I stumbled on this documentary on Netflix and started watching it expecting it to be some comedy. It was one of the most informative videos about today's healthcare system and human birth. Its definitely worth the watch for folks who intend to have their babies in the US.
Some interesting takeaways:
(1) The position for giving birth in the US hospitals is not really the convenient one and makes the labor more cumbersome,
(2) Once labor goes beyond 20 hours, hospitals recommend interventions like using labor inducers like pitocin, use of vacuum and other aids to get the baby out.
(3) Once intervention starts, there's a high chance for the birth to end with a caesarean operation.
The documentary explained how giving epidurol reduces labor effort, resulting in giving pitocin to increase contractions, causing more pain for the mother, as a result additional dose of epidurol and then followed by pitocin eventually causing distress to the baby and save the day by delivering via c-section.
I dont know whether folks can avoid (1) but definitely requesting and being adamant about not using interventions is the way to go. I dozed off beyond the first 1/2hr .. so please go and watch the rest of the video for additional takeaways :).
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