I finally shelled out the dough and bought myself some birth videos. I admit, I wanted them for myself just as much as I wanted them for my doula client library. I also knew they would come in handy for showing the kids real births in prep for the birth of their future (not yet existing) siblings. So far, only one video (of three) has arrived.
Birth As We Know It is excellent. It features 11 births, including one twin birth. Nearly all of them are waterbirths. All of them our out-of-hospital births. The birthing mothers are beautiful and very conscious of their labors. In fact, the main point of the video is promoting "conscious birth" and how wonderful it can make the entire experience for a pregnant couple. I really jived with the video and loved the scenes of moms birthing into the sea. I was a little leery of how long they kept the babies under water, but I'm sure that is because the waterbirths I've experienced in real life brought the baby immediately to the surface. There was a short clip of a circumcision. You really can't help but squirm when watching that. There was also a segment on lotus birth in the "extras" that was really neat. Lotus birth is when you keep the umilical cord and placenta attached until it dries and falls off naturally. Sounds nice, but I doubt I could handle the hassle of how immobile you are with a baby attached to the placenta. Anyway, the video is great and just has some beautiful images. I look forward to lending it out to clients.
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