Heads Up Official Trailer
Midwifery
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Documentary
'Heads Up' features several women confronted with the disappearance of the option of delivering their breech babies vaginally. Among others, actress Morena Baccarin and holistic living personality Kimberly Van Der Beek struggle to find providers who will attend them in a vaginal breech birth--all under the pressure of their imminent due dates. Through their personal accounts and the perspectives of medical professionals, 'Heads Up' explores this widely misunderstood subject and the need to restore this lost art and lost option.
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