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Ricki Lake Fires Back at Doctors Over Home Births | Ricki Lake

Health

Ricki Lake Fires Back at Doctor Groups Over Home Births

Originally posted 06/18/2008 01:50AM

Ricki Lake and doctor groups are embroiled in a heated new feud over the safety of having babies at home.

"Home birth was around long before hospitals were taking over – and I just think women need to know (the information) so that they can make the best choice for them," Lake, 39, tells the Associated Press.

Lake, whose documentary The Business of Being Born features footage of her home birth of son Owen, now 7, is accusing doctors' groups of targeting her strong views on the benefits of midwifery and home births.

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Babies

Ricki Lake Gives Birth – to A Movie About Birth

Originally posted 01/10/2008 02:20PM


Having given birth to her second son Owen, now 6, at home, Ricki Lake has now given birth to a long-gestating project: a documentary on child birth, The Business of Being Born.

At its benefit screening Wednesday night in New York, the former talk-show host, 39, joked with PEOPLE after the graphic scenes in which she is actually shown delivering Owen: "I'm afraid it's going to be on 'Mr. Skin' tomorrow."

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Ricki Lake Sets the Record Straight on John Mayer | John Mayer, Ricki Lake

Couples

Ricki Lake Sets the Record Straight on John Mayer

Originally posted 12/13/2007 01:40PM

Yes, John Mayer recently admitted to having a "crush" on her. But Ricki Lake insists their relationship hasn't moved beyond casual cocktail party chit-chat.

"I swear to God, there is no story," she told PEOPLE Wednesday during a photoshoot for the magazine. "I met him at a party. He admitted he had a crush and I admitted, hey, vice versa. That was it. I wish there was actually something to tell. There was nothing."

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Ricki Lake's Weight Loss and Confidence Gain | Ricki Lake

Bodywatch

Ricki Lake's Weight Loss and Confidence Gain

Originally posted 10/26/2007 12:55PM

Ricki Lake showed off a newly trim figure at a charity event in Los Angeles on Thursday, and credits a strict exercise regimen for the transformation.

"I think I had [that muscle] under all that fat all those years. I think it was just there," Lake told PEOPLE at the Choose Your Cause Launch Party and Charity Benefit at Fred Segal Fun in Santa Monica.

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Ricki Lake's New Man, New Life | Ricki Lake

Ricki Lake's New Man, New Life

Originally posted 06/02/2006 09:50AM

2004 was a year of changes for Ricki Lake – she decided to end her self-titled talk show after more than a decade and separated from husband Rob Sussman after nine years of marriage.

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A New Era for Ricki Lake

Originally posted 07/16/2002 01:00PM

The "Ricki" show will celebrate its tenth anniversary in September and, like its host, will try to start to acting its age.

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Lake's Water Baby

Originally posted 08/22/1997 12:00AM

Ricki gives birth in a tub.

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