end in tragic deliveries. Sometimes outcomes are great at home, I know I wouldn't take that chance. If my baby needs medical intervention I want it right there not an ambulance ride away.

[MamaStrega]

i'd rather take the risk that comes with a homebirth than the risk that comes with a hospital birth.

[HamNCheezeNLuv]

Me too. I even have a great big tub. I'm not going to a giant medical center where all the sickest people gather en masse.

[kraeesmon]

dfcgfhfgh

[pokerboobs]

My daughter, obsese, had midwife..in labor 24 hours had to go to hospital. first thing the DOCTOR wanted to do when he seen my daughter was give a C-section (because she is obeses). My daughter said NO way. I do not have a fever, the baby is not in destress and I am going to naturally give birth. HE gave her until 9:30pm. at 9:20pm my daughter said her pelvic area was hurting, it was time to push. the fat girl wins.

350 pounds

36 hour labor

no complications

no C-section

no drugs

natural

[FredericaBimble]

@pokerboobs - AND......hopefully a diet followed after that! You write as if being obese is the most natural thing in the world. Come on! If your daughter was obese then if she doesn't learn to make nutritious food choices then her child will grow up to be obese as well.

Learn about food and how it fuels your body because it would be silly for your daughter to die before she sees her child grow up. There are just too many people nowadays behaving as if being fat is a "right."

[DrSandmann]

@pokerboobs

Well, there you go. Your one anecdote of your fat slob of a daughter is all the proof you need that midwives are the way to go, right? Moron.

[Curllyq]

@DrSandmann

wow...I can't believe a "doctor" would talk with such hate and low-class:( Just goes to show...medical school doesn't teach you everything. But maybe calling names makes you feel superior...here I thought the medical degree would have been enough...

[bird2374]

i miss her an the ricki lake show they should give her that show back

[mrsdavey81]

wow ricki is skinny

[5ElementsFist]

Meconium aspiration, repiratory distress, prolonged transition and undiagnosed fetal conditions are perfect examples of why mothers need to be better educated about births outside of hospitals. These conditions are unpredictable and require immediate interventions for the baby that you cannot provide at home. All mothers have the right to their natural birth while making an informed decision.I am a NICU nurse and have seen tragic consequences from the delay in appropriate care.

[Curllyq]

Midwives are trained to deal with all of this and know how to recognize when to go to the hospital. My friend's baby was born at home with maconium in her ears, nose, and throat and the midwife cleaned her out and she's no worse for wear. Look up the statistics, actually more babies die from complications due to interventions in the hospital when you compare low-risk pregnancies.

NICU is a scary place, no doubt, but it IS the exception, not the rule.

[DrSandmann]

@Curllyq

No, midwives are not trained to recognize all of the problems that warrant a trip to the hospital. If they were, they'd be OBGYNs.

And your statement about "more babies dying from complications due to..." is flat out false.

[Curllyq]

@DrSandmann Really? You've been through midwifer school like I have? Doubt it...the difference between a midwife and an OB is surgical skills. A midwife is taught to know when surgical skills of an OB are needed. The midwives I know were taught to do everything else.

Saying it's false doesn't make it so ;)

[DrSandmann]

@Curllyq

That is an absolutely atrocious statement. Saying that the only difference between an OB and a nurse-midwife is “surgical skills” is like saying the difference between a Ferrari and a Toyota is the engine. A nurse-midwife has literally less than half the training of an obstetrician-gynecologist. The differences between the two go way beyond surgical skills. The OBGYN is a physician. The midwife is a nurse. That has many, many implications as to the differences in skillset.

[Curllyq]

@DrSandmann

And yet, the midwife has more training in attending natural, vaginal birth than the OBGYN does. Medical school is about pathology and spends little time on how to step back and just let birth happen. Whereas midwifery school is ONLY about attending birth. Hiring an OB to attend a birth in case something comes up is like hiring a pediatrician to babysit, or a heart surgeon to perform a yearly physical, or a brain surgeon for a head ache. Most women don't need the different skillset.

[DrSandmann]

@Curllyq

Excuse me, Curllyq, but don’t give me that “midwives know more about natural childbirth bullshit”. You think these home-birth midwives waltz in with nothing but a towel and a bowl of warm water? They use medical interventions too. The difference, however, is that OBGYNs know a hell of a lot more.

And for your assertion that OBGYNs are overkill, that’s just plain fucking stupid. Before modern medicine, childbirth was THE BIGGEST killer of women. Educate yourself, you moron.

