Childbirth Video DocumentariesChildbirth Videos, Childbirth DVDsThese are clips of the best childbirth video documentaries currently out there. Videos about birth are an entertaining way to get informed and prepared for giving birth.
Birth As We Know ItIn this documentary, we are introduced to the concept of Conscious Birth. I really appreciate the emphasis on the mental, emotional and spiritual aspects of birth. This movie also describes the potential for peace and positive change in the world through changing our birth practices.This film is artistically done with some really beautiful water scenes. They also discuss the use and importance of spiraling the hips in labor.
The Business of Being BornThis film features Ricki Lake as the executive producer. Her homebirth experience is also followed as part of the documentary. There is a lot of great information about the problems with how birth is typically "done" in the U.S. in the form of interviews, personal stories and entertaining statistical graphics.
Laboring Under an IllusionI'm excited I'll being seeing this one at our next local natural birth and parenting network community meeting. It looks funny and informative, which is a great formula for natural learning and shifting unconsciously held attitudes about birth.I read this great interview with filmmaker, Vicki Elson, and learned she's been a childbirth educator for 25 years!
Orgasmic BirthThis is the newest and, in my opinion, the best film about birth to date. Don't let the title scare you away- Though it does a great job of showing the full spectrum of what's possible in the childbirth experience, it's about way more than orgasmic birth.It tells the birth stories of seven couples who give birth in a variety of settings. Interviews with the most prominent professionals and activists in the field are interspersed throughout, including Ina May Gaskin, Marsden Wagner, Penny Simkin and Christiane Northrup. My only criticism is that this documentary doesn't make it clear that even though more difficult, it is possible to achieve a good birth experience in a hospital setting.
Pregnant in AmericaI haven't seen this one, but in my opinion anything that has interviews with David Chamberlain and Ina May Gaskin is probably worth seeing.
What Babies WantThis childbirth video is one of my favorites to show birthing class students because it portrays birth from the baby's perspective. Noah Wyle narrates and shares his own family's experiences with natural birth and parenting. It has all kinds of interesting information about the memory and consciousness of babies during gestation and birth. Some of the birth hypnosis stuff may seem a little out there, but keep an open mind.
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