"A Baby Story".Beginning in the fall of 1998, the Learning Channel will air a new half-hour documentary called "A Baby Story." Pie Town Productions documents couples' experiences during pregnancy, labor, and delivery. Seventeen couples have already taken part in the filming. Celebrating the miracle of birth and the meanings of parenthood, "A Baby Story" follows each couple from the fifth month of pregnancy, through the highs, lows, and happenings of their pregnant lives. While the entire labor and delivery is filmed, the focus is on the emotional aspects of birth rather than the medical. Traditional, cesarean cesarean /ce·sar·e·an/ (se-zar´e-an) see under section. ce·sar·e·an or cae·sar·e·an or cae·sar·i·an or ce·sar·i·an adj. Of or relating to a cesarean section. , and alternative births are followed and filmed. The producers' goal is to portray por·tray tr.v. por·trayed, por·tray·ing, por·trays 1. To depict or represent pictorially; make a picture of. 2. To depict or describe in words. 3. To represent dramatically, as on the stage. a variety of experiences, including home births, natural births, homosexual homosexual /ho·mo·sex·u·al/ (-sek´shoo-al) 1. pertaining to, characteristic of, or directed toward the same sex. 2. one who is sexually attracted to persons of the same sex. couples, and interracial in·ter·ra·cial adj. Relating to, involving, or representing different races: interracial fellowship; an interracial neighborhood. couples. Anyone who is interested in participating is encouraged to call Jennifer Freedman freed·man n. A man who has been freed from slavery. freedman Noun pl -men History a man freed from slavery Noun 1. at Pie Town Productions, 818-753-1200. --Alternative Family, June/July 1998 |
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