24 hours to preview new birth film (designed for men) coming out soon.

http://vimeo.com/18082958

Check it out and keep bumped, some GREAT info....

I'm still watching it, and it is quite interesting. It's not a short flick so grab or cuppa or watch when you are BFing baby

I'm only ten minutes in, and already I've had tears running down my face from watching that poor little boy being manhandled :cry: I have to show this to Scott later...

Wait til you see the dads cry too :( Its very sad this whole clip :(

Angry now. Talking about birth plans and delayed clamping. Exactly what happened to me.

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Argh... crying too much :( Will have to finish it when I have more time tonight.

I am SO glad for the experiences we had.

Has anyone finished watching yet? 2 hours is a fair slog... I've watched 1 1/2 hours so far.

I think maybe it's trying to be too much but there are SO many great points being made. I've nodded my head so much. I love all the stuff about attachment and how important birth is for that. I want to revise my birth story now and include how my H was involved- I feel bad I overlooked how important that is to the story.

"Why should our freedom be taken from us when we have a child born?" Oh, so profound...

So interesting but I can't watch past Dr Sarah Buckley for some reason!! Will try the lappy.

Will watch later tonight with DF...can someone give me their general gist/impression? Meow?

Yep, i watched it all this morning while tie dying clothes and making cherry ripe balls. It covered heaps and i found myself nodding my head at so many things and wondering why everyone doesn't 'get it'.

I'm not going to get to watch it in the next 12 hours ... can anyone give a summary, please?

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Some of the key points it makes are that medicalised birth harms babies. Suctioning babies etc is assaulting the baby. It discusses how this is bad for baby and to be seperated from mum at birth causes attachment issues. Also discusses trauma for mum and particularly dad. Father's role as protector is violated by watching mum & baby assaulted in a way he would never allow at any other moment in their lives. Says birth care providers need to change the way they do things. Also discusses absent fathers and the disconnect fathers have which can be changed by better empowering fathers at birth.

I have no idea why they dont get it Kate :( Watching that mother saying no while they cut the cord and take her baby is awful.

It's sounds exactly as I feel. Gawd there are going to be tearsfrom both of us I think. Thanks Meow :)

thanks :)

It was well worth watching, although obviously very biased. I do feel some of her very valid and important points were a bit lost in the style. If it's aimed at men I really hope the interviews with men are prominent. Don't know how much sense I'm making this late!

Yep- that's what I meant about trying to be too much. I wonder if with more editing she'll cut some "issues" and come back to the men and their experiences at birth.

I get that she was making the point about violating the baby with the suction thingo - but I think that image was overused. I think this could be a bit too confrontingin it's presentation at some points and therefore miss it's intended viewers and miss getting it's message out because there will be alot of people who just can't watch it. I agree that more actual mens experiences would get through to men than the way it's being presented at the moment.

I think the footage of her grandson is shocking and rightly used as an example of bad standard practices (not the same as here), but I agree it's overused. The insinuation that it has led to his problems as a toddler is flawed without providing any proof or info on the other 27 mths of his life. I agree that babies should be treated with more respect because they are human beings and have rights, as do their parents, but the long-term effects are unknown. You'd lose my DP with these assertions and tactics, which is a shame.

Yeah- that footage was distressing in the beginning and overused by the end. The comments from Dad "time to go to mummy now?" were really upsetting to me though. Abnd the fact they were checking heart rate and wrapping in a blanket etc... I just wanted to scream "give the baby to his mum!!".

My son is a late talker and uber fussy eater... was not seperated or had anything other than mummys breast in his mouth at birth.