Pregnant in America Trailer

Pregnant in America examines the betrayal of humanity's greatest gift--birth--by the greed of U.S. corporations. Hospitals, insurance companies and other members of the healthcare industry have all pushed aside the best care of our infants and mothers to play the power game of raking in huge profits.

His wife pregnant, first-time filmmaker Steve Buonaugurio sets out to create a film that will expose the underside of the U.S. childbirth industry and help end its neglectful exploitation of pregnancy and birth.

Pregnant in America is the controversial story of life's greatest miracle in the hands of a nation's most powerful interests.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• pregnancy
• hospital
• babies
• baby
• health
• care
• pregnant
• birth
• childbirth
• children
• woman
• women
• life

[kursivewriting]

I wasn't even allowed to sit on my hospital bed and rock through contractions because it was "messing up the monitors" on the baby. It is a sick situation, and it's about time somebody drew attention to it! So maybe not ALL complications are caused by interventions, but A LOT of them are and it needs to stop NOW!

[kursivewriting]

We were both hooked to iv antibiotics to "cure" the infection that the medical intervention CAUSED, and I came away from that experience going "This HAS to be wrong." So I began researching and found that it IS wrong. There was nothing medically that indicated a need for me to have a cesarean! Not one single thing. And yet these delivery room nurses are there, shoving interventions down my throat the entire time.

[sweetgirlhere1]

k so im 34 weeks and 2 days with my first baby .. and this just freaks me out... what are my rights ??? i wanna be educated like i said this is my FIRST TIME

[DrKirstie]

Damn I'm just going to birth my damn self at this point. If a fuckin' Donkey can do it, so can I!

[dkj3ca]

This is ridiculous. I bet you guys believe in homeopathic medicine too. All of you assumptions are based of anecdotal evidence and poorly constructed studies. If you took the time to learn the science from a place other than crackpot internet websites and word of mouth (i.e. primary research articles and medical text books) you'd change your opinions.

[Metalblaze124]

My second child was a scheduled C-section simply because the baby didn't turn before the 8th month. Granted she never did turn, but there was zero effort to turn the baby by any means or to try delivering breach. None at all, despite my sincerest efforts. My first child has all kinds of drugs involved from pain killers to an epidural which before visiting the hospital we were both strongly against. I wish so much that I had seen this movie earlier.Fight for your right to real knowledge from docs

[Metalblaze124]

They are scheduling inductions and C-sections here in Belleville, Ontario just as bad, if not worse due to the large teen birth rate. These mothers are helpless and fathers are vastly being ignored. Many stories I'm hearing now are saying as early as 3 months pregnant that women CAN'T give birth because the cervix is too small or birth canal is too small. How is it possible that SO many women have this rare condition these days? These young mothers and fathers don't deserve this

[astoom]

This is so wrong....we are not #2 lmao....typical liberal propaganda shit.

[HolisticGreen]

I had both of my babies at home. The first time it took 30 hours and had to have a bit of morphine. The second birth took only 5 hours and I had acupuncture, which helped quite a bit. Both babies were very healthy. I breastfed them and did not vaccinate them. They are both all grown up now, successful, healthy and attractive. Although I had health insurance, which would have paid for it, I chose to pay for the birth with my savings. It was well worth it.

[bbobbirae]

I had an epidural, and that was almost worse than pushing. It took the woman 11 times to finally get it in!!!!! I was in tears and in shock by the end of it, and by the time I had to push it wore off and was pointless for me to get!! Also, there were bright lights and people coming in and out all the time, it took the intimacy and privacy away from my experience. I like this documentry (I like Bussiness of making babies more) The next time I have a baby, it will be natural, and with a midwife!

[mumsfun]

@whiteclaudia9 it can happen

[verosorio]

I think the movie makes a good point, WE DECIDE or we SHOULD decide. Doctors are not geniuses, they got their knowledge by reading books. WE should do our research, know our alternatives, ASK questions. I had a C-Section and I think was because they induced me to labor. I didn't know anything about what was going on. I missed the experience of relief and bonding with my baby at that moment. I do love my kid, but my experience giving birth was horrible! I will do it again but in my own terms.