Product Description If you can’t attend a prepared childbirth class, this dvd will bring the class home to you. Parents-to-be who can’t fit Lamaze classes into their schedules, as well as been-there-done-that parents in need of a refresher course, will welcome Having Your Baby!, a polished, step-by-step instructional program. ( Now also available in a Spanish dvd.) The two instructors are quite engaging and, more important, licensed obstetrical Registered Nurses who are both Lamaze-certified childbirth educators. The production complements its classroom segments with plentiful footage of the real thing: labor, vaginal and cesarean births, and all the obstetrical procedures a mother might face in labor and delivery. Spectacular 3-D animation gives the inside story, so to speak, affording viewers the knowledge necessary to handle the experience with confidence. Topics covered include: What to Expect in Labor , Working with Your Coach, Lamaze Breathing Techniques, Lamaze Relaxation Exercises, Pain Management During Labor and Birth, Epidurals , Medical Interventions, Cesarean Preparation, and more. Having Your Baby! combines the best of an old fashioned Lamaze class with the latest medical information and computer technology. We kept some of the original footage of a Lamaze class (yes, some of our hairstyles look a bit dated, but some things about childbirth just don t change, and we love this footage!) and added updated information, live footage of labor and birth, and computer graphics to make the entire program very enjoyable to watch. It is the only program that teaches 5 breathing techniques and complete relaxation. All breathing techniques are conveniently condensed into one chapter for easy reference. Unlike other videos which have an instructor talking to a home video camera, professionally produced Having Your Baby! takes you directly from the classroom into the hospital, labor room and birthing room, allowing you to see, first-hand, discreet footage of obstetrical procedures, epidurals, labor, vaginal and Cesarean births and much more! No need to search the internet looking for labor or birth footage….. it’s all here in one convenient dvd! Having Your Baby! is highly recommended by leading medical professionals and childbirth educators worldwide.Parents-to-be who are interested in the Lamaze method but can’t attend a class will be happy to know they can learn it from this two-hour video. Taught by two certified instructors who are OB nurses, this is the only video course that teaches the complete method. Lamaze seeks to reduce pain through relaxation achieved by massage, focus, and a series of breathing techniques. The instructors share an easy rapport, demonstrating the exercises on each other before a roomful of couples and thoroughly explaining the purpose of labor, how to know when it begins, and its three stages. They describe medications and birth complications and include footage of both a natural Lamaze childbirth and a Caesarian delivery. While this tape was clearly shot in the 1980s (the hair styles and fashions are amusingly outdated), it does have new computer-generated diagrams, and the medical information seems up to date. The Lamaze technique itself has not altered, of course, and this tape remains the gold standard in that department. –Kimberly Heinrichs
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April 15, 2010
#1
A great idea, but not a replacement for a good, small childbirth class where you can meet other parents and interact with the instructor.
Kelly J. Townsend
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Christ Centered Childbirth
April 15, 2010
#2
this vidoe had a lot of information, but it seemed a little out dated. it did have some good tips on lamaze and covered good relative topics, but seemed to be slow moving and old fashion.
April 15, 2010
#3
This video looks like it was shot around the time my mother was pregnant with me. OK well maybe not that old but you get my point. Being that I couldn’t fit an actual class into our schedule I would say this is better than nothing. It covers most of what we need to know but I really wish they would make a new one!
April 15, 2010
#4
Made in 1983, these so-called caring childbirth educators pooled their resources and gave birth to this movie. For almost 25 years this film has greatly contributed to couples thinking they can get something for nothing (watch a video=know how to birth the Lamaze way). REAL Lamaze training is out there and there is no substitute for the personal attention and quality training provided. Don’t be too busy for classes. You’ll be sorry. Take a class and don’t waste your money on this film which personally and globally negates what’s needed for normal birthing in America.
JB/Hawaii
April 15, 2010
#5
I bought this tape due to being on bedrest and not being able to attend childbirth classes. I learned very little from it. I learned more from reading books and watching real birth stories on tv. If someone were to depend on this tape for what childbirth will be like, they would think it was a peice of cake!
First, they really spend A LOT of time focusing on how a husband could make the wife feel relaxed in early labor, having her lie on her side, totally de-stress herself as he massaged her. BY the time this slow segment was over, my husband said he had a headache from the annoying music. I thought so much of it was a waste of time because we know that this technique is not going to work for very long as your contractions begin to get more intense.
At least I now have an understanding when I watch Baby Story on TLC and other birthing programs, what kind of breathing technique the ladies are trying to use. They explained the breathing exercises, and that is the one thing I got out of it. But when they explain the exercises the instructors demonstrate them so easily. They never really prepare you for how painful the contractions will get or what to expect they might feel like and how to handle them REALISTICALLY. They act like you will easily be able to do this breathing through contractions.
Then they show disappointing footage of a “labor and birth” which begins with the woman coming into the hospital. Then she’s lying on her side as her husband massages her, obviously in some discomfort. The next thing you know they show the baby coming out. They don’t show her breathing through contractions, using the techniques she learned, or pushing. As I said, IF anyone were to depend solely on that tape, they would think having a baby was easy with no pain or discomfort.