Orgasmic_Birth:_The_Best-Kept_Secret
Orgasmic Birth: The Best-Kept Secret
2008 film
Orgasmic Birth: The Best-Kept Secret (also called Orgasmic Birth: 11 Mothers, 12 International Experts or just Orgasmic Birth) is a 2008 documentary film that examines the intimate nature of birth.[1] It had been shown at women's and film festivals since May 2008, before being shown for the first time in prime time on January 2, 2009 by ABC’s 20/20.[2]
The documentary follows the journey of eleven women through labour, presenting how blissful birth can be.[3][4][5] Interviews with experts, doctors, midwives, gynecologists, anthropologists, neonatologists, nurses, Lamaze educators, and mothers and fathers explore how the birthing process has become a medical procedure rather than a natural process.[6] Noted narrators include Ina May Gaskin.[3]
While the documentary features several mothers who claim to have had an orgasm during labor, it is primarily about natural labour at the home without drugs.[7][8]