More From The Business of Being Born

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 art of midwifery. Gaskin, who has featured in the original The Business of Being Born, sparked Lake's initial interest in natural birth. In the poignant final sequence, Gaskin exhibits her Safe Motherhood Quilt.

The most comprehensive series, Explore Your Options offers birth-planning guidance around key topics the advantages of birth centers and the alarming escalation of cesarean sections in the United States and Brazil. Epstein and Lake talk to doulas about why their profession is currently booming and uncover why having a good doula can make-or-break the entire birth experience.

Featuring celebrity moms Laila Ali, Gisele Bundchen, Cindy Crawford, Alyson Hannigan, Melissa Joan Hart, Kellie Martin, Alanis Morissette, Christy Turlington-Burns and Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Special Deliveries is a collection of intimate birth stories from a diverse group of mothers. True inspiration for any mother-to-be, this group of women trusted their bodies.

The VBAC (Vaginal Birth after Cesarean) has become a hot-button issue in the modern maternity care system, as one in three new mothers will give birth via cesarean section. Epstein and Lake posed that question to dozens of experts, determining the surprising truth about VBACs. They also follow several women's stories.