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Orgasmic Birth: The Best-Kept Secret

Orgasmic Birth: The Best-Kept Secret

A documentary that examines the the intimate nature of birth and the powerful role it plays in women's lives when they are permitted to experience it fully

2008•1h 25m•5.5/10
Documentary

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5.5/10(2)

Enter the world of undisturbed birth as 11 couples share their intimate personal journeys, facing their fears and moving through pain into the ecstasy of birth. Orgasmic Birth poses the ultimate challenge to our cultural myths.

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EN

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Cast

Mary Jackson

Self

Marsden Wagner

Self

Ina May Gaskin

Ina May Gaskin

Self

Sarah Buckley

Sarah Buckley

Self

Christiane Northrup

Christiane Northrup

Self

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