https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 23 May 2026 06:46:20 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-rochester-ny-area-ladies-interested-in-seeing-ina-mays-birth-story#post-636111 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 08:54:53 +0000 thismustbetheplace 636111@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>And for anyone reading this outside the upstate NY area, here is a listing of screenings around the country:<br /> <a href="http://birthstorymovie.com/screenings/" rel="nofollow">http://birthstorymovie.com/screenings/</a></p> <p>Check it out! It won the 2012 audience award at the LA Film Festival! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-rochester-ny-area-ladies-interested-in-seeing-ina-mays-birth-story#post-636095 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 08:51:15 +0000 thismustbetheplace 636095@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Would anyone be intersted in checking out a screening of 'Birth Story' at Nazareth College on Sunday, March 24th? I don't think DH is quite ready for a night of excitement like that ;) so I'm going solo. It'd be nice to meet some of you if there is any interest! It's beeing put on by the RABN (Rochester Area Birth Network) and the Nazareth College Nursing Club. It's $7, and in addition to the screening they are also having 'treats, drinks, local artisan silent auction, and a 50/50 raffle'. </p> <p>Facebook event here: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/485159341536719/" rel="nofollow">https://www.facebook.com/events/485159341536719/</a></p> <p>Tickets here:<br /> <a href="http://rochesterbirthstory.bpt.me/" rel="nofollow">http://rochesterbirthstory.bpt.me/</a></p> <p>A little bit about the film (from <a href="http://birthstorymovie.com/the-film/)" rel="nofollow">http://birthstorymovie.com/the-film/)</a>:</p> <p>The feature-length documentary BIRTH STORY: Ina May Gaskin and The Farm Midwives tells the story of counterculture heroine Ina May Gaskin and her spirited friends, who began delivering each other’s babies in 1970, on a caravan of hippie school buses, headed to a patch of rural Tennessee land. With Ina May as their leader, the women taught themselves midwifery from the ground up, and, with their families, founded an entirely communal, agricultural society called The Farm. They grew their own food, built their own houses, published their own books, and, as word of their social experiment spread, created a model of care for women and babies that changed a generation’s approach to childbirth.</p> <p>Forty years ago Ina May led the charge away from isolated hospital birthing rooms, where husbands were not allowed and mandatory forceps deliveries were the norm. Today, as nearly one third of all US babies are born via C-section, she fights to preserve her community’s hard-won knowledge. With incredible access to the midwives’ archival video collection, the film not only captures the unique sisterhood at The Farm Clinic–from its heyday into the present–but shows childbirth the way most people have never seen it–unadorned, unabashed, and awe-inspiring. </p>