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.

[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.