The Business of Being Born Reaction

After watching The Business of Being Born in class on friday I can say that my whole perspective on child birth has changed drastically. Before watching this video I figured giving birth in a general hospital wasn't nearly as traumatic as it was projected in this film. Women are almost forced to take a variety of different drugs in order to trigger contractions , which can cause intense pain and stress.  After that if the labor process is taking to long doctors pressure women to resort to getting cesarian sections to deliver the baby. Its almost as if a woman has no say in the delivering of her own child, which brings up the idea of Midwifery. Based on the film  it allows women to have a relatively stress and drug free child birth in the comfort of their  own home. Personally after seeing this film I can seriously question if I would be comfortable with my spouse giving birth in a hospital. Especially if the process is going to have the same affect as it did on the women in the film , where they felt almost cheated of what is supposed to be one of life's most magical moments. Ultimately its up to the mother of the child to decide how she wants to bring it into this world but The Business of Being Born has definitely made me question the system and beliefs about child labor in the United States.