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Meet
three birth caregivers—a obstetrician, a nurse-midwife,
and a licensed homebirth midwife—each with
a dramatically different idea about what constitutes
best care for birthing women. Learn how they see
their work and what factors—medical, legal,
and cultural—influence women's choices
in the birthing room.
Featured on the Oxygen Network,
and in Self and Fit Pregnancy.
For more information about
the film, the issues, and resources for pregnant
women, visit the film’s ITVS website.
LINKS
ITVS
website for
the PBS broadcast
Birthing the Future
Childbirth.org
Citizens for Midwifery
The Online Birth Center
REVIEWS
Every man, woman, and child in this country should
see this film.
—Christiane
Northrup, MD,
Author, Women’s
Bodies, Women’s
Wisdom
Lively, honest,… addresses all the issues
that women, and couples looking forward to birth,
too, want to consider: not only safety, but also
power and powerlessness in childbirth, women’s
right to control the territory in which they give
birth.
—Sheila
Kitzinger,
Author, The Politics of Birth
Beautifully produced, well balanced, and comprehensive
in its portrayal of contemporary childbirth in America.
The film correctly observes that too many women have
neither access to services for, nor even knowledge
about, the full range of these choices.
—Richard
Feinbloom, MD, author of Pregnancy, Birth and the Newborn:
The Thinking Women's Guide
It is heartening to see that a production of this
caliber, which has received a wide public showing,
depicts a variety of birthing options. It captures
the complexity of birth and clearly points out the
involvement of today's women in the process.
—Library
Journal
A valuable addition… Suited
for community and organization programmeetings
and for high school and university classes.
—Susan
Hodges, President, Citizens for Midwifery
The best part of this video is the even-handed presentation
of existing maternity care models. The pictures tell
the story elegantly and eloquently. Recommended for
community outreach programs and for those promoting,
protecting or supporting evidence-based maternity
care.
—Linda
J. Smith FACCE, IBCLC, Journal of Human Lactation
The New York Times Online Midwife Info.com
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Produced
In association with the
Independent Television
Service, with funding provided
by the Corporation for
Public Broadcasting. |
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