#370 Birth Time: The Documentary
Birthing Instincts
Dr. Stuart Fischbein + Midwife Blyss Young
4.5 • 631 Ratings
🗓️ 17 July 2024
⏱️ 95 minutes
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Summary
Two of the four co-creators, Jerusha Sutton and Jo Hunter join us to discuss the backstory and making of their film and what is happening with birth in Australia. Blyss and Dr. Stu loved the film and share their insights with the filmmakers on what would it take for all women to emerge from their births physically well and emotionally safe.
About Jerusha Sutton:
Jerusha Sutton is a doula, and birth and family photographer and videographer. She is one of the co-creators of Birth Time: the documentary, a co-host of Birth Time: the podcast, a public speaker for birth advocacy, and an MC.
After becoming a doula in 2006 and working extensively in Australia and the UK, she was astounded by the beauty that she witnessed in the birth space and how vastly different it was to what we were seeing in mainstream media, so soon after set out to capture imagery of birth to that would portray the beauty, power and vulnerability of birth that she was seeing first hand. With a background in acting and film production, the creation of Birth Time was a culmination of her experience and passions.
About Jo Hunter:
Jo Hunter is a homebirth midwife and an activist. She is a co-creator of Birth Time: the documentary, as well as a co-host of Birth Time: the podcast.
Jo has worked with birthing families for 26 years, first as a doula and childbirth educator and for the past 16 years as a homebirth midwife.
She is a guest lecturer for the Bachelor of Midwifery degree and regularly presents at conferences and runs workshops related to midwifery and home birth.
Key highlights:
- Birth Documentary Creation Process and Message
- Impact of Birth Documentary on Legislation
- Government, Lobbyists, and Healthcare Funding
- Including Partners in Home Births
- Challenges in Obstetric Care System
- National vs. State Birth Regulations
- Exploring Birth Rights and Advocacy
- Challenging Medical Advice in Birth
Episode resources:
- Join our Patreon! patreon.com/birthinginstinctspodcast
- Birth Time: The Documentary: birthtime.world (watch the film here)
- Birth Time: the podcast: birthtime.world/podcasts/birth-time-the-podcast
- Birth Time Instagram: @birthtimeworld
Connect with Jo Hunter:
- Website: midwifejo.com.au
- Instagram: @midwifejohunter
Connect with Jerusha Sutton:
- Website: jerusha.com.au
- Instagram: @jerushasutton
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Connect with Dr. Stu & Blyss:
- Instagram: @birthinginstincts / @birthingblyss
- Website: birthinginstincts.com / birthingblyss.com
- Email: [email protected]
- Call-in line: 805-399-0439
- Podcast webpage: birthinginstinctspodcast.com
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Burling Instincts Podcast. |
| 0:05.0 | I'm Dr. Stewart Fishbein, community-based practicing obstetrician and longtime advocate for birth choices. |
| 0:10.0 | And I'm Bliss Young, a licensed midwife. |
| 0:13.0 | Join us in our conversational style podcast where we talk about everything birth. |
| 0:17.0 | Sometimes we laugh, sometimes we cry, but we're happy that you're here. |
| 0:20.8 | So here we go. |
| 0:26.7 | Hey, hey. |
| 0:27.9 | Hey, good morning, good afternoon, good evening, good middle of the night, blister. |
| 0:31.9 | Good, good evening, because we're recording in the evening today because our guests are in Australia. So this is an |
| 0:40.3 | evening recording. How are you? How's your week, Ben? It's been great. It's been great. I've been |
| 0:47.1 | a little bit. I went back to Minnesota. I had some recreation in Minnesota. I went to the, |
| 0:51.3 | I went up a little bit north, and went to the lakes and I did some kayaking |
| 0:57.8 | and some biking and just some back with my old home state with nature. So that was great. |
| 1:03.8 | And now I'm home and I'm going to be home now until I go off to, I'm going to go to Costa Rica |
| 1:10.3 | in a couple of weeks for a, |
| 1:12.5 | I think I mentioned this, some sort of retreat. |
| 1:15.5 | And, but I'm home through. |
| 1:16.7 | It's the 4th of July weekend. |
| 1:20.1 | Obviously not anymore when people are listening to this. |
| 1:22.9 | So I'm good. |
| 1:23.7 | Things are peaceful. |
| 1:24.4 | Things are quiet. |
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