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No it didnt change my preference. I always wanted a natural birth, but it was very educational for me

I enjoyed watching it, but it didn't change my views at all.

felt it was really biased, but interesting. I'm glad I watched it after I had my baby since they're were complications that worried me enough.

i watched it earlier this year when we finally decided we would TTC, i think it was a great documentary, i also think it was very onesided...it has forced me to listen to my body. Even now during TTC or when i do get pregnant to when i go in labor...i have know my body and have to trust it will tell me what to do when the time comes...

I didn't know *anything* about childbirth or why people even care about having natural labor, so I did find it interesting to at least see that other perspective. I also come from a family of doctors including an OB, so had never been exposed to the 'non-medical' perspective before. In that way, seeing a biased perspective from the other side was helpful. It did make me feel I should think through decisions about being induced, etc. and be sure it's medically necessary and not just convenient or because the bed is needed by someone else. I'm much more inclined to go natural now than I was before, but definitely in a hospital with a midwife.

The first time I watched it I found it a little too granola. But it definetely got the wheels turning for me, and I watched it again while I was pregnant and it made more of an impression. Coupled with a 'natural birth methods' pre-natal class and we decided to go unmedicated.

I was already interested in natural birth when I watched it, so it didn't sway me. I definitely think it is one sided.

It certainly opened my eyes to the fact that there are choices that women can make.

No, it didn't change my mind but it did make me feel somewhat more interested in having a med free birth.

Before watching it, I never even considered a med-free birth. It showed me that there were other options and made me research them. It is very biased though. You can't let that be the only "research" you do.

I'm not into the biased nature of it and scare tactics. I watched it to be open minded---but it didn't change anything. Honestly it was stuff I had known or considered before. It was interesting though...

I took a Biology of Women class a year before I got pregnant and that is what changed my life. The class was taught by a doula and as a 21-year-old who had never had an interest in that type of stuff it was VERY eye opening. I just figured you follow whatever the doctor says and is standard. The professor recommended watching this documentary and so I voted somewhat because it really reinforced what I was learning at the time. I also watched Pregnant in America and liked that as well (though definitely very one-sided). Based on all those resources I spent a significant amount of time researching and deciding why I wanted to birth naturally.

I'm glad I did. I guess I wouldn't say it changed my birth preferences - because at that point I didn't have any - but it did influence them.

No, because I already had a preference and knew most of the info. I also watched "More Business of Being Born," which I think was more balanced than the official documentary (it showed lots of extra footage on all options/experiences).

At this point, I only get nervous for people who *only* watch one documentary, or don't do any research at all. Most women I know IRL go in blind, or with only a very limited understanding of the process. I find that pretty amazing, given the importance of the whole experience.

My sister actually makes fun of me for reading so many books and researching so much, haha! As if asking too many questions will make birth too scary to endure. I wish more women were interested in learning about it...then maybe birth would be a better/safer experience in general, and we'd all be better off.

Nope, I still had a hospital birth with an epidural.

Not at all because I recognized that it is a one sided opinion piece. It's really interesting and important to get that side of things, but I felt really confident in my birth "plan" such that it was.

I just watched it and as a FTM it had a little bit of a shock factor for me about the cesarean rates in the U.S. especially bc i am very anti c-section unless absolutely necessary. Altho it made me want to research more into ways to be strong about what I want for my birth if I were to run into a situation I wasn't comfortable with. I can totally see how inductions and sections happen more frequently today bc we are an instant gratification driven society. I dont want to fall victim to that when it comes to delivering my baby.

I voted other because I've never seen it. But I wanted a med free birth anyway, and managed to make it

I had already wanted a med-free birth (what I had planned with DS). It did, however, open up my knowledge on options of vbac and homebirth, and DEFINITELY affirmed how I already felt about hospital birthing.

I know many have said it's one-sided, but I have seen many a one-sided documentaries and most NEVER show approval in any instance for what they are "opposing". I think BOBB did a really good job of laying out the very real, very sad facts of our maternal healthcare here and showing how great medical technology can be when truly needed (since Abby had a cesarean and both Ricki and her expressed gratitude for it).

From watching it I began researching quite a bit around U.S. birth stats and man was I soberly surprised at how bad we really do birth! Even worse, out of my friends and I that have had children over the last year it's been proven in our group. =(

I know I did transfer from my planned hbac but I still will never PLAN a hospital birth again.... I just can't subject myself to the risk of their statistics without some kind of medical necessity that proves I need to..... basically like any other intervention for me, the benefit needs to outweigh the risks.