The business of being born?

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Who has seen this? Is it really convenient for most doctors and hospitals to just give women a C-Section? I'm from the UK and it's not that common here. I'm high risk so I can't give birth at home even if I wanted to but Iv always had a nice experience the midwives are amazing. I even had a still born 10yrs ago and they were so amazing. Why don't America have a National Health Service this insurance stuff sounds awfully expensive. The midwives and the doctors cost a small fortune. I'm sorry for u peeps in America.

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Loved watching that documentary. It was so informative! I have a friend who watched it with me and she already has two kids and she said "wow.....that's interesting. One of my kids was induced and ready by lunch time and the other was induced and ready by dinner time!" So it's just crazy to think how stuff like that was so scheduled for her, for the convenience of her doctor.

Absolutely watch the other 3 documentaries that go along with it! After I watched them I bought Ina Mays book and just fell in love with natural childbirth!

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I watched it before DD was born. It is impressive how high the c-section rate is here in the US. I made sure my OB's were for trying vaginal with stretching, etc and section only in true emergencies. My Dr's even told me they are against episiotomies as they are "barbaric practices". Needless to say, DD arrived on her own without Pitocin or other intervention. I didn't rip or tear as the Dr took his time and didn't rush us like a lot of Dr's do. I also will attribute a big reason to this is the nurse I was blessed to have. She introduced herself as Sarah a former midwife of over 10 years in England and I cried. We have the same name and I wanted a midwife present so I was overjoyed. I think midwives are such an instrumental part of birth and wish more were present in hospital environments for those of us who choose that route.

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I was given my bill on my second doctors visit for the doctor. I have decent insurance but I still had to play quite a bit, and that wasn't the hospital bill. When I had my first my husband was layed off but we still had insurance. It ended up costing us around 3000 out of pocket. Come to find out if you have no insurance and don't qualify for any programs you can pay the doctor/ clinic 2000. Felt like I got completely screwed, but I was luck that I was able to cover it.

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Yes medical is expensive here in California and it hurts my husband and I... He has a great job and we do well for ourselves well enough for me to not work but just our bill for my OB and office visits is $1200. I don't even know what the hospital bill will be... We have 80/20 insurance so we only pay 20% but still it's a lot. What even worse is some people (not all) get MediCal, don't work  and the state pays for everything, it's like they are punishing the people who work. My husband and I are in that bracket that just him and I make too much a year have to pay a lot in taxes.

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