The Business of Being Born

No. Um, I was induced two weeks after my due date.

Um, I tried to push him out as far as I could, 'cause I was like, "Oh, I, like, don't really wanna get induced." Um, I don't remember if you remember when, um, Ricki Lake, I think it's, like, she did that Business of Being Born-

Yep

... thing.

And so, so we-- I looked, started looking into it.

Um, and we-- One of the first dominoes, which I kind of describe in the book a little bit, like the first thing, that first thing where I was like, "Oh, wow, maybe there's something here," was, I'm sure you could maybe guess it, but we sat down and we watched The Business of Being Born Um, you know, she kind of subtly stuck that in there.

She was like, hey, um, can we watch a movie tonight? You know, and I was like, sure.

And then we, we watched that.

It's like taking on, you know, just Yeah,

and the thing that I find so hypocritical, it's sort of interesting, because it's similar to when we did The Business of Being Born and there was this tension between midwives and OBs, let's say.

And you almost have to say, How can like midwives be a threat to your profession? I mean, they barely attend, you know, like this tiny percentage of births in the U.S.

It's like a collaboration if you want it to be.

In the US, early term induction has now become so popular, but it's alarming how many people I see even in my life where they are being induced early, 37 to 38 weeks.

And again, if you look into it, and you can listen to the, you can watch the documentary if you're curious, The Business of Being Born, that will change the way that you look at birth.

But most cesareans end up happening around that 5 p.m. mark because doctors want to go home.

Also doctors don't want, like the later you get into your pregnancy, the more potential quote unquote complications.