Just watched "The Business of being born"

goalieamy24 · October 2010

I wondered if anyone else has watched it and would like to share their thoughts/opinions. It's not quite what I had expected the documentary to be about, but I did find it extremely interesting. I have always planned to have a natural birth (but in a hospital with an OB). I don't want any interventions or pain medications. I have some very personal reasons for not wanting an epidural, and it is very much a personal decision. I just found the whole documentary to be really interesting and definitely got me thinking about the need to start discussing with my OB's my ideas for my birth plan. I figure it's never too early to start planning! It does make a home birth or a birthing center birth seem very attractive, but I don't think for my first baby that is something I really want.

ashleyrsotomayor · October 2010

I have seen it. It is very interesting, I will agree. I would also like to go the natural birth route...we will see!

MrsManning10 · October 2010

I watched it a while ago, and then just watched it again since getting pregnant. I liked it, but I thought that it would have been better if it weren't so one-sided. Obviously I know that is the point of a documentary... to express a point of view. But, I thought that it was sooooo extreme that it might turn people off natural birth or home birth.

It definitely got me interested, and I am currently reading Ina May's "The Guide to Childbirth". It is very interesting, and I have really enjoyed it so far. I would definitely recommend it. Also, I downloaded the hypnobabies CDs, and I plan on listening to them.

BTW - I am planning on going natural w/ no interventions, in a birth care center. I don't have a doula or mid-wife, but my OB is perfectly fine with me going natural and said that she won't try to convince me to change my plan unless it is a cause for concern for the baby. (When I say birth care center, it is just across the street from the hospital, but they have rooms where you stay for labor/delivery/postpartum, rather than laboring in a room and then moving to a different room for recovery... They don't have midwives, and most of the women still use epidurals. They are basically just a little more "comfy".)

grr_aargh · October 2010

I found it very interesting, but was frustrated at the lack of discussion of a true partnership between an OB and an informed patient. I think that while the hospital experience is different, there are plenty of patients who can have positive birth experiences in a hospital with an OB without going down the chain of interventions - when those patients are informed and in a good partnership with their doctors.

I just wish there would've been some articulation of or discussion of the options and empowerment for and of women who choose to birth in a hospital setting, kwim? Or perhaps more. I don't like to see this either/or situation set up and played out because rarely, IMO, is it homebirth with HB midwife OR highly medicalized csection delivery.

Mrs.EmmaLouise · October 2010

*Abby*:
I watched it a while ago, and then just watched it again since getting pregnant. I liked it, but I thought that it would have been better if it weren't so one-sided. Obviously I know that is the point of a documentary... to express a point of view. But, I thought that it was sooooo extreme that it might turn people off natural birth or home birth.

This.

When I went in for my 16week appt my MW asked me what my plan for birthing was, so it is never too early to think about. I am the same as you, I want a hospital with as little help as possible, and my MW said that is fine. I go to a practice that has an OB and a MW, it just happens that I've been seeing the MW lately, otherwise I never would have thought in a million years to not have an OB- even after seeing that documentary.

sophiemarie18 · October 2010

I thought it was really eye-opening, if not a bit one-sided. It really did get me thinking though about the kind of birth I would like and about my options. I would second the suggestion for reading Ina May's Guide to Childbirth. It really changed my perspective from fearing the pain to actually looking forward to birth as a natural process. I'm still planning on birthing with my ob in the hospital, but I we are going to try to have as intervention free a birth as possible. Hopefully my body and baby girl will cooperate!

Scout05 · October 2010

This is pretty narrow of me to say, so sorry in advance. I haven't seen it and I don't plan to. But my sister saw it and talked to me about it, and frankly, I'm just not interested in something that I feel has such a clear bias.

My labor and delivery will not be intervention free - I will most likely be induced, I will def. have an epi, and to be honest, if they decide to induce me, I might just opt for the c-section and be done with it. That's what my doctor and I have talked about, and I have a ton of faith in him.

Obviously, this documentary isn't really aimed at me or my situation, but even if I do get to go into labor naturally, I still really want drugs and as much intervention as they think is necessary. So...I think this movie would just make me mad and defensive, to be honest.

grr_aargh · October 2010

I think, too, that after a series of losses (or perhaps even a single loss) what you want out of birth changes a bit. Some people want an idealized birth experience. . . for habitual aborters, the ideal birth is any birth that ends in a child. . . no matter HOW that child comes out.

Scout05 · October 2010

grr_aargh:
I think, too, that after a series of losses (or perhaps even a single loss) what you want out of birth changes a bit. Some people want an idealized birth experience. . . for habitual aborters, the ideal birth is any birth that ends in a child. . . no matter HOW that child comes out.

A-Fvcking-Men

kazpin · October 2010

DH and I just watched it. I have had several people ask me if I was doing a natual birth or a C-Section. I think there are a lot of people out there that confuse a natural birth with no meds and one with meds... Several people have been "shocked" when I said I was going to do everything possible to have a vaginal birth, but that I am ok with medical intervention. The shock comes from the "vaginal" part. I did like the movie and I think DH was a bit in awe of the whole thing, but at the same time I felt it was very one sided.

julyjennifer · October 2010

DH and I watched it during our last pg (which we lost), because I was interested in planning a homebirth for our next birth and he was not sure. We had previously had a no-meds, no-interventions birth at a hospital (midwife and doula present) with our DD and were really happy with the whole natural birth thing. We are now planning a homebirth--DH came around after we interviewed with some hb midwives.

kbel424 · October 2010

I haven't seen it but I want to. I'm already planning on a birthing center if all goes well but obviously that will change if any issues arise further into the pregnancy.

lilredheadgirl · November 2010

grr_aargh:
I think, too, that after a series of losses (or perhaps even a single loss) what you want out of birth changes a bit. Some people want an idealized birth experience. . . for habitual aborters, the ideal birth is any birth that ends in a child. . . no matter HOW that child comes out.

This! During my first pregnancy, I wanted drug-free birth and read up alot on natural pain management techniques. Instead, I was induced around 34 weeks to deliver a baby we knew had died. This time, while I still like the idea of going drug-free, I know I want to be in a hospital with a monitor strapped to me letting me know LO is ok. If that leads to medical intervention and/or drugs, I don't care one bit as long as he comes out kicking and screaming. I know a healthy baby is all *every* mother wants; I just wanted to agree that having a loss can change your perspective on what an ideal birth experience is. It has for me.

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