In 2015, after an outwardly uneventful pregnancy, Megan Nix's second daughter, Anna, was born terribly small and failed her newborn hearing test. Megan and her husband learned that Anna is completely deaf and could have lifelong delays due to an infection in the womb with cytomegalovirus, or CMV, a disease Megan unknowingly contracted from her toddler during pregnancy. Remedies for Sorrow is lyrically written and a searing critique of the paternalistic...

When Heather becomes pregnant, Brian is sure he loves her, only he doesn't want kids. Heather returns to California to deliver their daughter alone, buoyed by family and friends. Mere hours after Gracie's arrival, a nurse wakes her: "Get dressed, your baby is in trouble." Brian reappears as Gracie's condition grows dire; together they have to decide what they are willing to risk to ensure their girl sees adulthood. Harpham writes about heartbreak...

Juno MacGuff is sixteen years-old who after a one-time sexual encounter with her best friend Paulie, learns that she's pregnant. Juno and Paulie like each other, but not enough to start a family, complete with a child. Paulie leaves all the decisions about the baby to Juno. Initially she decides to have an abortion, but can't go through with it. So she decides to have the baby and give it up for adoption. The next step is to find prospective parents...

Joan Blake, a teenager whose parents have tried to keep her "innocent, " becomes pregnant. One of her teachers believes that such situations would be prevented if the school curriculum included "social and moral" education (now called sex education). When he prevails, two documentary films that he shows in his course are included in the film. Because one of the documentaries shows both natural and Caesarean childbirth and the other depicts the physical...

Down on the farm: Conversations with legendary midwife Ina May Gaskin: Follow Executive Producer Ricki Lake and Director Abby Epstein to The Farm Community in Summertown, Tennessee, where pioneer midwife Ina May Gaskin talks candidly about the latest birth trends and the art of midwifery. (Running Time: 55 min.) Special deliveries: Celebrity mothers talk straight on birth: Featuring celebrity moms Laila Ali, Gisele Bundchen, Cindy Crawford, Alyson...