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Orgasmic Childbirth?

by Sandy Maple, Posted Mar 25th 2009 2:00PM

Here's something you don't hear very often during childbirth: "Oooh, that feels so good!" Generally that is because the mother-to-be-is either unconscious, writhing in pain, or numb from the waist down. But according to a new documentary, childbirth ...
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Doctors unhappy about Ricki Lake's home birth movie

by Susan Wagner, Posted Jun 18th 2008 10:04AM

Actress and talk show host Ricki Lake recently released a documentary about home birth, titled The Business of Being Born. The film's website sums up the project this way: "Birth is a miracle, a rite of passage, a natural part of life. But birth is ...
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Nicole Richie receives parenting award

by Sandy Maple, Posted May 28th 2008 4:24PM

I've been a parent for almost 26 years and the closest thing I've gotten to a parenting award is a coffee mug with "World's Greatest Mom" on it. Nicole Richie has been a mother for just about six months and she's getting a Golden Pacifier Award from ...
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Homebirthing celebrities

by Nicole Teed, Posted Mar 5th 2008 11:34AM

Former talk show host Ricki Lake has been getting a lot of attention for her new documentary, The Business of Being Born, a project that grew out of her own homebirth experience. However, she's not the only one in Hollywood opting to go natural. ...
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Ricki Lake's The Business of Being Born

by Sandy Maple, Posted Jan 23rd 2008 1:02PM

Last April, I wrote about actress Ricki Lake's documentary, The Business of Being Born. At the time, the film had not yet been released and was getting buzz mostly because Lake appears in the movie in all her naked, pregnant glory, giving birth to ...
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Ricki Lake ties sexual abuse to weight gain

by Jennifer Jordan, Posted Nov 28th 2007 9:06AM

I love Ricki Lake. I was never a big fan of her daytime talk show (I never watched any of the others either) but I loved her as an actress and as a person. Ricki stood up for women and self-esteem everywhere, and when she lost more than half her ...
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Ricki Lake explores childbirth in The Business of Being Born

by Sandy Maple, Posted Apr 23rd 2007 2:27PM

Actress Ricki Lake is the producer of a new documentary exploring childbirth in America. The Business of Being Born promises "shocking facts regarding the historical and current practices of the child birthing industry." The film shines a critical ...
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Ricki Lake's new family-centred life

by Karen Walrond, Posted Jun 4th 2006 3:59PM

People.com is featuring an article on Ricki Lake, former talk show host and movie star.  Since ending her eponymous talk show, she's settled down to the task of raising her two children, Milo and Owen (along with her very supportive ex-husband, ...
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