This is a very lively and interesting debate ladies!! (My dinner is going cold while I read it...)

Mrmoo - my vbac won't be for a few years, but I'd be more than happy to give my story when it happens - I'll be so proud of myself I'll probably want a doco-film maker along as well!!

I would just like to point out that, although I haven't seen the film, I think the message will probably relate more to the effect that the corporatisation of the health system has had on maternity, rather than trying to portray medical professionals as being incompetent and uncaring. At least, I hope that's what it's trying to do. If you've seen the film The Corporation you'll know the bent I'm talking about. In this set-up, the medical professionals are at the mercy of the system as much as the mothers and babies are. It's a sad thing that (particularly in America) people are less important than profits. When a hospital is privately-run and owned by millions of different shareholders (who have invested to make money), whose funds are managed by in-between fund managers (wih no personal stake in the 'company') it's not hard to see why it leads to decisions being made that are not in the best interests of the patients.

On a lighter note, I remember telling my ob that I watched some shows on Foxtel about birth (American, obviously) and he told me they were good to watch for a laugh! If you do watch them, you'll see how different they are to what happens here. At the moment...