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Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
The first daughter in five generations of her Nova Scotia family, Dora Rare becomes an apprentice to a gifted midwife and storyteller before their home is threatened by the arrival of a brash medical doctor who promises sterile and painless births.
Publisher
Geddes Productions
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
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...
Publisher
Alto Films
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
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.
Publisher
Alto Films
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
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.
Publisher
Alto Films
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
A series of 4 video interview presentations featuring 8 world-leading professors about the importance of the infant microbiome and epigenetics for a child's lifelong health. This series includes a discussion about the importance of science of childbirth, an explanation about the human microbiome, an exploration of the connection between the microbiome and human health and an insight into how the microbiome changes during pregnancy. This video series...
Publisher
Alto Films
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
In a series of 4 video interview presentations, world-leading professors discuss the impact on the baby's microbiome of being born by C-section, the risks and benefits of swab-seeding for C-section babies, and the link between C-section and increased risk of a child developing immune-related health conditions later in life. This video series has been created by the filmmaking team behind the multi award-winning documentary MICROBIRTH.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Visit a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) that provides specialized care to sick newborns. You’ll learn about Apgar scores (which judge a newborn’s health), the dangers of neonatal pneumonia and congenital heart disease, and how pediatricians take care of premature infants.
Publisher
Karin Ecker
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
One Birth at a Time - Towards Normal Birth: 13 min Birth film popular for antenatal and tertiary education.. This beautifully shot film shows a positive depiction of a 'Normal Birth' in a hospital including interviews with the mother and father about their experience. A GP-obstetrician and a neonatologist are highlighting the benefit of a 'Normal Birth' to the mother and the baby.. "We consider this a good resource for the professional development...
12) Sister
Publisher
Collective Eye Films
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
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...
Publisher
Hybrid Entertainment
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
As one of the many women who faced fertility challenges at a young age, Dr. Jennifer Mercier shares a safer alternative to the suggested controversial procedure, in vitro fertilization (IVF).. FERTILITY exposes hidden truths about IVF, as well as an insightful new method that is safer and healthier for women who are trying to conceive. IVF has become increasingly popular and glamorized by the media. But the dangers of IVF are seldom revealed. For...
Publisher
Geddes Productions
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
In Baby-Led Breastfeeding, we see mothers learning to breastfeed naturally−by letting their babies show them how. Like kittens and puppies, human babies are already hardwired to seek out and find the breast. In this video we see just how babies can do it−when we get out of the babies' way. We also see Kittie Frantz, RN, CPNP-PC, who now uses this same approach in the first designated USA Baby Friendly hospital to have trained the entire staff...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
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...
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
The true story of Steve and Mandy Buonaugurio, a young, adventurous, expectant couple, who decide to take a daring and potentially dangerous approach to having their first child--outside the modern American medical system. What they learn about hospitals, doctors, insurance companies, midwives, and home birth as they travel across the United States and Europe interviewing experts and confronting birthing situations, exposes them to some shocking and...
17) Meet the experts
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Extended interviews with some of worlds top birth experts. Entertaining and a great resource or teaching aid for midwives, doctors doulas and anyone interested in current maternity practices. Meet the experts is an Australian series of interviews that gives unprecedented access to some of the world's top childbirth experts. You choose the expert choose from one-on-one, extended interviews with Sheila Kitzinger, Michel Odent, Richard Porter, Ina May...
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Now nearing the 1960s, the community enters a new time of social change, while stories of birth, life and death continue to touch your heart. Will live-wire Nurse Trixie marry her young curate? What new project calls for a heart as big as Chummy's? How will Sister Evangelina react to two new nurses? And why does Sister Julienne appear so unsettled by a mystery benefactor?
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
When George C. Stoney was a boy delivering newspapers, he was curious about the black women with black satchels he would spot occasionally on the streets of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, before dawn. Later he learned these early risers were midwives. This is a training film about midwifery which transcends the form. It was selected by the Library of Congress for placement on the National Film Registry in 2002 as "a culturally, historically and artistically...
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
With Nonnatus House scheduled for demolition, Jenny, Chummy, and Sister Julienne search for a new location nearby, while Jenny's relationship with Alec continues to blossom. But an outbreak of polio affects the nurses and nuns more than they could have imagined.
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