More Business of Being Born Explore Your Options: Doulas, Birth Centers & C-Sections (Season 1, Episode 3)
TV Episode | 101 min | Documentary

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More Business of Being Born

Explore Your Options: Doulas, Birth Centers & C-Sections (Season 1, Episode 3)

TV Episode | 101 min | Documentary

The most comprehensive and educational DVD in the series, Explore Your Options offers birth-planning guidance around key topics such as the role of doulas (labor support specialists,) the advantages of birth centers and the alarming ...See moreThe most comprehensive and educational DVD in the series, Explore Your Options offers birth-planning guidance around key topics such as the role of doulas (labor support specialists,) the advantages of birth centers and the alarming escalation of cesarean sections in the United States and Brazil. Epstein and Lake talk to doulas about why their profession is currently booming and uncover why having a good doula can make-or-break the entire birth experience. They look at the ever-growing rates of inductions and c-sections, which have reached 50% in many US hospitals and more than 99% in some private hospitals in Brazil. How "safe" are these cesarean surgeries, and what are the health implications for the mothers and babies? Explore Your Options examines the pros and cons of birth centers, described as a perfect middle ground between home and hospital. Special features include Alanis Morissette and Alyson Hannigan on the advantages of doulas, Christy Turlington Burns on her unexpected complications at a birth center, Molly Ringwald on how she avoided a cesarean birth with her twins and Gisele Bundchen and Michelle Alves on the cesarean epidemic in their native Brazil. See less

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16 cast members

Name	Known for
Laila Ali Self Self See fewer	Falcon Rising (2014)
Michelle Alves Self Self See fewer	Belíssima (2005)
Gisele Bündchen Self Self See fewer	Taxi (I) (2004)
Curtis Conway Self Self See fewer	Married... with Children (1987)
Robbie Davis-Floyd Self Self See fewer	The Face of Birth (2012)
Alexis Denisof Self Self See fewer	Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
Abby Epstein Self Self See fewer	Weed the People (2018)
Natashia Fuksman Self Self See fewer	The Business of Being Born (2008)
Alyson Hannigan Self Self See fewer	Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997)
Ricki Lake Self Self See fewer	Serial Mom (1994)
Ana Paula Markel Self Self See fewer	The Business of Being Born (2008)
Alanis Morissette Self Self See fewer	Dogma (1999)
Molly Ringwald Self Self See fewer	Sixteen Candles (1984)
Christy Turlington Self Self See fewer	No Woman, No Cry (2010)
Marsden Wagner Self Self See fewer	The Business of Being Born (2008)
Kimberly Williams-Paisley Self Self See fewer	Father of the Bride (1991)