"The Business of Being Born" 2007 Trailer

www.thebusinessofbeingborn.com

Birth: it's a miracle. A rite of passage. A natural part of life. But more than anything, birth is a business. Compelled to find answers after a disappointing birth experience with her first child, actress Ricki Lake recruits filmmaker Abby Epstein to examine and question the way American women have babies. The film interlaces intimate birth stories with surprising historical, political and scientific insights and shocking statistics about the current maternity care system. When director Epstein discovers she is pregnant during the making of the film, the journey becomes even more personal. Should most births be viewed as a natural life process, or should every delivery be treated as a potentially catastrophic medical emergency?

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• Birth

[asynkronos]

Most American medical professionals, and most professionals in general, do NOT care about mothers and babies. They are dangerously ignorant or downright evil. I'm an RN and mother of four children. My firstborn child was stolen from me when I was 17 by licensed social workers and sold to strangers for adoption. I'm one of millions of American mothers and countless mothers in foreign countries subjected to this lifelong torture, for profit. The U.S. government spends millions promoting it.

[HamNCheezeNLuv]

What are you basing this assumption on? Until about 1940, the majority of American women gave birth at home, with much better infant mortality rates. The fact that 98% of babies in America are born in hospitals and we have the second worst infant mortality rate in the WORLD should be a clear indication to anyone with a brain that our system isn't working. The system exists for the purpose of making MONEY, not making healthy babies. They don't make money if you're not sick or hurt! DUH!

[N8stlkr]

@abrowning0421 any drug that goes into the mother goes into the child, C-section is not a natural passage into life, if a butterfly doesn't struggle out of the cacoon it never has the muscles to fly.

[N8stlkr]

@AndreaManion tell him he will never have such an experience as seeing his child born at home ,especially if he has to do the delivery, if he's got the guts to man up!

[tamarasponder]

@HamNCheezeNLuv fiy: it's the second worst infant mortality rate in the DEVELOPED world. That little tid bit makes a HUGE difference in the stats.

[i800allycat]

@lyricspint Dr.s are getting sued not always because their stupid their getting sued for w-e because people want money. and Dr.'s make bank ,why wouldn't they be a perfect candidate to rob?

[carm8421]

@blaq7427 nah, i think it's trying to make giving natural birth seem like a good thing and a possible thing, and is trying to promote it, since apparently it's not as typical for an american woman to have a natural birth, a non natural birth seems to be chosen most often, it just seems to be the norm

[lyricspint]

With obgyn being sued left and right for failure to peeform a c section, I understand why they are trying to cover their asses. I just read an article about a woman awarded 4.5 million dollars because her OB didnt perform a c section at her request. 77% of obgyns have been sued atleast once in their careers by women like these, maybe.that is why they are so quick to perform c sections etc. its not all about the convenience of the hospital, its also about liability.

[abrowning0421]

i just heard that the death rates due to childbirth in the USA has tripled! i blame the epidurals, c-sections, and inductions. women need to give birth naturally again. it's healthy for both mom and baby and a much better experience.

[jjwow6850]

@Hardware952 torrents bro...torrents

[GundamSeedINVOKE]

i loved this doc sfm, definately changed my mind about how i have my kids in the future tbh. and omfg at the last "event" ending this doc ;;

[AndreaManion]

My boyfriend wants me to have our baby born in a hospital. I bet after this movie he'll change his mind...