Birth is a documentary-style play based on interviews playwright Karen Brody conducted with mothers across America. It tells the true birth stories of eight women painting a portrait of how low-risk, educated women are giving birth today. Since 2006 the play been performed around the world as part of BOLD, an arts-based global movement inspiring communities to create childbirth choices that work for mothers. This edition of the book includes the entire play, playwright's reflections, and the impact the play has had on BOLD communities. It also includes a foreword by Christiane Northrup, MD,...

Think giving birth is just one day so your birth choices don't matter? Think again. Playwright Karen Brody interviewed over one hundred low-risk, educated mothers about their birth experiences and turned what she discovered into a critically acclaimed play "Birth." Today the play is part of BOLD, a global movement to improve childbirth choices for mothers. If you want to understand childbirth today then this is a must-read (and see ) play. The themes in "Birth" are universally found in most industrialized countries today: a surprisingly large number of pregnant women do not know their birth...