Think giving birth is just one day so your birth choices don’t matter? Think again. Playwright Karen Brody interviewed over one hundred low-risk, educated mothers about their birth experiences and turned what she discovered into a critically acclaimed play "Birth." Today the play is part of BOLD, a global movement to improve childbirth choices for mothers. If you want to understand childbirth today then this is a must-read (and see!) play. The themes in "Birth" are universally found in most industrialized countries today: • a surprisingly large number of pregnant women do not know their birth options and the risks of medical interventions; • pregnant women are being physically and verbally coerced; • power – and pleasure – are available to women who give birth; • and that inside all pregnant moms there is a knowing that their bodies rock. "Birth" has been performed to sold-out audiences throughout the world as part of the BOLD movement, raising money for projects tha..
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