For mothers, lactation consultants, nurses, midwives, childbirth educators, WIC breastfeeding counselors, and others who work with breastfeeding mothers.. This 28-minute DVD introduces laid-back positions that help mothers breastfeed in greater comfort and enjoy their babies more. In the past, postpartum mothers were instructed to breastfeed lying on their side or sitting up with baby supported by a pillow. This worked for some mothers but many found...

A series of 4 video interview presentations by world-leading professors about the 'seeding and feeding' of a baby's microbiome during pregnancy, birth and breastfeeding for optimal development of the infant immune system. This video series has been created by the filmmaking team behind the multiaward-winning documentary MICROBIRTH.

In a series of 4 video interview presentations, 10 professors talk about their public health concerns regarding common medical interventions during childbirth and how these could impact the development of the infant microbiome. The videos also includes discussion of possible solutions. This video series has been created by the filmmaking team behind the multi-award winning documentary MICROBIRTH.

Watch an easy way to put baby in "football hold" at your side. Learn how to keep him inclined at a 45 degree angle for his comfort or hold him with your "opposite hands" in front..

Watch baby, placed on mom's chest, scoot down & then over to the breast to attach. Learn how he signals he is done & goes to the other breast when put back up on mom's chest..

Sister follows maternal health workers in Ethiopia, Cambodia and Haiti though beautiful and brutal circumstances. A surgical health officer in Ethiopia, a rural midwife in Cambodia, and a traditional birth attendant in Haiti work tirelessly to save the lives of women and babies. If there is a war on women, these health workers are the shock troops in their defense. Their stories reveal strategies in place to improve maternal health and the crisis...

A documentary about a woman, who is determined to give birth to her breech baby naturally, even though hospital authorities insisted she would have to have a Cesarean. This is an inspiring story about her attempt, against all odds, to give birth naturally within the system. “Prepare to be moved by this intelligent and poignant film about one womans birth journey with a breech pregnancy and breech birth. Experience the fear, anticipation, support...

Renowned for her practice's exemplary results and low intervention rates, Ina May Gaskin has gained international notoriety for promoting natural birth. She is a much-beloved leader of a movement that seeks to stop the hyper-medicalization of birth--which has lead to nearly a third of hospital births in America to be cesarean sections--and renew confidence in a woman's natural ability to birth. Upbeat and informative, Gaskin asserts that the way in...

In the pastoral community of Reddington, Vermont, during the harsh winter of 1981, Sibyl Danforth makes a life-or-death decision based on fifteen years of experience as a respected midwife -- a decision intended to save a child, a decision that will change her life forever.