[sgonvw]

I second Goddess's "praise jeebus."  The portrayal in Birthday reminded me a lot of Iciar Bollain's short film "El Parto Es Nuestro" (also known as "Por Tu Bien" and linked on the forum elsewhere).  The purpose is not to portray birth as it has to be, but to portray birth as it often is for women: frightening and over-medicalized.