Doula

Parents need to know that Doula explores the choices people make regarding pregnancy and giving birth. The story raises issues that might be suitable only for mature teens, including a scene showing a man naked from the back trying to have sex with his pregnant girlfriend and failing. A pregnancy helper suggests it's OK for a pregnant woman to smoke marijuana, drink alcohol, and eat the kind of cheese that some health professionals advise might contain harmful bacteria. Mostly the emphasis is on prioritizing women's choices about how they want to be pregnant and give birth, offering comic views of both traditional hospital births and at-home alternatives. Language includes "f--k," "s--t," "ass," "p---y," "c--k" "bastard," "bitch," "damn," "pee," "whore," "sex worker," "hooker," "erection," and "t-t." A tense father-to-be goes to an S&M party, takes mushrooms, and gets tied up.