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| The Business of Being Born | 
| Director: Abby Epstein
Actors: Ricki Lake, Dr. Michel Odent, Abby Epstein, Cara Muhlhahn, Dr. Marsden Wagner
Studio: New Line Home Video
Category: DVD
List Price: $27.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (52 reviews)
Sales Rank: 6688
Format: Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: Unrated
Media: DVD
Running Time: 84 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: TRNDN38370D
UPC: 794043120787
EAN: 0794043120787
ASIN: B0013LL2XY
Release Date: May 6, 2008
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
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| Customer Reviews:
 Must see for any pregnant woman September 22, 2008
If you are pregnant this is a must see. It gives a lot of great perspective on what really goes on in the hospitals in the US.
 From a father's perspective September 19, 2008
Overall I think the information provide in the movie was good, albeit the way it was presented was not always "polished" (e.g., some nudity and profanity), but it was certainly honest. My wife wanted me to watch this with her as we are having our second child in April 2009. When our daughter was born in June 2006, we had the negative experience many women expressed in the film about the hospital experience. We planned for a natural birth and ended up having multiple interventions including a c-section which was not what we wanted at all, and may not have been necessary at all with a home birth situation. I would recommend this film to those parents to be out there, especially first time ones, to seriously consider home birth and to trust your natural, God given instincts.
Amazing September 17, 2008
I loved this documentary. My husband and I do not have children at this time but do plan on having them in the near future. This has changed my thinking about hospitals and I've already looked into midwives around me.
Ricky Lake did a wonderful job on this documentary and I totally commend her for pushing the limits and giving information that not a lot of people dare to touch on! It seems in this world right now everyone is being pushed by the medical community and everyone deserves the right to know that there are alternatives out there.
Perfect September 12, 2008
In the U.S. women are scared of birth. This film will educate & inspire women to choose the single most incredible experience they will ever have. After the decision to have a home birth is made this film is a great way to help others (mother in laws) to understand & support your decision. I own it & need to purchase a second copy because mine is lent out so much.
So glad someone is speaking up September 1, 2008
When I told everyone I was going to use a midwife for my birth two years ago no one protested to my face how much of a bad idea they thought it was. They all pulled my husband aside to use him to talk sence into me. The first thing they all told him was "how unsafe it was". My husbands counter argument was, "how do you know that, where have you read that?" Since their fear was not founded on anything except some general impresstion or tv and not on anything of substance, they would back down from my husbands statement.
There are so many people out their who think home birth and trained midwifes are unsafe, but the numbers say something different. Women are made to be afraid of something they don't have to be afraid of. It is my most fervent hope that this movie will help to remove the fear that women have been made to feel. I think the movie do a good job at focsing on the most important things people need to know and the footage of the wonderful births on the film are esental. Women need to see real birth, and that's not what women are seeing on the screen. They are seeing fear and intervetion on the screen now.
I am so glad my husband and I made the choice to be out of the hospital. My labor started and stopped, started again and from their took 21 hours before I had my daughter. There were no complications, I was just a putter. If I had been in a hospital they wouldn't have had the patince for me. They would have been trying to get me on the sugery table for sure, even though there was nothing wrong with me or baby. Since I was able to eat, drink and sleep during labor I was able to keep my strength up for the long hall. Yes I did sleep though contractions, it is possible. And no I didn't do any screaming like you see in the movies. (Remember, movies are movies)My birth was much like you will see on this film.
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