RICKI LAKE LAUNCHES  EXCLUSIVE CELEBRITY WEBISODE SERIES ON MYBESTBIRTH.COM

Cindy Crawford, Christy Turlington, Laila Ali, Melissa Joan Hart, Alyson Hannigan are  among featured celebrities sharing personal birth stories as part of the series

Watch the trailer now on mybestbirth.com and see how these celebs are just like you! The series starts July 8th with Cindy Crawford’s story on mybestbirth.com.

 Last week Abby sat down to interview Christy Turlington for our next DVD and discuss Christy's latest project: a documentary on maternal mortality. You can read Abby's blog post about the day at:

http://www.thebusinessofbeingborn.com/blog/2009/03/17/our-interview-with-christy-turlington/

And our latest newsletter with more updates on events is at:

http://www.thebusinessofbeingborn.com/lists/email.php

 Plan a Community Event with Us!

Our book YOUR BEST BIRTH by Ricki Lake and Abby Epstein is being published May 1 by Wellness Central and we are organizing events all around the country for the month of May to encourage women to take back the birth experience and raise awareness about their local birth options.

Many of you planned or attended grassroots screenings of BoBB, which were tremendously successful to raise awareness and funds for community groups and local chapters of national birth organizations.  We heard countless stories from women who changed their birth plans after seeing the film and hearing Q&A panels afterwards. Our hope is that with similar events for the book, birth advocates and professionals can bring resources and empowerment to the women and parents-to-be in their community.

Anytime during the month of May you can host a book event in your home, a local bookstore, yoga studio, baby store, or any venue that will attract pregnant women and parents. We can arrange for to you purchase a stock of books at a 40% discount which can then be sold at your event at retail price, with proceeds to cover event costs or be donated to local birth-related non-profits (any unsold books can be returned and refunded).  We also are preparing for a live web cast of Ricki and Abby discussing the book, which can be shown at the event. We invite you to celebrate the book launch with us by bringing people together to discuss their birth options and introduce them to local providers in your community.  Contact us at info@thebusinessofbeingborn.com for more details.

 BoBB director Abby Epstein visited Brazil recently and was interviewing doctors and women for our upcoming DVD about the country's C-section phenomenon, now up to 93% for the middle-class. Her blog about the trip is now up at:

http://www.thebusinessofbeingborn.com/blog/2009/01/21/report-from-rio/

Check it out!