Anonymous
06/08/2014 15:34
Subject: home birth is for sissies - new reality show - mothers giving birth outside, in the wild
Going back thousands of years, I see...
Anonymous
06/06/2014 22:05
Subject: home birth is for sissies - new reality show - mothers giving birth outside, in the wild
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
Read this article: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2014/02/10/217581/turned-away-mexican-women-giving.html
Anonymous
06/06/2014 15:29
Subject: home birth is for sissies - new reality show - mothers giving birth outside, in the wild
Beats doing it in a duplex!
Anonymous
06/06/2014 15:25
Subject: home birth is for sissies - new reality show - mothers giving birth outside, in the wild
Anonymous wrote: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.
Don't forget the chanting druids!
Anonymous
06/06/2014 15:02
Subject: home birth is for sissies - new reality show - mothers giving birth outside, in the wild
Anonymous wrote: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.
LOL
Anonymous
06/06/2014 14:45
Subject: home birth is for sissies - new reality show - mothers giving birth outside, in the wild
Lol!
Anonymous
06/06/2014 14:34
Subject: home birth is for sissies - new reality show - mothers giving birth outside, in the wild
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
06/06/2014 14:31
Subject: home birth is for sissies - new reality show - mothers giving birth outside, in the wild
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
06/06/2014 13:35
Subject: home birth is for sissies - new reality show - mothers giving birth outside, in the wild
How incredibly irresponsible!
Anonymous
06/06/2014 13:24
Subject: home birth is for sissies - new reality show - mothers giving birth outside, in the wild
competitive birthing... just what the world needs.
Anonymous
06/06/2014 12:22
Subject: home birth is for sissies - new reality show - mothers giving birth outside, in the wild
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
06/05/2014 11:37
Subject: home birth is for sissies - new reality show - mothers giving birth outside, in the wild
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
06/05/2014 11:33
Subject: home birth is for sissies - new reality show - mothers giving birth outside, in the wild
Anonymous wrote: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.
lol, I know. I don't understand why ANY woman would even want to do this, let alone have it televised....
Anonymous
06/05/2014 11:30
Subject: home birth is for sissies - new reality show - mothers giving birth outside, in the wild
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
06/05/2014 11:22
Subject: home birth is for sissies - new reality show - mothers giving birth outside, in the wild
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.”
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.”