Thursday, October 4, 2007

The Business of Being Born

As you probably know, this week's course focus is on family planning, safe birth, and maternal health. The Business of Being Born is the childbirth equivalent of Supersize Me, and premiered in May to rave reviews. Maybe we can see it as a class when it releases nation-wide in November? Among its discussion of the empowering and disempowering potential experiences in labor and birth for women it includes many interviews in which women and healthcare workers discuss positive and negative experiences of childbirth. Please take a moment to go watch the excerpts online here:

The Business of Being Born

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