It's an awesome film!
It is fast paced in the way it is edited so you need to concentrate to take it all in. In a couple of places it feels a bit hectic but it really gets you thinking about how and why things work the way they do with birth.
I have had some time to digest the message and I think that it is trying to make women understand that they need to trust in their bodies. We have been conditioned to accept that medicalised birth is the norm and happily submit ourselves without question. Women need to stop and ask why are they being rushed along? What is the urgency? Who's best interest is being met here?
Mine...My Babies...the Dr's...or the Hospitals Coffers?
Ok so sometimes they need a little "jumpstart" but women need to know that by submitting to one procedure they are putting themselves in a very vulnerable position and leaving themselves open to more and more interventions and having an outcome that is so far removed from what they want.
It gives a balanced view by including a hospital transfer and emergency c-section at the end of the movie. By showing that it reinforces that homebirth doesn't leave you on your own abandoned without medical help. Midwives are trained professionals and have drugs and oxygen on hand if it's needed. Also if there is need, it is quick and easy to up and go to hospital where medical assistance is on hand.
The home birth scenes are AMAZING! So beautiful and calm. I teared up a few times (as I do...I can't help it).
The footage of what they used to do to women is the disturbing element. It is absolutely NOT suitable for children. It is scary and even now thinking about it makes me feel outraged and saddened for my grandmothers generation who were subject to that level of abuse
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