Comments on: Home Birth Is So Normal, It's Used to Sell Mattresses…

By: Moz

Moz — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 15:23:51 +0000

I live in Spain and wanted a homebirth. I was made to feel like an utter criminal for wanting to harm my baby. I also breastfed and you would have thought I was feeding that child poison!. The national health service in Spain far from normalises anything natural about childbirth. Pregnancy is a disease to be cured. I have no clue why it is used to sell this mattress. Many Spanish people who have seen this comment that the woman in the advert was complete irresponsible for having the child at home. That’s the attitude here in Spain.

By: technologiez

technologiez — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 14:45:17 +0000

Women have the right to select where and how to give birth, but they do not have right to put their babies in danger.

By: At Home In The Water : Eco Child’s Play

At Home In The Water : Eco Child’s Play — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 22:45:20 +0000

[...] Fools Day, I gave birth to a beautiful baby boy named, Clark. I wrote a post on how to prepare for homebirth and so when the day arrived things fell into place just as planned. The day before I gave birth [...]

By: Lois Robin

Lois Robin — Mon, 11 May 2009 17:00:11 +0000

The video brought tears to my eyes, remembering the births of my own two children. I gave birth at UCLA Medical Center, which I helped to prepare for natural childbirth. That teaching hospital supported my wishes for natural birth. To have the child at home with family members present is another good possibility, though I have known some who made a sudden rush to the hospital while attempting it.

The other issue is about the commercial connection. If the commercial connection is sound, there are benefits for the company and for home birth concepts. In this case if a memorable gratifying home birth experience sells mattresses, all the better.

By: Leah Pabst

Leah Pabst — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 04:07:28 +0000

“OH my gosh!” I cried out when I saw this commercial. This is amazing. I wish they’d air it in America. My babies were born like this, and most of my friends think I’m an anomaly. In reality, I was merely aware it was possible. (When we need a new mattress, I’m checking out FLEX.)

By: Home*mummy

Home*mummy — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:24:00 +0000

I think that ‘yes’ images like this are necessary! even when selling a mattress, to have it widely published, ‘this is a normality’ and it need not be so controversial to have a homebirth, it needs to be seen in other areas other than the ones where you have to specifically go looking for the information,I had my baby just like this lady, It was the most beautiful experience of my life and I feel so privileged to have had the opportuinty to experience birth in this relaxed manner rather than the way we are all accustomed to. (we see the other hospitalised/ screaming birth on TV everyday!)

By: TheFeministBreeder

TheFeministBreeder — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:01:01 +0000

As pleased as I am with the “normalization” of home birth in this video, do we really need it to be selling mattresses, or anything for that matter? Why is birth seen as a cash cow? Birthing being a cash cow for the doctors and hospitals is what got us in the hot mess we’re in now. Jeez, can we just leave capitolism out of birth already, for crying out loud?

By: clara

clara — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 15:03:52 +0000

I hate to tell you, but as a brit resident in spain and recent HBAC mama, HB is far from the norm here and you certainly won’t get one on the national health service.

By: Homebirth to Sell Mattresses « Motherhood Moments

Homebirth to Sell Mattresses « Motherhood Moments — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 03:57:05 +0000

[...] Homebirth to Sell Mattresses April 25, 2009 Filed under: Uncategorized — lemonapple @ 3:56 am Tags: commercial, homebirth, homebirth commercial, spain http://ecochildsplay.com/2009/04/19/home-birth-is-so-normal-its-used-to-sell-mattresses/ [...]

By: Peter Crowell

Peter Crowell — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:06:37 +0000

Gosh, it all looks so… normal.

Funny, and a little sad, that the American mind might open for a commercial more readily than for a full-on documentary. Maybe advertising products to the main stream is a key to spanning the void. Act like it’s perfectly normal and it will be.