Recommendation for good labor/birth video?

[lauriem33]

Can anyone recommend a good video on labor I can pass along to SIL? They are first time parents and are not interested in taking any kind of childbirth prep class but would like to watch a video of what to expect. They're quite mainstream so nothing too out there but something that will give some good options for pain relief, the reality of labor & delivery, etc... and maybe steer as much toward natural as possible. I'm pretty sure she's planning an epidural but I just feel like she's going into it all so unprepared and uninformed, I'd like to nicely help her to think a bit more beforehand.

[JunipersMom]

I'd just direct her to youtube cause they have soo soo soo many free birth videos and while watching - she may just see the difference between normal and medicated and change her mind.

[hippiemom]

Naoli Vinaver's (sp?) Birth Day is very nice, gives positive images of partners working together, and is cheap, like 25 bucks. It is a water birth so less graphic than some of those up close shots you see in these films. "Stages of Labor" is good too, more mainstream but explains a lot of the medical side. It is mucho expensive, you may be able to borrow it from a midwife or CB educator.

"Baby Story" on cable is the one to avoid.

[babycatcher01]

"Birth as we know it" is a wonderful video, alot on waterbirths, but shows woman in controle and peacful births. A very moving video.

[SublimeBirthGirl]

Birth as we know it would probably be the wrong choice for a mainstream type. i recommend www.itsmybodymybabymybirth.com. Awesome & affordable.