Hi,
I received this message as well from Mindy - it is for American TV and the
times are for the US. It may be replayed here sometimes, so we need to keep
an eye out for it...
Cheers
Andrea
At 02:55 PM 2/08/2005, you wrote:
I'm afraid I don't know, Yvette. I hope you get to see it : )
J
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From: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Lindsay & Yvette
To: <mailto:ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au>ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au
Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 11:43 AM
Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] Fw: [UCbirthnews] Unassisted Childbirth on the
Discovery Health Channel
Janet is this on Australian tv? We have foxtel digital with discovery
health but can't find it.
Yvette
<http://www.babiesonline.com/babies/t/twingirlslb/>http://www.babiesonline.com/babies/t/twingirlslb/
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From: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Janet Fraser
To: <mailto:ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au>ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au
Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 12:21 PM
Subject: [ozmidwifery] Fw: [UCbirthnews] Unassisted Childbirth on the
Discovery Health Channel
Given our recent discussions about this brilliant dvd, I thought it might
interest people to see this.
Best,
J
Dear Friends,
Mindy Goorchenko and her family will be appearing in an episode of
"Amazing Babies" this Tues., Aug. 2nd at 8pm and 11pm Eastern Daylight
Time on the Discovery Health Channel (see web site for additional dates
and times -
<http://health.discovery.com/schedule/episode.jsp?episode=2&cpi=111205&gid=0>http://health.discovery.com/schedule/episode.jsp?episode=2&cpi=111205&gid=0
).
As some of you know, Mindy is the woman who delivered her own twins
unassisted while her husband tended to their two-year-old, and calmly
captured the event on video. The result (other than two beautiful
babies!) was the inspiring DVD "Psalm and Zoya: The Unassisted Homebirth
of Our Twins" -
<http://unassistedbirth.com/bookshop/videos/bv2_psalm_zoya.html>http://unassistedbirth.com/bookshop/videos/bv2_psalm_zoya.html
Mindy said the production crew was very nice. However, be prepared for
the usual dramatics those of us who have watched these shows have come to
expect. The description of the episode on Discovery's web site reads as
follows:
"A plan for homebirth with a midwife goes terribly wrong when the pregnant
mom has to deliver her twins on her own; and one of the babies is a breech
birth."
While it's true that Mindy had planned to have midwives at the birth,
anyone who has seen the DVD knows that she was not the least bit worried
when they didn't make it in time. In fact, she was fully prepared to give
birth alone and had planned for an unassisted birth throughout much of her
pregnancy. As she wrote in her birth story:
"Since we had conceived our babies naturally, we had no reason to think we
couldn't give birth to them naturally as well. We started looking for a
midwife. This was easier said than done. We interviewed several yet none
quite meshed with how we wanted this experience to be. Rather than
trusting in the process, most of the midwives had fear about the birth of
the second twin and I did not feel comfortable having that attitude around
me during birth. We decided to simply go it alone. I had always wanted
an unassisted home birth...I just didn't think it would be with twins! My
husband trusted me to make that decision and felt comfortable being the
only 'attendant' at the birth. I knew in my heart, soul, and bones that
these babies needed to be born at home into the safest environment
possible and that the birth would go well."
Once again, I am somewhat disappointed (but not surprised) that the
production company chose to put a dangerous spin on the birth - at least
on their web site. Let's hope Mindy's optimism, enthusiasm and confidence
comes through in the actual episode.
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Andrea Robertson
Birth International * ACE Graphics * Associates in Childbirth Education
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
web: www.birthinternational.com
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