Comfort Measures for Childbirth: The Rebozo Way

By Guadalupe Trueba

This video demonstrates the rebozo as an option to be used to comfort women during normal pregnancy, labor and birth. Different techniques are demonstrated using the rebozo to enhance relaxation and deal with discomfort and pain during childbirth, in combination with other widely known strategies. First half English, second half Spanish. (24 minutes, DVD & VHS)

Dance of the Womb

The DVD Dance of the Womb is an inspiring, informative and gentle journey into belly dancing for birth and beyond which can be enjoyed by pregnant women, Midwives, Doulas and Childbirth educators alike.

This DVD will, I’m sure, give women the freedom and confidence to trust their bodies to let go and allow themselves to discover their own rhythm in their labour and birth.

This DVD is also available in book form. Click here to view information and scroll down.

Doula! The Ultimate Birth Companion

DOULA! THE ULTIMATE BIRTH COMPANION is a landmark new film about birth and postpartum doulas. The film is ideal as an educational video resource for doulas. DOULA! is a 60 minute intimate emotional documentary, filmed in England, showing three doula-supported births in close up detail, plus the work of postpartum doulas. The film captures the non-medical, but highly practical and emotional support given to the mother before, during and after childbirth.

Ecstatic Birth - Conceive The Possibility

This DVD is for parents, childbirth professionals and anyone interested in conception, pregnancy and birth. This beautiful and moving interactional presentation includes: advice, guided visualization, a birth video, explanations of breath-work, archetypal affirmations, ten points to remember about birth, the four essentials for having an ecstatic birth, a midwife interview about ecstatic birth, speeches and articles, references and bibliography. Truly inspirational and instructive. It began its life as a CD-Rom in 2000 but technology was passing it by so it has been converted to a DVD. Because it is educational in nature and not a film as such it is best when viewed on a computer. It is in PAL format however can be utilized anywhere using a DVD player on a computer.

Five Births With a Doula (VHS)

This 40-minute videotape showing doulas in action. For doula trainers only; not suitable for childbirth classes. Births include unmedicated first birth; birth of twins (first breech); water birth; unmedicated birth of 10'3" baby; cesarean birth. 42.00 (US funds) VHS

Guerrilla Midwife - Robin Lim

Filmed in Indonesia, Italy and the U.S. this captivating film has won numerous awards for its excellence and helped focus attention and much needed support on Maternal and Child survival and its correlation with violence in childbirth. Filming the work of Ibu Robin Lim and the people who protect the smallest citizens of Earth, is an ongoing passion for Filmmaker Déjà Bernhardt. She has mastered capturing on camera tender moments of childbirth and human bonding, as they unfold in our planet s most extreme locations of environmental and political disaster. As Bernhardt takes us from beautiful Bali, where the economy has been destroyed by terrorist bombings, to post Tsunami Aceh, she highlights the efforts of one remarkable woman who has been recognized globally for illuminating the difference one person can make.

Laboring Under an Illusion: Mass Media Childbirth vs the Real Thing - Vicki Elson, MA, CCE

If you’ve ever gritted your teeth or yelled at the screen while watching a birth on TV or in the movies, you’ll love this DVD.

In Laboring Under an Illusion, anthropologist Vicki Elson uses over 100 video clips to explore media-generated myths about childbirth. The resulting contrast of fiction with reality is hilarious, engaging and enlightening.

Laboring Under an Illusion, is a thought-provoking tour of diverse attitudes and practices–a must-see video for anyone who cares about the reality of childbirth.
Laboring Under an Illusion: Mass Media Childbirth vs the Real Thing

MommyShape Prenatal Complete DVD - Diane Angela Fong

MommyShape Prenatal Complete DVD is more than just prenatal fitness; it is a complete mind and body program that will prepare you for your labor, delivery, and recovery. The program utilizes every type of movement, including sculpting, dance, yoga, breathing, & relaxation exercises, to prepare you for the journey ahead.

Whether you are a beginning, intermediate, or advanced exerciser, prefer a sculpting, dance, or yoga-based routine, or are in your 1st, 2nd, or 3rd trimester...with MommyShape Prenatal Complete, you have the freedom to customize your own fitness program using the six workout selections contained in this single DVD. Join 35-week pregnant, Diane Angela Fong, as she leads you towards a healthy pregnancy, an easier delivery, and a quicker recovery!

More of the Business of Being Born

Executive Producer Ricki Lake and Filmmaker Abby Epstein follow their landmark documentary, The Business of Being Born, with an all-new, four part DVD series that continues their provocative and entertaining exploration of the modern maternity care system. More Business of Being Born, available on November 8th, 2011, offers a practical look at birthing options as well as poignant celebrity birth stories from stars including Alanis Morissette, Gisele Bundchen, Christy Turlington-Burns, Cindy Crawford, Molly Ringwald, Kimberly Williams-Paisley and Melissa Joan Hart.

MotherTouch: Touch Techniques for Birth

This comprehensive 78-minute DVD guides viewers in the essentials of supportive touch during labor and concludes with a moving homebirth. Part I offers information about benefits, self-care for the touch companion during birth, the importance of establishing communication with the laboring woman and the cultivation of a safe environment. Part II focuses on specific techniques that address different parts of the body and common complaints, including slow labor, exhaustion, back pain, and anxiety. Visuals include women in actual labor, utilizing a variety of positions and techniques. Contents include: Benefits of touch during birth, contraindications, use of acupressure, reflexology, hydrotherapy, general comfort strokes. pain relieving techniques, common complaints and useful touch techniques. self-care for the touch companion, communication during labor.