Last night's episode of 20/20 was quite interesting....
First, they talked about the possibility of orgasms during birth. Not sure why this is such a shocker -- it's the same nerve endings being stimulated during birth as during sex....an orgasm is an imaginable possibility, no?
They interviewed doula and filmmaker, Debra Pascali-Bonaro about her film Orgasmic Birth (www.orgasmicbirth.com).
Next they interviewed women, including Ricki Lake and Abby Epstein about homebirth. I was really angry that they combined unassisted childbirth (no medical professionals at the birth) with Ricki Lake's
planned homebirth (attended by certified nurse midwives who are trained medical professionals that can administer drugs, oxygen, etc):