Business of Being Born

I liked the movie. I thought it was very informational on the topic of birth. There was a distinct contrast between natural births and hospital births. Though there was a distinct contrast between the two ways of birth, I felt that the video was biased. I felt that it made all hospital births look bad and that every expecting woman should have a natural birth wither at home or at a birthing center. Even though I believe that natural births are better, I can’t deny the fact that not all hospital births are that bad. The hospital is indeed the doctors’ home and they expect things to go their way but the woman also plays a major role in decision making. If a woman kept her cool (I know it’ll be hard when in labor, but “if”) then the woman would be able to have more judgment on the outcome of her baby’s birth.
I understand that the statistics state that a U.S hospital is probably one of the worst places to have a child since the death rates of both mother and child are at an unusual high. But those are only the result of rising cesarean sections. And the rise in cesarean sections is a result of doctors scaring pregnant women while they are in labor. I’m just saying that woman can have more of the decision making process if they just stood up to doctors. Women look at doctors as if they were high and mighty and that everything they say if right. Women should stand their ground and choose how they want to give birth to their babies. I see doctors as only people who are there of assistance to anyone who needs medical attention. “ASSISTANCE” meaning they are there to help patients do what they want. Of course the doctors have the medical knowledge and it will play a major role but the patient is the one who should choose how they want to be treated. In my opinion pregnant women are different from a sick patient. Pregnancy is natural, they do not necessarily need medical attention, the women only goes to the doctor to seek their medical knowledge of how the birth is going and if they baby has any complications. Doctors do not get to choose the speed and style of a child’s birth, the mother should go at the pace that her body wants to go.