Videos about Pregnancy, Labor, Babies

Videos About Pregnancy, Birth, Newborns, and Parenting

You may be able to Check these Out from Your Local Library

Videos can provide an excellent supplement to classes in childbirth preparation, newborn care, and breastfeeding. Being able to view them at home can allow you to take notes, pause the videos to reflect on what you have seen, discuss with your partner what you saw, and what you would like at your own birth, etc.

I have not seen many of these… so I can’t make specific recommendations. I have *’ed the ones which I know to be good.

I have not included many videos that are more than 5 years old. When choosing videos, be aware of copyright dates. Obviously, the birth process, infant needs, and breastfeeding haven’t changed fundamentally in centuries, so much of the information is universal and continually relevant. However, some things do change: medical treatments of complications, standard medical protocols, specific recommendations on immunizations and sleep safety, etc. So, if you watch older videos, make sure you’re also able to verify current information by taking classes, using up-to-date books, or asking your doctor.

(For those of you in the Seattle area, I have marked KCLS for books in the King County library system, or SPL for Seattle Public Library to show which library system they’re in. If you’re anywhere else in the U.S., this will at least give you a list of titles to look for in your own local library. Call numbers should be similar elsewhere.)

Pregnancy Videos:

· Baby to be. Current, 2002. KCLS. DVD 618.4 BAB or VT 618.4 BAB

· Healthy Steps for Teen Parents, Injoy SPL VHS 618.2 H3498 2000

Birth-Related Videos, General:

· * Born in the USA, A Documentary about Childbirth in America. Fanlight Productions, 2000. SPL: VHS 362.1982 B6451 2000. An excellent documentary, showing home births, birth center births, and hospital births, and highlighting the differences between the midwifery model of care, and the obstetrical model.

· * Understanding Birth: A Comprehensive Guide. Injoy Productions, 2001. SPL VHS 618.2 Un23 2001. My favorite comprehensive video set! Covers late pregnancy, stages of labor, comfort techniques, epidural, cesarean, and newborn procedures. If I were to only want to watch a couple videos, I would watch these and a breastfeeding video.

· Celebrate Birth. Injoy, 2000. KCLS VT618.4 CEL CC, SPL VHS 618.4 C3302 2000; Celebra el dar a luz. Injoy. VT 618.4 CEL SPANISH

· Having your Baby: Lamaze prepared childbirth. Pearent Productions, 2001. KCLS VT 618.4 HAV

· Great Expectations. 2000. KCLS: VT 618.4 GRE

· Labor of Love. CDS. 1999. KCLS: VT 618.2 LAB. A videotape of a childbirth preparation class series (as if you were there in the room). Shows instructor, with visual aids, etc. Does not show real labor.

· Healthy Steps for Teen Parents, Injoy SPL VHS 618.2 H3498 2000

Birth-Videos, Specifics

· Choices in childbirth, volume 1, Epidural Anesthesia, Injoy, 2000. KCLS VT 618.4 CHO V.1 CC

· Choices in Childbirth volume 2, Induction. Injoy, 2000. KCLS VT 618.4 CHO V.2 CC

· Choices in childbirth, volume 3: Cesarean Birth. Injoy, 2002. KCLS: VT 618.4 CHO V.3 CC This video shows a couple having an unplanned cesarean; however, the video would probably be helpful to those having a scheduled/planned cesarean.

· *Miracle of Birth. Injoy, SPL VHs 618.2 MIRACLE Shows 5 women’s birth stories, includes unmedicated, pain medication, and cesarean births

Birth Videos, non-medical / natural childbirth emphasis:

· * Giving Birth. Birthing the Future, 1998. KCLS: VT 618.4 GIV A great documentary about birth.

· Gentle Birth Choices. Global/Maternal Child Health Assoc, 1993. KCLS VT 618.45 GEN; SPL VHS 618.45 G2894 2001

Labor Comfort Techniques

* Tried and True. Injoy, 2000. KCLS VT 618.4 TRI, SPL VHS 618.4 T732 2001

Newborn Care Overviews:

· Baby Talk. Current, 2002. KCLS VT 649.122 BAB

· First Days Home. Current, 2002. KCLS VT 649.122 FIR or DVD 649.122 FIR

· Your Healthy Baby. I am your child, 2000. KCLS VT 649.122 YOU

· ABC’s of Newborn Baby Care. Baby Nurse Films, 2004. DVD 649.122 Ab299 2004

Newborn Care Specifics:

· The Baby Whisperer: How to calm, connect, and communicate with your baby. 20th c. Fox, 2002. VT 649.122 BAB CC or DVD 649.122 BAB

· * Happiest baby on the block. Happiest Baby, 2002. DVD 649.122 HAP. Demonstrates techniques for calming babies: swaddling, side or stomach position, shushing, swinging, and sucking. Great video!

· Sleep like a baby. Injoy, 2000. KCLS VT 649.122 SLE. Covers a variety of info on infant sleep, presenting a range of options, including sleep training and co-sleeping.

· Helping your baby sleep through the night. Healing Arts, 1986. VT 649.122

· A primer on child development: Hello Baby. Altschul, 1984? VT 155.4 HEL or VT 155.4 HEL Spanish.

Breastfeeding

· *14 Steps to Better Breastfeeding. Injoy. KCLS VT 649.33 FOU CC

· The Breastfeeding Game. Injoy. KCLS VT 649.33 BRE CC

· Simple Solutions. Injoy, KCLS VT 649.33 SIM CC

· *Breastfeeding Basics or Breastfeeding Intensive. 2007. SPL DVD 649.33 B7408F 2007 and DVD 649.33 B7408i 2007

· Laugh and Learn: about Breastfeeding. Expect This, 2005. DVD 649.33 L368 2005

Baby massage:

· In your hands. Trusttouch, 1999. VT 649.122 IN

· Baby Massage. Paccom, 1997. VT 649.122 BAB

· The gift of baby massage. International Media, 1991. VT 649.5

· Baby massage and exercise. Activideo, 1989. VT 649.122

Baby CPR/Safety

· Baby and Child CPR. Baby CPR, 2001. VT 616.1025 BAB

· Reduction of SIDS Risk: Your baby can sleep. Child Secure, 1998. VT 649.122 YOU

· Babysafe: How to prevent and react to the most common childhood emergencies. BabyBuff, 1996. VT 649.122 BAB

Feeding Babies

· Feeding your baby the first year. (In various languages) Multicultural Health Ed. Program, 1994. VT 649.3 FEE Spanish. VT 649.3 FEE Vietnamese VT 649.3 FEE Chinese.

· A healthier baby by breastfeeding. The Company, 1991. VT 649.33 HEA

· Breastfeeding your baby, a mother’s guide. Medela, 1987. VT 649.33