Well, I finally had a chance to check out the trailer and .. wow! It’s nice that they’re acknowledging the father has more than just cursory rights (of course mom’s rights are rarely acknowledged either) and it’s great that they’re bringing out the impact of the experience on the newborn, but I’m really impressed that they’re not shying away from the political side. They are rightly calling what happens in every American maternity unit, every day, by its rightful name – abuse. Abuse of the ne…
Wow, thank you for posting that. It brought a few tears to my eyes! The part where the doctor is “prying” the newborn out of the mother’s arms… and she is so helpless, her legs open, just having given birth, naked… so disempowered in that moment with her own child that she worked so hard to grow and deliver!! And I never realized how disempowered the fathers must feel too… very eye-opening in that regard. Pretty terrifying actually, and I’m glad I’m planning a home birth. Although I will c…
Thanks for sharing this. It was very touching to me. I thought of my brother-in-law standing on the other side of the glass when my sister had to have a C-section with her first child because the doctor was missing his golf date. I’ll never forget his pacing back and forth and my realizing that he was already a father, even though he hadn’t been allowed to be with his son yet.
OMG’ess, I just saw the trailer and am in tears. This is so needed. I watch over and over and over as fathers get swallowed in the fear of hospitals birth practice. I need a tool like this to help fathers see how very vital it is for them to protect their partner and baby. I am torn apart every time I see a father stand back and chew his knuckle while his wife is essentially assaulted or his baby is left to lie there screaming.Please send me more info!!!!Carrie HankinsCD(DONA), CCCE, Asp…