A Doula Story

A Doula Story is a tribute to the doulas who work in a poverty-stricken West Chicago neighborhood, and a moving portrait of one doula in particular, Loretha Weisinger, who instructs the girls in her care with an easy straightforwardness and an open heart. As Loretha goes about her day, she prepares the girls for labor, assists them in delivery, and makes postnatal visits to help them bond with their newborns. Read an interview with Weisinger.

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Celebrate Birth!

Celebrate Birth! appeals to the intellectual, emotional and intuitive sides of viewers. It explains the design of the birth process, suggests and models labor skills, and shows expectant parents and caregivers what a positive and empowering experience birth can be. A co-production of InJoy Videos and Lamaze International, Celebrate Birth! was designed by a team of educators as a versatile teaching video to be used in a variety of class situations. Valuable for all educators, it does not focus on any one method. Instead, it encourages women to tap into their inner wisdom to guide them through their unique birth journey. (41 minutes)



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Color Slides of Rebozo Babywearing Mothers

Color Slides of traditional rebozo babywearing mothers, a set of seven, with written guide.

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Comfort Measures for Childbirth

By Penny Simkin

This nationally respected childbirth educator, has created this best-selling, in-depth video to help couples learn effective labor techniques to increase comfort during labor. The video is highlighted by scenes of women using Simkin's techniques in labor and birth. (38 minutes)

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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)

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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.


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Doula! The Ultimate Birth Companion

“DOULA!: THE ULTIMATE BIRTH COMPANION” is a NEW 65 minute documentary film that follows three BIRTH DOULAS as they support three couples before, during and after their births.

The film features actual footage of doula supported births.
We also see POSTNATAL DOULAS providing practical and emotional support to new mums after their babies are born.

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Elk and The Epidural: How to Have an Epidural in Awareness: a teaching DVD

This 15-minute video/DVD, featuring Pam England's colorful and whimsical pastel drawings, illustrates the truthful and typical experience of labor with an epidural. Parents learn about the advantages, disadvantages, and the cascade of medical support that accompanies epidurals. The message to parents is to develop and maintain a solution-focused, non-judgmental mindset, so that if an epidural (or any medical support) becomes necessary, they can stay present emotionally and spiritually for the birth of their child.

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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

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Giving Birth and Being Born

By Karin Berghammer in cooperaton with the University Clinic Vienna/Regine Ahner, P.Husslein. A video about the physiological course of birth in two parts, 1995, 1999. (42 minutes)



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