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Hayz001 
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Posted: 16 August 2011 at 9:40pm |
Hey lovely ladies,
If you ever wanted to be super glad that you gave/will give birth in NZ and not the States check out this thought provoking (albeit rather biased) documentary - I was riveted, amazed, inspired and disgusted all at once
The Business of Being Born
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Delli
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Posted: 16 August 2011 at 11:17pm |
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That was so interesting! Thanks!
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Posted: 17 August 2011 at 7:33am |
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Oooh i sat up watching that just before DS was born and being freaked out by America. Who woulda thought Rikki Lake would produce something so interesting!
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Posted: 17 August 2011 at 2:09pm |
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Yeah I have seen it but I already knew how crap America is about the birthing process. Over there it is a medical procedure that needs to be monitored and regulated and if you dont do things exactly like they want in the time frame given then they just C-sect you.
Its so sad that people allow it to happen. Luckily alot of people after having a terrible first birth experience go on to do more research and often end up having a hoome birth or a drug free/ non intervention hospital birth, and as a result the home birth rates are soaring.
I am glad we live in a country that still has midwives and doesnt want to outlaw them (like australia).
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AandCsmum
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Posted: 17 August 2011 at 2:22pm |
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You guys should read Birth and breastfeeding by Odent, found it in my local library, it's an interesting read of how a ob/dr has set up a birthing unit that works on least intervention/privacy & what can happen when this happens, really interesting what our bodies are capable of & how they shut down when birth becomes a public arena.
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Posted: 18 August 2011 at 5:47pm |
I watched this a couple of years ago and having lived in the States I can tell you I would never give birth there! My sister in law had a natural, drug free labour at hospital (cause get this...home birth is illegal in the State I grew up in as is...wait for it...BREASTFEEDING in public!!  )...anyway, people were always like "Why would you do it naturally?" Most of my friends have ended up with Ceasars and I HIGHLY doubt they were medically necessary. I am in love with the system over here.
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Posted: 18 August 2011 at 8:55pm |
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Mollycat, if you read the book I mentioned you'll understand why they end up with more caesars over there.
It also made me realise why I don't want a home birth. My house is to "exposed"
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Posted: 18 August 2011 at 9:17pm |
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I just watched the first little bit of that & it scared the sh*t out of me & I've had 2 drug free normal births.
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Kel
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The Business of Being Born doco
