Review of The Business of Being Born (2008) by Adrian B — 13 Oct 2013

Informative, but super one-sided documentary on the process of delivery babies with the aid of midwives. This movie essentially discusses agencies that promote the type of nurse in helping upcoming through the final stages of pregnancy and the statistics on how midwives are underused, overshadowed by hospitals, and much more economical.

I found interesting, but it began to cause a negative effect for me in the event that it slammed hospitals so much, that I begin to drift away. It definitely was interesting, but the biased attitude overwhelmed the purpose, causing the documentary to slip severely.

The statistics are also questionable, where they say that the US has one of the worst infant mortality rates (6.81 per thousand infants in the years of 2005-2010) among developed. I looked up the statistics and saw the best being Singapore, which was 1.

92 for the same period. Pretty insignificant difference and numbers which weren't thoroughly discussed. In addition, the film didn't mention once this rate in Canada, nor anywhere outside of the New York City, which actually bugged me.

TV host Ricky Lake certainly emphasizes the greatness of midwives. I think this documentary became full of itself by the mind, which tarnished its effectiveness. By the way, the country with the worst infant mortality rate during the 2005-2010 period was Afghanistan, which 135 per thousand and that is big number.