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[KM84]

I've been watching a lot more movies lately, in part because when I feel sick that's about all I feel up to. I'm watching a lot more baby-related stuff and home improvement shows. Here's what I'm watching - share what you've been into lately!

The Business of Being Born - I feel like this is required watching for MDC, you can't be here for more than a day without being instructed to see it. I thought it was good, though after doing some research I felt their statistics were a little misleading. Not inaccurate, just lacking some background information to put things in perspective. But this movie was a key point in my decision to attempt birth without an epidural. Seeing women in unmedicated labor not screaming was totally unexpected. 

Babies - this is just cute porn. Cute babies being adorable. I did feel they were really unfair to the San Francisco parents. I found out a few interesting things afterwards - the SF mom, who we first see in a hospital with her baby hooked up to a million machines, actually had a homebirth. After the birth, the baby wasn't breathing as well as they liked so she spent a few days in the NICU. Interestingly, the primary reason the Nambian mother agreed to shoot the film was because they offered her free postnatal care at a local hospital (though the birth was at home).

Nursery University - all about the nursery school process in NYC, which a friend of mine just went through. Nothing has made me so glad to be leaving the area. Although I'm sure there are plenty of preschools not nearly as insane as those.

Pregnant in America - I thought this movie was really obnoxious. I hate when documentaries feel like propaganda. The filmmaker/father comes across as being incredibly closed-minded. Unhelpful.

My House Your Money - this is a househunting show about spoiled twentysomethings whose parents are buying them a place. It fills me with rage. It's like a train wreck I can't stop watching.

Clean House - the world's sassiest woman helps couples declutter. It's like Hoarders but without the soul-crushing depression. it inspires me to get rid of everything I own.

So yeah, that's what I've been watching lately. How about you?

[janellody]

I had a long few weeks of watching a ton of Baby's First Day and A Baby Story on TLC.  I am out of that phase now but it was fun while it lasted and I cried a lot haha!

[polishprinsezz]

i like watching "i didn't know i was pregnant" (how do you not know???) also, "secretly pregnant" - i am 15 weeks myself and have not told anyone either. i just may try to apply for that show.

[JynxGirl]

Babies is one of my favorite movies ever right now!!! 

We've watched the Business of Being Born probably something like 9million times.

I'm still trying to find it, but I also really want to see Outlaw Births, which is all about unassisted childbirth.

[hollyann]

I thought the business of being born was really great, and makes the idea of natural birth accessible to a wider audience. I watched a few episodes of pregnant in heels, it's a great show to watch if you are nervous about being a mom, and want reassurance that you actually do have your sh&t together!

[preggo1]

I thought Business of Being Born was great. Super glad that me and my hubby watched it! 

There was some sickening stuff in there! I can't believe how America has such a screwed up view on birthing! 

[janellody]

I liked watching the business of being born but my hubby refuses to.  He half watched it while playing his video games and had such a negative view on it.  He is very close-minded.  He is much more pro-doctor and wasn't really open to anything else, lol.  He is irritating sometimes!  We have to go to a hospital with a doctor anyway because of a genetic condition he has, so luckily we didn't have to get into any sort of real discussion about it, but it did bother me that he was so close-minded.  I kinda started feeling a little possessive of my baby and saying things like "I will do what's best for my baby and you can come if you want"  lol... I have the power!!

[shastalily]

Is there a place to watch "The Business of Being Born" online besides Netflix?  We canceled our membership.

[forestmushroom]

I love the tv show Parenthood.... one of the couples in the show just had a baby, which was cool.  Although, I hate tv portrayals of labor and birth, but the relationships in the show are really cool. 

[Masel]

I love Parenthood too. I find something to like in all the relationships which is odd for me. 

Our family movie night selection was Toy Story III. I started crying right near the beginning when the army guys parachute away and just didn't stop. Not recommended!  lol

[Plummeting]

I love Parenthood, but I'm a season or two behind, since I watch it on Netflix. I just started watching it a couple months ago because my daughter has Asperger's and everyone kept recommending it to me.

Last time I was pregnant I watched The Business of Being Born like a million times. I watched it again once so far. I guess I extracted everything I could from it last time, because I'm no longer feeling so compelled to watch it over and over. I wish there was something else sort of like it.

