Orgasmic Birth-the sensual and intimate nature of birth October 25, 2008

Sanctuary for Birth and Wellness and Solace proudly announces a screening of Orgasmic Birth. . . a remarkable new documentary that examines the sensual and intimate nature of birth-an everyday miracle.

Tickets, advance and at the door: $ 20

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Orgasmic Birth dismantles untruths about labor and birth that women have been told for generations. This extraordinary documentary film captures stunning moments of women riding waves of pleasure in the ecstatic release of childbirth. Through interviews with the couples and more than a dozen international experts in birth, we come to understand that labor and birth were intended to be enjoyed, not merely endured.

The film demonstrates ways in which modern society, by subjecting healthy women to the medicalization of birth, denies them a prime experience that is their right.

Among the dozen birth specialists interviewed in the film are Sarah J Buckley, MD, author of Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering; Elizabeth Davis, director of the National Midwifery Institute; Marsden Wagner, MD, former director of Women's and Children's Health for the World Health Organization; and other physicians, midwives, and experts in the field.

In the film, Ina May Gaskin, founder/director of the Farm Midwifery Center in Summertown, Tennessee, explains, "Women can be completely surprised by the change in them from giving birth. You have something powerful in you-that fierce thing comes up. Babies need moms to have that fierceness. You feel you can do anything."

For more about the film, please visit www.orgasmicbirth.com.

Suggested $20 per ticket.

Official Website: http://www.birthsanctuary.org