Videos

Below, you can find links to a variety of short educational videos and online documents about pregnancy and preparation, nutrition and exercise, labor and birth, babies and breastfeeding, rest and recovery, and family and fertility.

PREGNANCY AND PREPARATION

"Le Premier Cri" Trailer - Birth Around the World (1:58):

How the Body Works: From Conception to Birth (1:10):

Fetal Development (4:09):

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE

Pregnancy Diet for Mom (6:37):

*Good Sources of Folate (document):

*Bradley Pregnancy Diet Journal (document):

LABOR AND BIRTH

Active Labor and Birth Positions (2:02):

Baby's Birth Inside View (:47):
Homebirth (6:21):

Mason's Homebirth (4:22):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PZ0RDRm8bA

Blaze's Homebirth:

INTERVENTIONS, CESAREAN AND VBAC

From "The Business of Being Born" (2:39):

Cesarean Birth (3:30):

AWESOME Story of VBAC After 3 Cesareans (5:29):
BABIES AND BREASTFEEDING
Latching and Positioning (4:44)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oQHe1eYsnE

An RN/IBCLC on Breastfeeding Basics (7:32):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXMOIh5IMAc

Breastfeeding in the First Hour & Maximizing Milk Production (with hand-expression) :
http://med.stanford.edu/newborns/professional-education/breastfeeding.html

Choosing a breast-pump (document):
http://www.kellymom.com/bf/pumping/bf-links-pumps.html

Hospital grade vs. Manual pumps (document):
http://www.ameda.com/breast-pumping/which-pump-right-me

Baby Boot Camp!: Caring for your Newborn (several short videos):
http://www.howbility.com/Newborn.php

 BABIES AND BABYWEARING

Introduction to Babywearing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8Wd-Rj17jg 

Babywearing: Cross-Culturally and Historically:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbTsDOjb3fI&feature=related

Basics of Using a Ring Sling:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7v0ZbGwPKM&feature=related

Tummy-to-Tummy, Cradle Position, and Opposite the Rings in a Ring Sling:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RC-HvZLI-X0&feature=endscreen&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdP_KcN20uw&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvyQE5ij-os&feature=related

Nursing in a Ring Sling:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8adq371gzA&feature=related

Belt-Supported Carrier: Pikkilo from CatBirdBaby
http://www.carrymewithlove.com/buckle-carriers.html

 Wearing a Mei Tei: Front and Back
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ezuT6cVMMo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-BuGMve4so

Moby Wrap:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhBmqw7npYU&feature=related


Babywearing Carriers (website):
http://catbirdbaby.com/index.php/
http://kozycarrier.homestead.com/

 REST AND RECOVERY

Postpartum Care: What to Expect after Vaginal Birth (document):
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/postpartum-care/PR00142

Midwife's Perspective on Ways to Recover After Birth (document):
http://www.gentlebirth.org/archives/postpart.html

Cesarean Section: Recovering from Surgery (3:47):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRPvoFi55vk

AbdoMend: Belly Binding, Massage, and Dry Skin Brushing (7:45):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EftoCreqhcs

FAMILY AND FERTILITY

8 Principles of Attachment Parenting (document):
http://www.attachmentparenting.org/principles/prepare.php

The Fertility Diet (4:28):

Pros and Cons of the Fertility Awareness Method (document):

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