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More Business of Being Born, Pt. 1: Down on the Farm - Conversations With Legendary Midwife Ina May Gaskin

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Abby Epstein

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Plot Summary

Follow Executive Producer Ricki Lake and Director Abby Epstein to The Farm Community in Summertown, Tennessee, where pioneer midwife Ina May Gaskin talks candidly about the latest birth trends and the art of midwifery. Gaskin, who was featured in the original The Business of Being Born, sparked Lake’s initial interest in natural birth and has continued to inspire the filmmaking duo’s advocacy efforts. Also on the journey is pregnant actress Kimberly Williams-Paisley, who has enlisted a midwife to attend the birth of her second child and joins the filmmakers in meeting The Farm’s famous midwives and touring the picturesque birth cabins in the woods. In the poignant final sequence, Gaskin exhibits her Safe Motherhood Quilt and calls for a deeper examination into the rising maternal mortality rate in the US.

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Customer Reviews

Uhh-MAZING!!!

Ina May Gaskin truly is a legendary woman. This was a wonderful look into the place that I've read so much about. It was great seeing their clinic, the welcome center, birthing cabins and much more. I LOVED that Ina May came right out and said in their 2800 (?) births, not a single case of autism has come from these children. The farm cesarean rate is an unbelievable 1.7%. Come on mainstream medical! Let's learn something from these statistics alone! The Motherhood Quilt Project just proves how much Ina May's heart & soul is in her work. And this fact alone makes her the legendary woman she is. Thank you Ricki and Abby for doing this.

Inspiring

I am 20 weeks pregnant and planning a homebirth with a wonderful midwife. I cannot imagine going through this any other way and I hope my birth is a beautiful as the ones I have read about and seen.
Since becoming pregnant and reading more and more about the statistics I feel I have a lot more 'armor' against those who are skeptical. If the US is the 42nd country in the world then they need to be thinking about how to improve their statistics and look to places that have better statistics (Midwife based countries and The Farm). The same would be used for a business model so why not for the most important thing to happen in a mother and baby's life!
A great elaboration on a concept and movement that began with BOBB.

Well done to the producers and supporters of the films. You're doing a great thing!

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