The Business of Being Born
As The Business of Being Born has hit NetFlix more and more people are rushing to see it. I would love to give you a review, but I’m the only mom left without this movie service so I haven’t had a chance to watch it yet.
But childbirth has popped up as a great topic among many AP moms. Amy shares her thoughts on women dying in childbirth, Peggy O’Mara wrote on birth resistance in Mothering magazine, and the always humorous Hathor has been pumping out some great cartoons on birth and those wonderful love hormones. Even though natural childbirth is a “requirement” for Attachment Parenting, it is still a topic that many feel connected to and love to discuss.
Mommy Think has a great article on the real debate of homebirth and the research surrounding it.
While some mothers are in heaven about seeing the movie, others feel more hesitant. And other moms found themselves flooding tears over what they saw. The ranges of opinions and feelings on homebirth vary so much they are all worth reading for a broad view. There are some homebirthing parents who are anti-Attachment Parenting, and some who are finding their spouse or partner resistant to the idea. It is such a hot topic that everyone is weighing in their opinions.
Some even going so far as to claim that homebirthing makes you a better parent.
If you have seen the movie yet and have an opinion to share on either The Business of Being Born or homebirth in general I would love you to share. Leave a comment with your thoughts, or if you have already written a post on your own blog leave the link here so others and read it. I just ask that everyone stay respectful and rational. Insultin, hateful, or belligerent comments will be deleted.
March 29th, 2008 at 7:50 pm
As someone who has had a homebirth (and an unassisted one at that), I definitely do not feel that homebirthing makes me a better parent. In fact, if I’m a better parent, it’s only because I had two guinea pigs (er, children) before my homebirthed child… so I had experience and knew a little bit about what I was doing (not just in birth, but as a parent in general).
It was a wonderful, beautiful experience, but still painful!
My unassisted birth story is here:
http://mandymom.com/blog1/2007/09/15/the-arrival-of-keagan-charles/