Orgasmic Birth (PAL DVD)

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Orgasmic Birth

Are you ready to take the journey and see for yourself what birth can be?

“Less a story about orgasms and sex than a story of love and the power of birth!” – Sarah Akers, CNM

Orgasmic Birth is an award-winning feature documentary that has aired around the world. 7 women and their partners invite you to share their most intimate moments. Joyous, sensuous and revolutionary, Orgasmic Birth brings the ultimate challenge to our cultural myths by inviting viewers to see the emotional, spiritual, and physical heights attainable through birth.

Richard Jennings, Director of Midwifery at Bellevue Hospital Birth Center, New York City, says: “The question is, ‘Why not go to a high-risk hospital? No matter what goes wrong, they can deal with it.’ The problem is, as you get higher in the hierarchy, the more they treat every woman as if she is high risk.”

According to Maureen Corry, Executive Director of Childbirth Connection, New York City:  “Results of the U.S. Listening to Mothers Survey demonstrate that technology-intensive birth is the norm, with a majority of women reporting each of the following interventions while giving birth: electronic fetal monitoring, intravenous drip, artificially ruptured membranes, artificial oxytocin to strengthen contractions, and epidural analgesia.”

Although a small percentage of births benefit from the use of technology and surgery, the overuse of technology in hospital births today often causes more harm than good. The U.S. cesarean section rate for 2013 was 32.7%, well above what researchers consider safe and appropriate use (WHO recommends between 10-15%). Women today, trusting that all offered techniques and procedures are safe, eagerly accept epidural analgesia for pain relief and artificial oxytocin to induce or augment labor. However, these drugs and procedures have many negative short-term and long-term effects on mother and baby that should be considered and questioned. With almost one in three American women having a surgical birth, our experts look at the current data and discuss the risks that overuse of cesarean section is causing to mothers and babies.

About the Director
Debra Pascali-Bonaro is the Creatrix of Pain to Power Online Childbirth Course, Chair of the International MotherBaby Childbirth Organization, a Lamaze International childbirth educator, birth and postpartum doula trainer with DONA International and inspirational speaker.