Films

10.00am - 11.00am

Executive Producer Ricki Lake and Filmmaker Abby Epstein follow their landmark documentary, The Business of Being Born, with an all-new, four part DVD series More Business of Being Born, offers a practical look at birthing options as well as poignant celebrity birth stories.

The VBAC Dilemma: What Your Options Really Are
The VBAC (Vaginal Birth After Cesarean) has become a hot-button issue in the modern maternity care system, as one in three new mothers will give birth via cesarean section. Epstein and Lake follow several women’s stories including that of filmmaker Abby Epstein, whose first c-section delivery was depicted in the dramatic, final moments of The Business of Being Born.

11.00am - 12.30pm

Scientific evidence shows that how we are born has a huge impact on our health and happiness - as babies, children and, for some of us - for the rest of our lives.

Home birth mothers believe that they are making the best and safest choice for themselves and their babies. Mainstream medicine in Australia, unlike the UK, thinks otherwise.

This is a film about families that choose to give birth at home, the midwives and health professionals who support them and a system that works against them.

2.15 - 3.30pm

3.30 - 5.30pm

After the revelations of 'The Big Stretch', be prepared to stretch again, and stretch even further. This sequel shows us how possible it is to work creatively with each unique birth and how we can choose to respond to challenges and the unexpected.

Be uplifted, inspired, informed, & impressed by parents committed to taking responsibility for their births. This is a celebration of natural birth and the innate wisdom of birthing parents and their babies.