Birth Documentary Screening – Throwing Out The Lies With The Birth Water

Throwing Out The Lies With The Birth Water

RHEA DEMPSEY will be speaking on the night! Come and hear true birth wisdom and see a great documentary.

Come along and help support independent midwifery – proceeds on the night will go towards a fund to support our IM’s.

Throwing out the lies with the birth water is a documentary about a woman’s right to give birth at home. It outlines the key issues for birth choices in the Blue Mountains, NSW. It follows one woman’s journey before, during and after her homebirth. It questions the definitions of risk in birth and the notions of choice.

The documentary has been largely shot in the Blue Mountains of NSW and also features footage of the major protest rally that took place in Canberra last year attended by over 4000 protesters.

The Blue Mountains supports a high number of home births that occur nationally each year. Legislative changes that have come into effect from July this year with restrictions and requirements will limit birth options for women. Many women in the Blue Mountains who choose home birth will have to go to hospital, they will have no choice.

An inability to attract obstetricians and anaesthetists to the local hospital in Katoomba means regular staffing shortages and closures. Women often have to travel to Nepean or to Lithgow to give birth. There have been roadside births en route to hospital. The documentary includes an interview with a women who had to give birth on the side of the road as a result of this shortfall.

Throwing out the lies with the birth water is a 50 minute documentary made by Rani O’Keeffe.

Resources like books and DVDs will be available to purchase on the night.

Purchase tickets HERE

Trailer on YouTube “HERE”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KQ03IlWz3k

Tuesday August 17th at 8pm
Camberwell Central Bowls Club (Melbourne)
Bowen Street
Camberwell, Australia

Purchase tickets HERE for $15 per person. Babies welcome.