KM84, I've been to a few births that were completely unmedicated, and no one ever screamed at any of them except for me at one of my own (ha!). DD2 came really, really fast (52 minutes from first real contraction to baby in arms - I know because the time we called the midwife was on my phone, and we called her as soon as I realized I was having a contraction like that). Faster births tend to feel a lot more out of control - there's no time to relax into it, you aren't expecting to be hit that hard, that fast, and it's incredibly overwhelming. There's more likely to be screaming under those circumstances, lol. Otherwise, barring anything unusual, most women just do not scream. Screaming mostly happens when you feel out of control, which is how women tend to feel when forced to remain in uncomfortable positions, tethered to machinery, with other people telling them when or if they can eat, when and how long they have to push, and so on. It's also a lot more likely in a situation where a woman doesn't want to feel the pain, but is forced to because her epidural wore off or she couldn't get one for whatever reason - that can also make people feel pretty out of control, understandably. In a normal birth when you're allowed to do what you want, there's usually more like grunting with pushing (possibly very loudly, because it's hard work!) and some moaning, but not SCREAMING. I'm always so sad that our society really has no idea what normal birth looks like, even down to those small things. (Insert disclaimer about how some women do scream, and that's totally fine and awesome and normal for them, and there's nothing wrong with it, and I'm not saying their labors were bad or messed up or anything. I'm just saying that most women really will not be screaming. It's totally cool if someone does, though. lol)

[forestmushroom]

 totally agree with Plum's post above.  The only birth I SCREAMED during was my DD's which was super fast.... like an hour too fast, from start to finish. 

[Ruby2]

I love Parenthood too. I was watching it on Netflix a while ago, but haven't checked back lately to see if a new season is up. Thanks for the reminder! I've been watching Raising Hope lately, which half disgusts me, half really amuses me. I need to move on to something else.

Dd who is 23 months went through a phase this summer of needing to be awake for 3 hours at a time in the middle of the night. Much to my disappointment in my parenting skills, I ended up plopping her in front of the tv a LOT while I dozed on the couch. I think we've seen Babies approximately 25 times...and after about the 15th time, it started feeling to me like the filmmakers kind of made the American parents look ridiculous compared to the other families in the movie. Did anyone else get that feeling? It was very subtle, but became more obvious to me as the movie got burned into my brain...:-)

[BubbleMa]

Another fan of Parenthood. I also love The Middle and Modern Family.

I've seen a few episodes of I Didn't Know I Was Pregnant in the past, and I liked it.  There was one episode I saw where I didn't believe the girl, but other than that I thought the ones I saw were believable.  The one I'm talking about was the girl who said she thought she was pooping and looked down into the toilet and there was the baby.  I'm no birth expert, but I'm fairly certain it feels nothing like pooping.

I haven't watched The Business of Being Born since I got pg, but I think I'll watch it again soon.  I just got my DVD of More Business of Being Born so I'll be watching that too.  So excited!  I watched the Ina May/The Farm one online a while back and it was great.  :)

[shastalily]

What/where is the Ina May movie?  I finally watched the Business of Being Born and thought it was pretty interesting.  I read one of Ina May's books last pregnancy and loved it.

[BubbleMa]

Rikki and Abby put out a series of 4 DVDs called "More Business of Being Born".  One of them was a visit to The Farm and interviews with Ina May and other Farm midwives.  Before the project was completed they were raising money on Kickstarter, I donated so I got an online viewing of one "episode" and a DVD.  :)  Anyway, you can buy them all here:  https://www.thebusinessofbeingborn.com/

[KM84]

Originally Posted by BubbleMa 

I've seen a few episodes of I Didn't Know I Was Pregnant in the past, and I liked it.  There was one episode I saw where I didn't believe the girl, but other than that I thought the ones I saw were believable.  The one I'm talking about was the girl who said she thought she was pooping and looked down into the toilet and there was the baby.  I'm no birth expert, but I'm fairly certain it feels nothing like pooping.

It sounds pretty out-there to me, and I'd disbelieve it too except... my great-grandmother said the exact same thing. In her words  (said to my mom), "I almost lost your mother to the toilet." Though she knew she was pregnant. She just didn't know she's was in labor!