You have a choice: This video is a synopsis of a typical birth by a registered nurse in a hospital in the USA, followed by individuals and couples sharing their birth experiences. During your birth you will be faced with many choices. You can educate yourself so that you are the one in control, so that you can create a safe space, surrender to the process of birth and have an amazing experience… Birth is not a medical procedure. Your body is designed to birth your baby. You can choose to either be a passive patient handing control over to the hospital, or you can be actively in control of your own birth.

This video explores our culture’s dependence on technology.

Classic Monty Python hospital birth starring “the machine that goes ping.”

My pregnancy was healthy, normal and perfect in every way until I was induced.

C-section birth of Kiko

Many women say they experience an orgasm during childbirth. Featuring Nassim Haramein and his wife Amber.

In Birth by the Numbers, Eugene R. Declercq, PhD, Professor of Maternal and Child Health, Boston University School of Public Health, presents the sobering statistics of birth in the United States today. Why are caesarean rates so high and still rising?

More than 130,000 pregnant women could avoid cesarean deliveries each year in the US if they and their doctors simply wait a few hours more during labor, according to a study by researchers in the UCSF Center of Excellence in Womens Health.

Dr. Aaron Caughey, who led the research, explains how patience during active phase arrest of labor can help reduce maternal mortality in childbirth without a negative impact on the infant, and potentially reverse the trend of rising c-sections. The study was published in the Nov. 2008 issue of Obstetrics and Gynecology.