The Business of Being Born

Last Friday Scott and I watched The Business of Being Born. This movie is directed my Ricky Lake and produced by Abby Epstein. OMG! You have to watch it. Whether you're unsure of your birthing options, not pregnant, pregnant for the second + time, dead set on what you want to do, no matter what, watch it! It's such a great movie. I will post the trailer after this blog.
I think for the majority of us, especially when you've never been pregnant, are completely in the dark when it comes to prenatal care and birthing options. Society has pushed us to believe that labor is frightening and that our bodies are incapable of delivering a natural, vaginal birth. We need C-sections, epiderals, pitosin, demoral, because we can't handle the pain. "The norm" has taken that away from us.
Let me tell you where I started and where I'm at now in the short time I have known that I'm pregant. First off, I knew right away I wanted a natural,vaginal birth but I only knew with so little confidence that I didn't really believe in myself that I could do it. Scott said I was crazy and out of my mind. My girlfriend sent me the webiste of her birthing center and I thought, "no way, I want to be in a hospital". I thought a water birth was a little too granola for even me and Scott didn't know anything existed outside of a labor room in the hospital. He didn't know what a doula was. When I told him I was interested in having one, he thought it was ridiculous.
Well here we are now, much more informed. We've been reading, watching, listening and our views have shifted quite a bit.
When we watched the movie, Scott said to me "I'm so happy that you are doing all this research. I never knew all these things". He was referring to the risks you take when opting for the drugs that most doctors and nurses will push on you. It's crazy how in the dark women are when it comes to their choices. I am most interested in a water birth in a birthing center now. I never  thought I would say that. I'm still a little nervous of it all and that's normal but we're excited to have choices, to be able to decide ourself how we want to deliver this baby. We're looking into The Bradley Method and Hypnobirthing. Any and all feedback is much needed. I am excited to gain this self-confidence in the time between now and when our baby is born.
I will keep you posted!! And will post the trailer now.