Birth In Nature: Natural Birth

This video is about 22 minutes long. If you want to see the actual birth you can forward to around 15 minutes. But this video is worth the watch.

This type of scenario may not be for everyone. Many people, no matter what is presented will never be comfortable with a birth outside of a hospital. And this site owner respects those views and decisions 100%.

This video is being shown for the purpose of demonstrating how calm and relaxed a birthing mother can be, as well as how the baby can be. There are far too many slanted television shows, that for dramatic purposes, show only scared screaming women, fearful doctors and over-used interventions, leading the public to believe that their representation IS birth. IT IS NOT!

Birth can be calm, uneventful, peaceful and empowering. And this site owner has been witness to that very type of birth in hospitals with her clients.

Why IS The C-Section Rate So High?

“Those are not small lawsuits,” he said. “I personally have not been sued, but if I get sued for $10 million, I know I’m out of business, because my insurance willl be so high that I won’t be able to continue practicing.” -Obstetrician/gynocologyst Dr. John Neeld of the Willamette Valley Medical Center, "the combination of a doctor worried about possible lawsuits if his interpretation turns out wrong, and a patient afraid for her baby, and determined to take any action necessary to ensure its safety, often leads to a C-section that, in hindsight, was probably not necessary," he said.

Dear Mommas: This is why you and your partners must advocate for yourselves. Please understand that many of the decisions that your OBs are telling you you must have are stemming from this very place.

To read more of the article that Dr. John Neeld is quoted in please visit here.

If you are pregnant and planning to birth in NYC or Long Island our educated and experienced Doulas can guide you through the experience and help you bring your child into the world peacefully.

NJ VBAC Birth Story In Video. YOU GO GIRL!

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Movie Screening in American Fork, UT

Birth Movie Screening Event

This a major event including the screening of three amazing childbirth films: Orgasmic Birth, The Business of Being Born, and Pregnant in America, and the producer of Orgasmic Birth will be at the screening as well!

Date: June 13, 2009
Location: Towne Cinema Theaters in American Fork, UT
Cost: $25
What: Screening of Orgasmic Birth, Pregnant in America, The Business of Being Born, Special Guest Speaker, Debra Pascali-Bonaro
Email: moviescreening@rawmelissa.com if you have questions

For more information or to order your ticket you can send an email to the email address listed above.

The Delicate Balance of Choosing The Right Doula

Choosing a doula is a lot like dating. The chemistry has to be right and in the end you're going to be naked.

Orgasmic Births

This weekend I was asked if I had seen the movie Organsmic Birth. I have not yet. I found this video through another blogger and thought it was a great thing to share with all of you too.

Please share your positive birth experiences in the comment section of this post.

VBAC's Do NOT Cause Deaths

I was invited to talk at a prenatal yoga studio today in NYC. Five women showed up for the talk. It was a lovely group of women. The knowledge of pregnancy ranged from almost nothing to one mom who read Ina May's Guide To Childbirth. WOOT!

As the talk ended and some of the moms left, two stayed behind to speak with me further. One discussed how much she was influenced by the movie Orgasmic Birth and how the information was so useful to her and how upset she was that so many of her friends were told that they MUST have a repeat C-section because a VBAC would be so risky to the baby that it would probably die.

This mom mentioned to me that many of her friends have heard this very statement and that it traveled around her circle of friends.

I will do another post with the research and statistical data on VBAC safety. For today I am just going to emphatically state that THIS IS A LIE! There is no place written to back up this lie and it can only be coming from ONE VERBAL SOURCE. It's certainly not coming from the doula community or the midwifery community.