The pregnancy of actress Katie Holmes - fiancee of Tom Cruise - has shined the media's spotlight on "silent birth," a childbirth method practiced by supporters of the Church of Scientology.
Tom Cruise, a longtime Scientologist who introduced Holmes to the faith, is likely to follow Scientology's practice of quiet birth. Followers believe the absence of talk and other noise in the delivery room is more healthful for mother and baby.
Tom Cruise says Katie Holmes is now a fully-fledged follower of L Ron
Hubbard. So what is it about the sci-fi writer's 'religion' that exerts
such a hold? Sara Lawrence goes undercover to find out.
The National Enquirer runs an article by Bonnie Wood as told to Jane
Ridley titled, "My 36 hour Scientology labor was hell. Please Katie,
don't join this cult" where she describes her ordeal whille practicing
the "silent birth" technique.