Check out the NEW DVD/Book Combination release: “Perceptions, Reflections, Connections.”

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Calm Birth
New Potential of Childbirth 
Teacher Training Program 
New York City, NY 
November 4-6, 2011

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BIRTH FILMS

One World Birth - 2011
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Birth with Gloria Lemay - 2011
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Birth Markings - 2011
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Organic Birth: Birth is Natural - 2010
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The Evolution of Dad - 2010
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No Woman, No Cry - 2010
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Guerrilla Midwife - 2010
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Face of Birth - 2010
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Doula! - 2010
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Babies - 2010
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A Breech in the System - 2010
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We Care Solar - 2009
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Reducing Infant Mortality - 2009
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My Best Birth - 2009
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Laboring under an Illusion
Mass Media Childbirth vs. The Real Thing - 2009
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At Your Cervix - 2009
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Orgasmic Birth - 2008
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The Business of Being Born - 2007
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The First Cry - 2007
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Pregnant in America  - 2007
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It’s My Body, My Baby, My Birth -2007
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Home Delivery - 2007
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Birth as We Know It - 2006
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A Doula Story - 2005
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Born in the USA
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All My Babies - 1953
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BIRTH PLAYS

Birth, The Play - 2007
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BIRTH EVENTS

Be BOLD (Birth on Labor Day) - 2007
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BIRTH AUDIO DOCUMENTS

Birth (Thin Air Media) - 2008
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Born (Thin Air Media) - 2008
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BIRTH SURVEY

The Birth Survey - 2008
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On a cold, billowy evening of November 15, 1987, the conception of Birth Balance occurred in a New York loft on 22nd Street between 5th and 6th Avenue. Judith Elaine Halek, Director of Birth Balance, attended a labor, as a friend, labor support doula, massage specialist and pregnancy/labor/birth/family/newborn photographer.

At one end of the loft, the mother, father, Judith and midwife ended up seated train style in an 6.5 foot wide, 4 foot deep, copper butter urn. At 11:45 PM, the baby (Maxx) and Birth Balance were born. This marked the first home waterbirth with midwife in attendance in New York City.

Birth Balance's Latest Breaking News
BB © 2012	Stories of Grace, Glory and Motherhood Yet another of Judith's photo used on a book cover, this time on More Than a Midwife by Certified Nurse Midwife Mary Sommers Click here to view pictures Click here to order book
BB © 2012	International Journal of Childbirth Education Birth Balance photograph graces the cover of volume 26, Number 4 (November 2011). If you would like a digital copy, order a hard copy of the journal to receive both. Click here to view pictures
BB © 2012	DONA Doula's of North America presents two of Birth Balance's photographs and one banner in their new documentary. About birth and postpartum doulas, it is called The Essential Ingredient: Doula. Click here to view pictures
BB © 2012	Calm Birth - New Potential of Childbirth Judith Halek has 32 photographs included in the montage on the Calm Birth website. Click here to view selected images Click here to view montage
BB © 2012	The Consciousness of an Extraterrestrial Experiencer Birth Balance photographed author Alan Russell White for the back portfolio shot of his book released April 2010. Click here to view pictures Click here to order book
	Carrboro Midwifery Birth Balance has one photograph, Held Above Water, posted twice on the Carrboro Midwifery website. It appears both on the front page and on the waterbirth page. Click here to view pictures
BB © 2012	Avalon, A Center For Women's Health Birth Balance has 2 photographs posted with Avalon on the website's waterbirth page. Click here to view pictures
	DONA, Doula's of North America DONA utilized 5 of Birth Balance's photographs for their banners at the 2008 International Conference. This banner is also displayed multiple times in their slideshow of pictures from the conference. Click here to view picture
BB © 2012	Reducing Infant Mortality:  Healthy Babies for a Strong Future Judith Halek's photograh is used in this short film and in the center of the advertisement. Reducing Infant Mortality's goal is to change the overall birth paradigm and address the issue through this focus on the abysmal infant mortality rate. Their message is simple: 1. Reduce Infant Mortality 2. Midwifery Model 3. Save Money. Dircted by Debby Takikawa (What Babies Want) and Dara Knerr Colacchio. Click here to view picture Click here for information on the movie
	Fate of Earth - Fate of Birth Judith Halek has eight photographs in this mini-documentary on birth by New York City filmmaker, David Sotnik.  Click here to view documentary
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