home birth is for sissies - new reality show - mothers giving birth outside, in the wild
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lol, what do you think of this new show on Lifetime?
http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/06/04/birth-in-the-wild-reality-debate/ Lifetime’s new reality show is delivering some controversy before it’s even been born. The network announced Wednesday a new series titled Born in the Wild that chronicles pregnant women giving birth outdoors, unassisted by doctors. “What happens when the craziest experience of a woman’s life becomes truly wild, and soon-to-be parents decide to take on an unassisted birth in the outdoors?” asks the press release. “Born in the Wild will document the journeys of young, expectant parents who have chosen to give birth ‘in the wild.’” The series itself was inspired by a viral video showing a birth in a forest that racked up 20 million views (photo above). Lehrer says he has a personal connection to the show’s concept himself as his second child was born at home via midwife. “This isn’t [Discovery Channel's] Naked and Afraid and we’re dropping people in the woods and saying ‘go have the baby,’” he says. “These are all people who have already had babies in hospitals who had unsatisfying experiences and who are choosing to have different experiences. This is something people are doing and we set out to document it.” Even with the safety measures in place, however, Jaekle insists Born in the Wild “doesn’t make any sense.” He contends that even with modern medical care, just giving birth at home — let alone in a forest — is demonstrably more risky. “[The number of children impacted] is a small number — until it’s your kid,” Jaekle says of home birth complications. “They can’t possibly make it safe enough to not [eventually] have a problem that will need a medical intervention to save the day. And then [the producers] won’t interview the docs in the ICU who will say, ‘This would never have happened if she had been in a hospital.’” Another possible concern is the show inspiring couples not protected by the production’s safety net to try this more extreme “natural” route, something that’s particularly unsafe for first-time mothers (which the show will not allow to participate). “I’m not worried this is going to spark a trend,” Lehrer says. “I truly don’t think this is something people would enter into lightly. This is a very specific subset of people doing this.” |
Anonymous
| Why...just why? I have trouble understanding why someone would want to give birth outdoors in the first place, but to televise it? Pure sensationalism. |
Anonymous
lol, I know. I don't understand why ANY woman would even want to do this, let alone have it televised.... |
Anonymous
| I'm assuming they will get their faces down in the placenta to eat en famille, just like the wild animals they revere, right? Or do they fight over it? Or does just the mother do that? Oh, I'm hopeless. I'll never make it onto that show. |
Anonymous
| At least the chick in the photo is giving birth over a yoga mat, instead of the baby plopping out onto all those rocks.... |
Anonymous
| competitive birthing... just what the world needs. |
Anonymous
| How incredibly irresponsible! |
Anonymous
| It will redefine what is natural childbirth. If you really want natural, then surround yourself in nature and give birth. The televised part - meh - always someone who wants their 15 minutes. |
Anonymous
| I imagine that for the spring birthing season, Rock Creek Park will be taken over by DCUMers on yoga mats, EBFing their toddlers as they imagine their cervixes blooming. |
Anonymous
| Lol! |
Anonymous
LOL |
Anonymous
Don't forget the chanting druids! |
Anonymous
| Beats doing it in a duplex! |
Anonymous
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When I think about expectant women in the developing world struggling to get access to hospitals, this reality series really disturbs me.
Read this article: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2014/02/10/217581/turned-away-mexican-women-giving.html |
Anonymous
| Going back thousands of years, I see... |