Birth: A Play By Karen Brody

by Karen Brody

Book Overview

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 that educate pregnant mothers and expand their childbirth choices. This book includes the complete second edition of "Birth," a foreword by bestselling women's health author Dr. Christiane Northrup, and Karen Brody's reflections on childbirth today and how pregnant mothers can have an empowering birth.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1467981850
• ISBN13: 9781467981859
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 140 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Great Views of Birth Experiences

This book/play provides many wonderful views of birth experiences, through the eyes and thoughts of the women who actually are giving birth. This isn't a book that downs the medical community or makes the health care providers look like heroes. On the contrary, this play shows what several different women experienced and those women are the heroes! Great read! I'm hoping to have my local theater present this play in the Fall to continue my efforts of educating women, medical providers, and families about birth as a natural physical AND emotional process.