Product Details

• Actors: Dr. Ruth Lawrence
• Directors: Bruce A. Wittman
• Format: NTSC
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Eagle Video Productions Inc
• VHS Release Date: October 15, 1999
• Run Time: 21 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: 0970675003
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #580,917 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Video Librarian - The Video Review Guide for Libraries Vol. 15 No. 6 page 30 November- December 2000

(Four Stars - highest rating) * * * * "Highly recommended for both public libraries and medical centers." Editor's Choice.

Product Description

Here is a NEW informational video on breastfeeding benefits that comes just in time with the most updated medical information! The Benefits of Breastfeeding offers the facts expectant mothers need to make an informed decision on one of the most important health choices they will make for their newborn. This 21 minute award-winning video is divided logically into five segments for classroom discussion and early childbirth classes:

*Health Benefits for Baby - highlights the important immunizing properties of breastmilk.

*Nutrition Benefits for Baby - features nutritional information about nature's perfect first food and the amazing results of medical studies on breastmilk and I.Q. tests.

*Benefits for Mother - discusses how breastfeeding is medically beneficial for new moms, while providing convenience and cost savings.

*Common Questions- considers four common concerns about breastfeeding.

*Keys to Successful Breastfeeding -offers the information mothers need to get off to a good start.

Internationally renown breastfeeding guru, Dr. Ruth Lawrence is featured in this video. She is the author of the definitive physicians' book, "Breastfeeding: A Guide for the Medical Profession."

This videotape is perfect for Childbirth Educators, Lactation Consultants, Birthing Instructors, La Leche League Leaders, Obstetricians, Pediatricians, Health Care Providers, Nursing School Instructors, Breastfeeding Coordinators, Medical and Public Libraries. The price includes public performance rights.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Breastfeeding benefits ring out loud and clear, December 19, 2000

By 

Pamela Diamond (Raleigh, NC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Benefits of Breastfeeding [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The Benefits of Breastfeeding video is a beautifully-made, fact-filled video that should be a must-see for every expectant mother (and father).

As a breastfeeding educator, I found this video to be an excellent resource for the expectant women I counsel. The video features real-life women from a variety of ethnic backgrounds and ages accompanied by their adorable, healthy, breastfed babies. They discuss openly and from the heart the benefits they and their babies have received from breastfeeding, along with their reasons for choosing to breastfeed in the first place. Seeing those gorgeous, happy babies and the bond they have with their mothers is enough to make the case for breastfeeding by itself.

In addition, Dr. Ruth Lawrence (who literally wrote the book on breastfeeding, and who is also a mother of nine breastfed children) makes an excellent professional spokesperson on the issue. She addresses up-to-date medical information about breastfeeding's benefits and why it is the best first food for infants (less allergies, less ear infections, higher IQs and the price is right, to name a few). It's refreshing to have a female doctor with firsthand experience discuss these important issues.

While the video makes the case for choosing to breastfeed, it also directs new mothers to support groups for help in getting off to a good start.

BOB does a thorough job of helping new parents choose to give their babies the best start in life they can. It would be an excellent addition to every OB/GYN office, pre-natal clinic, birth center and childbirth educators' class and should be required viewing for parents-to-be.