A Baby Story - Page 2

[brennan]

OMGosh I hate a baby story SO MUCH! And I don't like that bringing home baby show either. There are too many people who are "supplementing until my milk comes in". WHERE did they get that advice? And like everytime they're like "will breastfeeding get better for so and so" and of course, because they supplemented so early (and I know there are some serious issues that can result in necessary supplementation, but this was just your everyday average normal delivery with a healthy mom and baby) they give up bf. UGH! In Canada we have a show called "Birth Days" which the old ones are GREAT. Tons of breast feeding (and when one mom decided not to bf because her and dh weren't and they were fine, a dr came on and talked about how important bf was ) and natural births and the show was while the woman was pg, labour and looking after baby. It was great. The newer ones suck. So dramatic, more like a baby story.

[cak1207]

Originally Posted by Ldavis24

I was watching I didn't know I was pregnant last night and after they do the re-enactment of the women giving birth on her living room floor the narrator says,
"she didn't have prenatal care and she gave birth without an epidural or any pain relief!" He says this in a tone of voice, like wow isn't it amazing that she didn't die without an epidural because women simply cannot birth without being pumped full of drugs!
Wonderful show..Thats another one where I keep shaking my head and think to myself what is wrong with these women. Especially the ones who have had children before!

Me and DH watched a like marathon of this. He was in awe. In EVERY episode we saw the guy said "without any prenatal care or pain medication" with that voice. Of OMG they will DIE without pain medication. He was getting on my nerves so finally we resorted to making fun of the show. And then one where they had to rush the mom and baby b/c they had no interventions and their lives were in PERIL. And she had just had the baby at home and then at the end..."Baby was in PERFECT health". Wow!

And yeah...the one chick had 4 kids and had no idea she was in labor? Wouldn't you know. I mean I've never been in labor so I don't know but I would think she would be like oh this seems like labor?? And that baby other baby sat in the toilet while the mom had a conversation with the dad about whether they could hear it crying...and he thought it was a dog? Um no its your baby in the toilet! That one shocked me. And I cannot watch a BS anymore it depresses me.

[Belle]

Originally Posted by jeromine

I like to watch that stories its nice that too for women its important,,,,

Hi welcome to MDC.

Au Contraire, Its about as anti-woman as you can get. "Come on in Mrs. Smith for your induction at 37 weeks. Your baby is doing just fine but we don't want to miss our vacation. We'll put drugs in your system that will stress out your baby and make your labor worse. But we'll give you some good drugs so at least YOU won't feel anything. We'll put you in the worst position for giving birth and make you lie down with a zillion tubes in your body. When your baby can't tolerate this anymore we will save your baby from you. After all you can't be expected to bring this baby into the world healthy. And when your baby is too premature from the induction we have our world class NICU standing by. At least you'll have a healthy baby." :Puke

If you want to see some good birth stories check out youtube. There's some good birth documentaries out there too. All of these three are now on DVD.
Pregnant in America
The Business of Being Born
Orgasmic Birth

[cupcakeladybug]

I used to love the old shows of A Baby Story. I was a very young teen at the time. I caught an episode like a few days ago, and I was shocked at how much it has changed. I wasn't too happy about it Why does a natural way of giving birth or a natural way of living, in general, always get a bad name? I guess that the only argument or claim that it is unknown/foreign, but that is completely faulty. If they actually spent time with those that practice the natural way of living, then they'd realize how ridiculous their claims are. There is always another path; other ways of doing things. By not embracing it, this is how mainstream society got to where it is today.

Sorry for the book! I just love "The Business of Being Born". :

[Amys1st]

The show has been on for several years. When I was expecting DD1, 7 plus years ago, it was filmed in California. There were all sort of different births and a lot of natural and home births. I was on bedrest for several weeks so I enjoyed watching it. There were a handful of midwives who they would have on the show. Now years later, its totally different.