Push (2021) | Satire Short Film | Beautiful Birth Club

The parallels between making babies and birthing babies are very close. Women who fail to feel safe and loved, who fail to reach a point of neocortical inhibition, safety and oblivion, will struggle to release enough oxytocin to reach the point of orgasm or to labour successfully to the point of natural birth. Hollywood scenes of adrenalin fuelled birth rooms, bright lights and teams of medics yelling “PUSH” are all too prevalent. Despite being a popular occurrence in TV births, it is actually very rare for your baby to be sneezed out in the car park or to practically kill you. These shows are prepping our women for failure. Tokophobia (fear of childbirth) is on the rise. We owe it to ourselves and to our unborn babies to take the fear out of childbirth and to become oxytocin producing love machines. Pregnancy is a natural process, not an illness. You don’t need a dental surgeon to brush your teeth at night and we don’t need to interfere when nature is taking its course. This short comedy is a reminder of how