Cindy Crawford, Christy Turlington and Other Celebrities’ Birth Stories
One thing that had been sorely missing from homebirth advocacy was a celebrity spokesperson. Then Ricki Lake and her documentary, the Business of Being Born came along. Suddenly, it seemed, home birth was taken out of the patchouli saturated communal tent and brought into mainstream Americans’ living rooms, where they were sitting in blow-up kiddie pools having babies.
The media started talking about home birth as a reasonable and safe birthing option for many, many women — not just crazy cult Christians and yoga instructors. Continue reading »
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