Natural Born Babies: A Modern Birth Story
My email this week brought a beautiful, uplifting, happy treat. Lorri Walker, founder and director of South Coast Midwifery, forwarded a ” modern account of today’s natural childbirth.” Told by 10 mothers, the short film chronicles their journeys to challenge the conventional hospital birth model to give birth in their own way. Check out Natural Born Babies: A Modern Birth Story (part 1 and part 2).
I was struck (as I always am) by how important birth is for women. How transforming it is meant to be. And how absolutely wonderful it can be. In this short film I was also struck by how many of the women and their men are health care providers themselves, including physicians and anethesiologists.
The midwives at South Coast Midwifery have entered the video into a contest started by Birth Matters Virginia. Birth Matters in an effort to educate women about their choices and options during the childbearing years, has solicited short videos about evidence-based maternity care.
Natural Born Babies: A Modern Birth Story simply and powerfully tells the story that needs to be told. Women know how to give birth. And there are choices, if you go looking, and have the courage to challenge the conventional hospital birth model. If you love this little video as much as I do vote for it on YouTube.com and tell your friends and colleagues to take a look!
