Ricki Lake Birth Documentary - The Business of Being Born

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In this candid and eye opening documentary, director Abby Epstein and producer Ricki Lake explore and question the way American women have babies. Shocking facts (to men and women alike) regarding the historical and current practices of the child birthing industry interweave with stories of couples who decide to give birth on their own terms.

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Film & Animation

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• lake
• business
• of
• being
• born
• birth
• childbirth
• caesarean
• cesarean
• obstetrician
• ob/gyn
• midwife
• doula
• documentary

[luxmaz81]

i believe 'interventions' during labour should be done only when 'necessary' NOT because of hospital routine or to avert risk. midwife lead obstetric care has been proven to be CHEAPER AND provide BETTER health outcomes for babies and moms. All medical interventions have risks associated with them. they are NOT natural. so why start with a medical model for pregnancy and birth which are NOT sickness but actually a state of well being?

[ransom4many09]

I had a c-section with the 1st, a vbac at a military hospital with my 2nd, and a homebirth the 3rd time- homebirth was by far the best experience-

[buddhaforkath]

@dxarmy94 So before that he killed women while they were giving birth? Nice logic that God of yours has ;)

[theonlytone]

Out*

[theonlytone]

When I delivered my second child the nurse who was helping me before I actually started pushing kept trying to force me to have an epidural which I had stated previously that I did not need, it got to the point when I actually yelled at her that this is my second child I know what I'm doing lol and then my water broke and he came our with in minutes! You just have to do your research and make sure you know what you want because if you don't then you will be easily persuaded into taking pain meds

[hunterjumper17]

I would imagine a mother having lots of complications as some of you nurses have commented after the fact she had been drugged and induced interrupting her natural rhythm. In a hospital, time is money. they will convince any women to do what they say if its going to convenience them. Its a great documentary i recommend it to every women who's thinking of having a child. There's a lot of history and facts on the drugs they use in hospitals on pregnant women and what it does to you. GO SEE IT!

[MermaidSteve]

Billion dollar business? Depends what country! I didn't pay for my birth. The government bulk bills if you can't afford private health insurance :)

[dxarmy94]

@gardensheriff Do you know what happened before hospital births? Alot more deaths, not only to the mother but the child too! God gave man hospitals for this and many other reasons!!!

[gardensheriff]

why dont you go and watch what actyally takes place during a hospital delivery, and then compare it to how the female body was built by god do bring children into this realm.. no need to reinvent the wheel, we were born without hospitals for millenia

if childbirth was required to be a surgery then why not call pregnancy a sickness?

why not ask your mother, or better yet, get pregnant and find out for yourself or hold your comments until you actually comprehend and relate to what you are saying

[BrendanIsCool]

@gardensheriff I went into medicine because I realized I had a capable brain, a deep interest in the scientific method and resulting benefits and a hope that my abilities could alleviate pain and suffering. I've accomplished this many times over, it's very satisfying.

[gardensheriff]

@dxarmy94

great question, except if you watched the whole documentary you would have a clue or two

of what is actually taking place in this 'home of the free, brave and all that jazz'