The Business of Being Born

[mommiKat]

I can't say I totally agreed with everything projected in this film. For instance,  about the rate of c sections, the love thing,  & how going tothe ob gyn was portrayed.

Rate of c sections: people need c sections for emergency reasons too. Not just because the doctor wants to speed up the process & go home.  Sometimes it is medically safer to have a c section than to deliver vaginally. As far as elective c sections go, I do not agree with that idea.
Love thing: they tried saying like all mammals we release hormones after delivery that make us protect n care n love our child. & those that use drugs like pitocin / epidural & what not don't develop these natural feelings.  That's bull. I've had 2 epidurals both used pitocin & the second my baby was born I had an immediate maternal connection with my babies.  I love them to death.  Their point was, if a monkey had a c section,  it would not care about the baby.  Vs. Having it naturally.  We are not monkeys!  Lol
Ob/gyn thing: its a beautiful thing to have water births and doulas & midwives but that's not for everybody.  I commend those that do that,  but me... I choose to go to have an ob /gyn & deliver at a hospital with drugs if I need them because I feel safer.  I like knowing the outcome is good & not predictable.that's just me. But to mske those that want to have a doctor & hospital delivery feel less than those who have home births and do it naturally is not kool at all.

Just my thoughts.

[GeekMom1213]

I personally really got a lot out of it. I watched it before becoming pregnant with my son and as a medical professional it was very interesting to have a different look at the way birthing is viewed in this country as an illness, as a sickness, as something that should be standardized and hurried. Every woman is different, every pregnancy and every birth is different. The rate of c-sections rises dramatically in the early evening and on the weekends. Every week, every day, this happens. It's not a coincidence. It's a choice made by doctors who want to go home instead of waiting for natural labor to progress.
Some of you might not like it, but pitocin and epidurals DO have side effects and CAN cause negative outcomes for the baby. The "cascade of interventions" is a real thing, like it or not. The following happens every day - though not to EVERY birth, to enough to make a huge statistical difference - Pitocin leads to more pain, leading to a request for an epidural. Epidural causes fetal heart rate to drop. Lowered heart rate causes doctors to freak out and perform major surgery that never would have been necessary in the first place if they hadn't tried to rush labor in the first place.
More information is always a good thing. More knowledge about the birthing process and about what the body can handle and about the things that so many healthcare providers either aren't aware of or intentionally don't share with their patients - how can that be a bad thing? Women should have control over their own births, to the greatest extent possible. Women should know they have the right to refuse pitocin, internal monitoring, all kinds of things.
Sometimes c-sections are necessary. I'll never say that they shouldn't be done in certain circumstances. But the whole "I'm having a planned c-section for my first baby because I feel like it and it's easier for me" is insane. It's major surgery. It can have major complications. It shouldn't be anyone's first choice.

[jojomamabebe]

Haven't seen it but here in England you don't ever see an ob/gyn at all unless u r very high risk all antenatal care is midwife lead, so we don't have the choice but when I was making a birthing plan for my first son they were really pushing for a home birth (...umm no thanks lol) and they really really try to talking you out of epidural she even showed me the needle during one appointment. This birth i'm planning a water birth if the pools free as there's only 2 in the hospital near me.

[missmossyoak92]

I have to agree with you on that I think home births are nice but if something goes wrong I rather be at the hospital where something can be done right then and there

[milysmom]

Thank you and my first language is Spanish:)

[abbb01]

I completely agree with everything u have said I haven't seen it but I don't want to see it because everything that ive heard about it makes it seem preachy and down putting and im gonna do what im most comfortable with which is deliver in a hospital with my ob doc that I completely trust and I had pitocin and epi with my first and he has been my world from the second he toom his first breath

[Belen_ns]

@mommiKat from how ppl were making it out to be I thought it was going to be good, but nope it had me wondering were that heck they got most of this info. from lol

[mommiKat]

Oh gosh I thought I would be one of the few that feltthis way based on how many times on here ppl have said go watch this!  & I watch it & I'm dissapointed

[mommiKat]

@milysmom that's very unfortunate,  sorry for you guys lost. I understand you perfectly. What's your native language?

