Thank you for sharing, I will definitely be watching this documentary! I'm currently expecting our 3rd baby, but birth rights and education have been a natural interest for me for years. I have self taught myself everything I know about the birth process, the broken obstetrics system in America, common procedures etc...mainly because it's not common found knowledge (the "people in charge" like to keep women in the dark).
What is the most appalling is the amount of women I've met that have read or watched documentaries and know the facts of our broken system, know the risks involved in a typical American hospital birth, and STILL CHOOSE to put their full faith in their Dr. (who has a 50% C-section rate), because the sheer weight of actually taking control of their bodies is too much to bear. It truly breaks my heart.
[rant over] :)
I believe because of the limited options we have for pregnant mothers, they are not seeking widwives or doulas in America. I know in Texas there is more freedom so widwives or doulas are still available but you have to actively seek them out.
There are many reasons why I promote natural birth with widwives or natural childbirth at home to my patients. One is that they don't inject all the vaccines that are toxic to the newborns.
From my observation even with my cousins kids, I have seen a numerous outbreaks on eczema on newborns, which is the bodies defense mechanism to expel poison out of the body. I had to treat a few cases like this.
I have also noticed that newborns injected with vaccines have a slower development in intelligence (cognitive function) and physical growth.
I hear you, so many women are disempowered and have had so much fear instilled in them that they have no faith in their own bodies abilities. Thats why it's so important to keep talking and sharing our stories. My last child, my third who is 7 months now was born on the land, I had an unassisted birth which i felt comfortable with and was such an empowering experience. I see it as my responsibility to try and bring more awareness about birth, especially now having 3 girls on top of it. Thank you for so much for commenting and sharing. I hope for you a very peaceful 3rd birth, our bodies are full of such ancient wisdom and know exactly what to do in order to birth our children. Will follow you now xx