The childbirth movement started in the 1950s from an out cry of parents that felt birth had to be changed. Back then women were literally being medicated, tied down with straps, and left alone to labor for hours. Fathers were excluded from attending the births of their babies. An article written in the Ladies Home … Read moreDo We Still Need a Childbirth Movement?
This video discusses the benefits of birth centers. Birth Centers and the midwives that run them are important options for women to have as part of their maternity care.
The documentary shines a light on childbirth issues in a call to action. Each woman is asked to consider if she has the power and freedom to give birth however she desires — in a hospital, at home, in a birthing center, with a midwife, with a physician, with interventions or without. Do pregnant … Read moreFreedom to Give Birth?
Sacramento is a model city for families offering every birth choice in the book; support for LGBT birth services