one born every minute

[rainsinger]

I'm not really a fan of One Born Every Minute. I watched a couple of episodes of the first season but couldn't really stomach it afterwards because most of the men came across as unsupportive assholes and the series seemed to be portraying only a particular kind of birth. (Hospitalised, and medicalised. Lots of important looking machines, not much

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[hfnuala]

I can't watch hospital birth programs. They're just so disempowering. I guess I'm also missing context as I never gave birth in a hospital and have only been in the triage area of our local hospital when I had a UTI 2 weeks after S's birth.

[sevenwindmills]

Ohh I was close to tears with it last night too - or equally roaring with laughter - though i did really feel for the woman who was induced (as I was) - though did wonder as they didn't say, but did she get her epidural? I didn't think she did, and that they did that stalling thing as she was so close.. but I might have missed that bit too!