This should be required viewing for every parent-to-be. Sure, it's short, but it packs a lot of punch into that ten minute running time. Our culture is inundated with negative images of childbirth and labor: screaming women in hospital gowns, laying flat on their backs as they're wheeled at breakneck speeds down hospital corridors, demanding drugs from harried doctors and saying horrible (yet hilarious!) things to/about their husbands--stop me if you've heard this one before. We're convinced that's this is the way it always was, and the way it will always have to be. The assumption that birth is a horrific medical event is so ingrained in our collective cultural psyche that the thought that women's bodies are perfectly designed for the birthing process seems revolutionary. It shouldn't be.
Could you imagine what the world would be like if birth experiences like Naoli's were what we expected birth to be like? If the images of screaming women in stirrups were NOT the cultural norm? Would we look at the experience of childbirth as something to be dreaded and endured, or something wonderful and magical, to be celebrated? If you were preparing for your own labor and birth, what kind of birth images and stories would you want to be surrounded by?
Naoli's birth is beautiful, powerful, and moving. If you're looking for a birth-positive and woman-positive birth story, this is the best I've ever seen. I recommend it unconditionally.
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