Can anyone recommend a good DVD that shows a gentle birth? I would like to give something like this to my daughter's part-time babysitter, a dear friend who has agreed to be at our homebirth to act as "sibling doula" for our daughter (who is 3). I'd like for her - and by extension, my daughter - to be exposed to the idea that birth doesn't have to be a source of fear. She's an open-minded gal but she's never witnessed a birth before, so I'd like to make her as comfortable as possible with what she can expect. My first birth was mostly pretty mellow, thanks in part to a lot of hypnobirthing.
I remember seeing "Birth into Being" when I was pregnant with #1, and something like that would be ideal... but unfortunately it seems that BIB is no longer being sold. Instead the woman who made it has got a new, expanded, renamed video which apparently gets into a lot of other stuff like "lotus births" and what have you - which might be a little too far out for my sitter friend!
Love to hear your recommendations... thanks!
I remember seeing "Birth into Being" when I was pregnant with #1, and something like that would be ideal... but unfortunately it seems that BIB is no longer being sold. Instead the woman who made it has got a new, expanded, renamed video which apparently gets into a lot of other stuff like "lotus births" and what have you - which might be a little too far out for my sitter friend!
Love to hear your recommendations... thanks!