[Curllyq]

@DrSandmann

There you go again. You can't provide any evidence, you just call names and use obscenities. My midwife only intervenes when necessary. She doesn't induce for convenience, she doesn't use PIT because I've been in labor for *gasp* 8 hours without progression, she doesn't cut episiotomies, she doesn't use Cytotec even though the FDA and the manufacturer have been campaigning against it for years.

[Curllyq]

I don't have time to debate with someone who can't do it civilly. I'm sure you will think you've some how "won" but being an asshole is far some winning.  Congratulations, no one is listening to your arguments since you don't have one! You obviously have some major life issues and I'm truly sorry for that. Going through life with such hate and ignorance is hard. Good luck :)

[DrSandmann]

@Curllyq

You’re the one advocating that pregnancies be handled by nurses rather than physicians, and you call me ignorant?

[Curllyq]

@DrSandmann

lol yeah...me and the WHO. We are the ignorant ones...

"The World Heath Organization (WHO) states that the

midwife is the most appropriate and cost-effective

healthcare provider to be assigned to the care of women

during normal pregnancy and normal birth, including risk

assessment and the recognition of complications."

And you call ME the moron! lol

[DrSandmann]

@Curllyq

Yes. You are a moron. Here’s why. A “normal pregnancy” and “normal childbirth” could be attended by a chimpanzee and still result in a healthy birth. It takes a physician to properly identify ALL pregnancy complications and properly manage them. A midwife, with her 2 years of midwife training (compared to the OBGYN’s 8 years of training), is not equipped to do so. They are working with a much narrower knowledge base than an OB. And that can be problematic.

[Curllyq]

@DrSandmann

Your arrogance astounds me. So your point is that every OB practice that employs CNMs, every hospital and birth center that has them on staff, every industrialized nation with better mortality and morbidity statistics that advocates for midwifery care in birth, are all morons? You make me giggle :)

"Tonight, the roll of GOD will be played by DrSandmann". Jesus help us all...

Then again, you must be right. You use technical terms like "moron" when you don't have a good debate. lol

[DrSandmann]

@Curllyq

And furthermore, note the word “cost effective”. That’s a euphemism for “cheap". I don’t know about you, but if it were my child, I’d want to hire the most highly-trained person to deliver a baby, regardless of the cost.

[DrSandmann]

@Curllyq

I could spend the rest of my life trying to find those “statistics” and not succeed. They don’t exist.  Why don’t you post some for me...and let me examine the research articles, and see if your minimally-educated brain has interpreted the results properly.

[dradzinski]

Women do need to be better educated about births outside of a hospital, and as a birth professional you have a responsibility to make sure that the "education" you are spreading is based on FACT. Please do us and your profession a favor and do your homework about the training of certified midwives and their scope of practice.

[67holla]

ricki lake still lookin fine.her voice got deep.

[wertkari]

She talks a lot and very quickly!!!!

she is .. she is the actress on the TV film "babycakes"!!!!!!! I love this film!!!!!!! One of my faves in childhood. This film is from 1989... do you still remember it???

She has changed....well not so much, she has just lost weight!! I didn't know that she has a TV-programm!!!!

[xdiesel22x]

She had a talk show through the whole of the 90's...where have you been?

[wertkari]

I'm from Spain.. so I have no idea..

[xdiesel22x]

sorry wertkari....didn't know

[Lozzafan1]

Ricki You are GREAT...I am 16 and i'm neva having kids-not really relevant just had to say!! SORRY!

[Lozzafan1]

OUCH!!!

[yoda002]

Did she circumcised her kids?

[hippiejessie]

doubt it

[glorimo]

This movie is playing on 2/1 and 2/2 at 7p at the Tower Theatre in Miami, FL (1508 SW 8th Street). EVERY WOMAN OF CHILDBEARING AGE MUST SEE THIS MOVIE!!!

[tatyrules12]

Ricki!!!! yay she rocks!

Nikki rocks more though!!

[mmr3229]

umm idk they are pretty evr on the rock scale lol

[comett1]

ricki lake should be part of the view, I would watch it then.

[mmr3229]

hell ya me 2

[PaTudie]

Rikki Lake SMOKES. That is what is WRONG with her voice!!!!!

[jazzplease]

does she have a sore throat or sumthin? her voice isn't normallytht deep.

[70sMiLA]

exactly what i was thinking...

[muevete2]

OMG! Will Ricki Lake ever go away?

[mmr3229]

i hope not

[muevete2]

OMG! Will Ricki Lake ever go away?

[mmr3229]

i hope not

[muevete2]

OMG! Will Ricki Lake ever go away?

[mmr3229]

i hope not

[Jevezy]

No, she won't, she loves the camera and being in the spotlight. She is incapable of knowing when it is time to walk away.