Expert Voices

“As a supporter of undisturbed birth, I’ve waited a long time for a film like this! Orgasmic Birth is much more than a film about how to experience pleasure in birth. It’s about viewing birth as a natural bodily function, rather than an inherently dangerous, painful medical event that needs to be managed, controlled and medicated. It’s about tapping into our own natural resources, instead of turning ourselves over to the medical establishment to “save” us from ourselves. Any natural bodily function proceeds best when it’s done in privacy, and this is what the women in the film advocate. Unfortunately, most members of the medical profession pretend that birth isn’t sexual, yet it involves the same hormones, organs and emotions as sex. When we recognize the inherent sexuality of childbirth, overcome our fears and inhibitions, and keep strangers away as much as possible, birth CAN be ecstatic if not orgasmic. It certainly was for me. I highly recommend this film, and know it is destined to change the way society views our most intimate act of creation. We do NOT have to choose between a medicated, medically managed birth and a painful, difficult “natural” one. There is a third choice and Debra Pascali-Bonaro has found it!
Laura Shanley, Birth Counselor
Author
www.freebirth.com

“Orgasmic Birth is a truly amazing documentary and I enjoyed every minute of it! I loved it’s inclusion of the importance of pleasure! The movie clearly shows that there is so much more to birth and that an ecstatic birth is a woman’s birth right!”
Danielle Harel, Ph.D., Sex and Intimacy Coach
www.celesteanddanielle.com

“Orgasmic Birth is a must see film for every man and woman so they can begin to envision the power of a woman in labor as seen in an orgasmic delivery. As a pediatrician who saw this film and later experienced the birth of my grandson in the same way shown in the film, I can assure you this is REAL and that it can be done if the mother can take control of her body without unnecessary procedures. I now have two different feelings: 1) happiness: for my daughter and grandson and the knowledge that a delivery can be a very beautiful and powerful experience for the mother, the baby and the family and 2) sadness: for all the unnecessary traumatic births still going on. It is time to change the future by changing the way our babies come to this world; it is time for every one to see Orgasmic Birth.
Mario Ramirez, MD, Pediatrician, Fellow of ABM, member of IBFAN, Coalition of Breastfeeding of P.R. and vice president of PROMANI (a non-profit organization for the protection of the mother and her baby)
www.promani.org

“At last, a film that shows normal birth. Orgasmic Birth should be shown to every teenager, man, woman, midwife and obstetrician and then they may begin to understand what a normal birth is and, perhaps, begin to demand a change so that all women are given the opportunity, and the necessary support, to birth normally. A reduction in over-medicalized obstetric deliveries, to which far too many women are unnecessarily subjected, is long overdue.
Beverley Lawrence Beech, Association for Improvements in the Maternity Services
www.aims.org.uk

“As a midwifery teacher, I am only too aware of the reality that will flood my first year students’ sensations as they take their first faltering steps in clinical practice. The film Orgasmic Birth provides a wonderful antidote to that: a great grounding in the physiology of birth beautifully filmed and presented. And this is not mindless indoctrination: the approach is measured, and the parents’ and clinicians’ comments articulate and informative. Watching a roomful of students watching this film was a joy.”  
Kirsten Baker, Senior Midwifery Lecturer at the University of West England

“Telling the truth with compassion, this powerful documentary makes clear the extent to which women are trading their birth rights for a mess of porridge.”
Henci Goer
Author of The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth and Obstetric Myths Versus Research Realities
www.hencigoer.com