UNDERSTANDING BIRTH: A Comprehensive Guide (2nd Edition) 2 DVDs
What educators call the best birth video ever, is now even better! Includes the most current evidence-based information, all new footage, and an overall fresh look. As viewers follow the featured families from pregnancy through postpartum, they see a variety of labor experiences, including a natural birth, interventions, and an unplanned cesarean section.
*This package includes two DVDs!
Understanding Birth 2nd Edition includes a Free Express Version DVD designed to fit into time-crunched class schedules, Understanding Birth 2nd Edition Express condenses our full-length program and provides the most sought-after topics in less than an hour!
WHAT'S NEW IN UNDERSTANDING BIRTH - 2nd Edition?
*All new footage and families
*New animation that's more accurate, including the stages of labor, epidural procedure, and cesarean surgery
*More detailed breastfeeding information throughout and emphasis on skin-to-skin contact
*More information and emphasis on patient advocacy, including birth plans, questions to ask caregivers, and natural alternatives to interventions
*Fun "Partner Tips" appeal to dads and other support people
*Take Note segments help parents retain important information
*4D ultrasound images show parents fetal development
*A beautifully captured natural birth story
*Comes with a Facilitator Guide that provides discussion questions and information about the featured families
State-of-the-art computer animation is now even more lifelike! It surpasses charts and models. New animated segments on cesarean surgery and epidurals give parents an in-depth look, without the unsettling effects of live footage.
*The 8 topics birth educators and nurses request most - In one convenient program!
Chapter 1: UNDERSTANDING PREGNANCY
Fetal development, anatomy, emotions, discomforts, general and preterm labor warning signs, nutrition, hazards, exercise, and more.
Chapter 2: UNDERSTANDING LABOR
Signs of pre-labor, onset of labor, stages of labor with 3D animation and all new footage, emotional changes, skin-to-skin contact after birth, and more.
Chapter 3: CHRISTINA'S BIRTH
Viewers follow a couple that has an unmedicated vaginal birth to see how the stages of labor unfold in real life, learn natural coping techniques, and effective partner support.
Chapter 4: UNDERSTANDING COMFORT TECHNIQUES
Labor support, breathing, relaxation, massage, visualization and focal points, hydrotherapy, labor and pushing positions, back labor, and advice for partners.
Chapter 5: UNDERSTANDING MEDICAL PROCEDURES
Birth plans and questions to ask caregivers, induction, fetal monitoring, IV's, pain medication (includes new 3D animation of epidural placement), augmentation, second stage interventions, and natural alternatives for each intervention.
Chapter 6: UNDERSTANDING CESAREAN BIRTH
Follow one couple's story as they experience an unplanned cesarean, reasons for cesareans, and family-centered cesarean birth tips.
Chapter 7: UNDERSTANDING NEWBORNS
Newborn hospital procedures with an emphasis on skin-to-skin contact, first feeding, newborn appearance, and newborn's world (includes senses, behaviors, and safety issues).
Chapter 8: UNDERSTANDING POSTPARTUM
Hospital recovery (involution, lochia, perineum care, and rooming in), home recovery (baby blues, postpartum depression, and healthy habits), and breastfeeding (hunger signs, feeding frequency, effective latch, and getting support).
*Closed Captioned
*Also available in Spanish
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