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The Birth Keepers: how the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world – video (www.theguardian.com)
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The Free Birth Society (FBS) is a multimillion-dollar business that promotes an extreme version of free birth, meaning women giving birth without medical assistance.

The Guardian can now reveal that the organisation has been linked to dozens of cases of maternal harm and baby deaths around the world.

After a year-long investigation, Sirin Kale and Lucy Osborne explain why some women they interviewed found FBS’s views so appealing, and why medical professionals say their claims about birth are dangerous

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[–] KelvarCherry@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 week ago

Many Free-Birth propaganda pieces promise that they will make birth "orgasmic". In their view, medical childbirth is painful because the doctors are doing it wrong. Some fear that medical intervention may hurt the baby. That point is more popular among husbands and in-law grandparents who don't care about the health of the woman.

This isn't to downplay how painful standard childbirth can be. I fully understand that it is extremely painful to push a 8-10 pound baby out of your body.