title: "Reality" birth: marketing fear to childbearing women.
abstract: In this column, the authors examine the effect of "reality" television shows on expectant parents' fears of childbirth.
authors.affiliation: J udith lothian is a childbirth educator in Brooklyn, New York, and the Chair of the Lamaze International Certification Council. She is also an associate professor at the College of Nursing at Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey.
authors.forename: Judith A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Lothian
authors.forename: Ann
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Grauer