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Last time the New York Times reported on home birth it was in the “Home & Garden” section. Here’s another story, about the rise in birth video viewership on YouTube, in “Fashion & Style.” (Sigh. When will physiological birth get a page in the “Health” section??) Most of the thousands of birth videos are shot at home — as of today there are 10,900 results to the search terms “home birth” — because taping is rarely permitted in hospitals. It’s mindblowing to think that 30, 40 years ago, women didn’t have access to books or even photographs showing the normal birth process. Now you can spend a whole afternoon birth-surfing.

Doulas in Action

Hi everyone,
Sorry the judging took so long, but we were very careful and scientific about it!! Visit our website to see the prize winners along with comments from Ricki, Abby, and Sarah about all the finalists!

http://birthmattersva.org/videocontest.html

And please help us spread the word about the winners on your FB status, your blog, Twitter, yahoo groups, listserves, and any other way you can think of. Now that the winners have been announced, it’s a good time to get a groundswell of attention.

Thanks to all that entered, and congrats to the winners!

Sarah
Birth Matters Virginia, Richmond chapter

DONA International is proud to present a Today Show segment on labor and postpartum doulas. Please take 5 minutes to view this segment and pass on to any and all of your friends.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26887140/#30894159

If the link does not work, go to the Today Show website and look for the segment on “Mothering the Mother”.

http://www.youtube.com/user/BigPushTube

The Big Push for Midwives YouTube Channel

The Big Push for Midwives Campaign builds state-level advocacy campaigns to license Certified Professional Midwives (CPMs) in all 50 states, D.C., and Puerto Rico, and educates national policymakers about out-of-hospital maternity care.

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=73753459808

The deadline for the video contest was yesterday, and links to all the videos have been added under “LINKS”.

Take a look see and vote for the ones you like best on You Tube!

Contest entries will be narrowed to 10 by a panel of judges that includes Ricki Lake, Abby Epstein, and Sarah Buckley. Then the top three prize winners will be announced in early June. Top prize is $1000!

Please change your status update to encourage people to come check out the contest!

Sarah Allen-Short