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Movie: The Business of Being Born

Jan 11, 2008 00:16

I'm not going to pretend that I don't have a bias, because I was already in the homebirthing camp before I saw The Business of Being Born as a result of the birth experience of one of my best friends, a woman I refer to as "The Mama" in this journal ( Read more... )

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ailbhe January 11 2008, 10:51:46 UTC

Well, you know I believe in homebirth! I still believe that if I'd had access to pain relief at home Linnea would have been born less traumatically.

I won't be watching this film.

nex0s January 11 2008, 12:38:04 UTC

The midwives in this film bring pain relief with them. Along with pitocin, oxygen, etc. They just rarely use them.

I didn't think you'd be seeing it. I think it would be too hard.

N.

ailbhe January 11 2008, 12:45:13 UTC

Yes, it's standard practice here for midwives attending a home birth to have gas'n'air and pethidine, as far as I'm aware.

I am appalled by the 40% figure. Here it's about 25%, which is also appallingly high, but 40% is just ridiculous.

nex0s January 11 2008, 12:48:18 UTC

Yeah :( As much as it pains me, I'll likely not be using my OB/GYN for my birth, because her hospital is the highest in NYC at 46%. I will ask her to be my "back up" doc though.

I've been going to her since I was 19 years old and I love her. But.

46%? That's a little much to swallow.

N.

ailbhe January 11 2008, 12:51:54 UTC

Necessary c-sections FTW. But natural birth is so much easier to recover from. I have friends who were all up and active like a Tampax advert the same day their babies were born. My c-section was as good as anyone could ever expect and I wasn't paragliding while wearing white trousers for *weeks*.

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