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Tarfumes.com - The Business of Being Born
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List Price: $27.98
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Manufacturer: New Line Home Video
Starring: Ricki Lake, Dr. Michel Odent, Abby Epstein, Cara Muhlhahn, Dr. Marsden Wagner
Directed By: Abby Epstein
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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: LAKE,RICKI
EAN: 0794043120787
Format: Color
Label: New Line Home Video
Manufacturer: New Line Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: New Line Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2008-05-06
Running Time: 84
Studio: New Line Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
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Genre: Documentary
Rating: UN
Release Date: 6-MAY-2008
Media Type: DVD
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Summary: Must See!!!
Comment: Every human needs to see this movie to learn the truth about childbirth in America.
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Summary: Perspective from an OBGYN's son who does like natural child birth.
Comment: My wife and I have briefly talked about midwives vrs OBGYN's. My wife was delivered by a midwife at home. We are open to the idea of delivering at home and learning about the different options as well as the risks.
We are awaiting our 2nd child.
What I saw that I liked:
I enjoyed the openmindedness of the movie presenting a positive viewpoint of home births. Pointing out that women having a different perspective than a lot of OBGYN's.
Being raised by an OBGYN I have had difficulties understanding the "hospital is best" perspective. I learned that an OBGYN was taught specific procedures, and tests that should be given to produce specific results. Med students are great at knowing different parts of the body, diagnosing illnesses, and working with urgent situations. They aren't trained adequately in the different ways the bodies healing systems work together. They don't view child birth as a natural process, but rather as a condition that needs to be treated. Due to this it can be hard for OBGYN's to believe in and understand alternative child birthing methods.
I agree that hospitals birthing is limiting. Because of this some OB's can not be as personal as they could be. They are given standards that they follow irregardless of what the women may want.
You can't blame OBGYN's. You can't blame hospitals. The whole system is full of quirks. But we can't live without them.
Things I didn't like,
The movie talked about OBGYN's only being trained in doing surgeries all day long. It stated that they don't have the proper training to do OB Care with the patients. They don't always provide the emotional care that the mother needs during the birthing process. Midwifes can fulfill this need more easily. The movie did not list any benefits about hospital births and is therefore very biased.
I didn't appreciate seeing a lady compeletly nude in the bathtub. I understand that it is part of the birthing process but they didn't need to show it in that way in the movie.
It stated that OBGYN's don't offer as personalized care as mid wive's can. I think that depends on the individual mid wife and OB. In the movie the lady talked about having a midwife and and OB and her never thinking about going back to the OB. What I got out of this is that she had an impersonal OB and a personal midwife.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Must see for any pregnant woman
Comment: If you are pregnant this is a must see. It gives a lot of great perspective on what really goes on in the hospitals in the US.
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Summary: From a father's perspective
Comment: Overall I think the information provide in the movie was good, albeit the way it was presented was not always "polished" (e.g., some nudity and profanity), but it was certainly honest. My wife wanted me to watch this with her as we are having our second child in April 2009. When our daughter was born in June 2006, we had the negative experience many women expressed in the film about the hospital experience. We planned for a natural birth and ended up having multiple interventions including a c-section which was not what we wanted at all, and may not have been necessary at all with a home birth situation. I would recommend this film to those parents to be out there, especially first time ones, to seriously consider home birth and to trust your natural, God given instincts.
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Summary: Amazing
Comment: I loved this documentary. My husband and I do not have children at this time but do plan on having them in the near future. This has changed my thinking about hospitals and I've already looked into midwives around me.
Ricky Lake did a wonderful job on this documentary and I totally commend her for pushing the limits and giving information that not a lot of people dare to touch on! It seems in this world right now everyone is being pushed by the medical community and everyone deserves the right to know that there are alternatives out there.
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