Review of The Business of Being Born (2008) by Kara D — 07 Jan 2010

This was a very beautiful movie. I was terrified of giving birth but now after seeing all these women give birth in the comfort and privacy of their own homes with a midwife, it looked like a great experience.

My experience with seeing births is a lot of screaming and pain but every one of the women in this movie pushed the baby out with little to no moaning at all. Each one of them were overwhelmed with all these morphine-like love hormones making them feel immense joy when the baby is placed in their arms and they begin to bond.

The only thing I would change about this movie would be the editing... it was kind of random and I didn't really get to meet the couples during the film... they were just thrown in throughout. However, in the DVD extras you get to know them more.

I loved how they talked about the history of birth in America from 1900 to present day. How they used to do births in the 1920s was like a horrific nightmare. They also added some statistics like how other countries (like third world countries) that have mostly natural births have a significantly less infant mortality rate than America which has 92% hospital births.

This movie is empowering to women and very educational and interesting. I got to see the miracle of birth several times in different ways, but all natural. It actually wasn't gross like I thought but very exciting and joyful.