[kcd2013]

I was thinking practically all the same things when I watched it! I really agree with you. Yes, there were some good points made, but in all seriousness I thought the majority of the documentary was a load of crap. Lol

[crisram]

Word!!!!!

[milysmom]

My older brother died when he was born because the "doctor" (he wasn't a real doctor but idk how its called) didn't have the experience or the patience to assist the birth correctly so he let my mom waiting for a long time and my brother couldn't breath when he was out and this "doctor" didn't even know how to do first aid. That's why I think if there's technology and experienced doctors then why shouldn't we make use of them. P.s. sorry for my bad English; its not my first language.

[bebe5709]

I wouldn't want to deliver at home just in case complications did occur. I'd rather be in a place where I can be taken care of if I needed emergency surgery or a blood transfusion. So many things are unpredictable and putting myself in the safest place possible seems like a good idea. I'm glad some people can make that choice and have things go well, but don't tell me I'm less of a woman for making a smart decision. I don't think I'll watch this documentary.

[mommiKat]

@wishes2891 u aren't missing anything,  trust me.

[wishes2891]

I've never seen it and won't bc everything I've heard about it has lead me to believe it would just make me mad lol . I had to be induced with all three of my babies and opted for an epidural with them all and know for fact it's bull that you won't bond with them bc of that. There isn't a single doula or midwive in my entire county and even if there was I would prefer a doctor. There's a good chance my second baby would have died in a home birth setting and with my third most likely both of us would have so I'm definitely glad I was in a hospital for that birth. All natural and home births are good for some but it's not for everyone.

[mommiKat]

@mssmith90 me either!

[mommiKat]

@milysmom right! Lol I don't discriminate to each thier own. But dont make me feel bad or like a fool that I want a ob & a hospital. Back in the day, before all the technology women had babies natural left n right.  & also women died during labor or the baby had complicstions and died or both.  These days, we are thankful enough to have the technology And drugs to catch these things before giving birth.

[MSmith90]

I watched it last night and didn't agree with it either. I don't even want to watch "more business of being born"

[milysmom]

I agree with you; I prefer to have an ob/gyn just because I feel more safe delivering my baby at a hospital with technology and all that stuff. I respect and admire those who choose to have a midwife and try to have a natural drug free birth but that's just not for me, I'm a cry baby lol.

[mommiKat]

I'm glad I'm not the only one lol. I saw a lot of ppl on here advising others to watch this film & so I wsnted to see what all the craze was about.  Its very one sided.  & to change your view of labor delivery based on this video is obsurd.

[tinkerbella32]

I have to say i quite agree.i also think that c-sections should be either emergency or people with, pregnancy problems.i cant believe there are such things as elective cesarians, over here in ireland u dont get to decide what u want.u cant just walk in and say i want to have a planned c-section. They will only do it as an emergency or a complicated high risk pregnancy. I dont think any of the hospitals have birthing pools either.well i havent heard of any body having them over here. Also i had the epidural when i had an emergency section and i bonded with my child straight away and breast fed her. So personally i dont know why or why they come out with such crap.

[1st_time_mommyscarbro]

I tried watching that a while ago and it just ticked me off. Its one thing to want natural birth and thats your right but there are people who have a different intake on birth and thats their right too. Its definitely one sided. Ill try to go for as natural as I can but things happen that I dont have control over so plans change and thats ok :)

[Knucks10]

I agree!

[Belen_ns]

I agree with u 100% I found it a bit one-sided. I had to be induced with my first because I had really high blood pressure. With my second my water broke and I was trying to go all natural but my baby was rapped around the cord and his heart beat wld drop wen I wld push so I had to have an emergency c-section. But I loved them more then anything in the world since the first time I heard their little screams lol.....but I guess to each there own lol

[rebeccaann11]

did you see on the news where the monkey at the zoo had to have an emergency c-section? they actually kept that monkeys baby for 2 weeks and then they brought the baby back to its mother.  The mother monkey took care of the baby, even started breast feeding.