Pregnant in America

The true story of Steve and Mandy Buonaugurio, a young, adventurous, expectant couple, who decide to take a daring and potentially dangerous approach to having their first child--outside the modern American medical system. What they learn about hospitals, doctors, insurance companies, midwives, and...

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Format: Video
Language:English
Published: [San Francisco, California, USA] : Gravitas Ventures, 2007.
Kanopy Streaming, 2017.
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Online Access:A Kanopy streaming video
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Summary:The true story of Steve and Mandy Buonaugurio, a young, adventurous, expectant couple, who decide to take a daring and potentially dangerous approach to having their first child--outside the modern American medical system. What they learn about hospitals, doctors, insurance companies, midwives, and home birth as they travel across the United States and Europe interviewing experts and confronting birthing situations, exposes them to some shocking and disturbing realities about America¹s maternity care system and what is happening to women and babies. Ultimately, what they learn impacts on and alters the outcome of their own pregnancy.
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Physical Description:1 online resource (streaming video file) (107 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Playing Time:01:46:55
Format:Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:Originally produced by Gravitas Ventures in 2007.