Product Details

• Actors: Naoli Vinaver Lopez
• Directors: Diana Paul, Frank Ferrel
• Format: NTSC
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: G (General Audience)
• Studio: Sage Femme
• DVD Release Date: March 17, 2008
• Run Time: 66 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (58 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000N2G41O
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #56,615 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A video must for all birthing women, teachers, and ob/gyns!, January 26, 2003

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Beth Leianne Curtis (Philadelphia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Birth Day [VHS] (VHS Tape)

As a childbirth educator, this video is a must for normalizing the healthy, natural birth process. As a mother, this video was integral for preparing my family and myself for my second birth! I watched this video weekly with my two and half year old son ( I cry every time I see it!) as preparation for my homebirth. While my homebirth did not happen, what did happen was an even bigger miraculous, perfect birth experience! I found out my baby in utero was a footling breech,(one foot on my cervix, one foot tucked up)a presentation that has some recognizable risks, so my homebirth became a scheduled csection, much to my chagrin, and sorrow. Well, my baby and body decided we were going to have a natural perfect non surgical birth anyway! I watched Birth Day, and sure enough, went in to labor in the middle of the night...after staying at home for early labor, my husband and I left for the hospital....BOOM! My water broke in the car, and 20 minutes later, my perfect healthy footling breech baby was born, shocking all the doctors and nurses at a very reputable hospital! They had NEVER seen a woman give birth so ecstatically, without fear, just trusting in the process of this non typical birth...the doctor wanted to give me a csec, but I yelled "no! this baby is coming now!" and pushed out my son, Noah Jacob, one foot first, then his body, and head...it was glorious and liberating and beyond expectation and the birthing world will be talking about us for years to come...trusting the process, believing in birth, giving over to the pain all enabled us to have a stress free, magical experience!!! YOU CAN DO THIS!!! Watch this video, trust in your body--GIVE BIRTH!!!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Wonderful Glimpse at the often Unseen, October 10, 2007

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Rengal (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Birth Day (DVD)

This video is completely delightful. It is full of deep and moving insight, and gives food for thought about so much. This family has invited us into their lives for an intimate and beautiful moment that most people never even get to see in their own families. Birth is a wonderous and beautiful thing to behold, and this video introduces it that way. I would recommend this to people who not ever have witnessed natural (or any) birth and as well as to those who have.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must see video to all pregnant women, December 3, 2003

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Nasri Hajjar "nasrihajjar" (Jounieh, Sahel Alma, Lebanon) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Birth Day [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Thank you very much Naoli Vinaver Lopez for sharing with us your beautiful, natural homebirth experience in "Birth Day."

I am a Lebanese 29 year old physical therapist who encourages natural childbirth. Being a man, I cannot criticize or judge any laboring woman who asks for pain relief but I find it is very pitiful that almost none of the births nowadays occur naturally. Nearly all of the women have an epidural or even a cesarean because of fear and pain during childbirth. These powerful drugs cross the placenta and go directly to the baby and can cause great harm. Nature has Her own pain relievers if a woman is allowed to move naturally and birth freely without constant monitoring, observation and drugs.

Watching the amazing documentary "Birth Day" is a necessity for all pregnant women. It will reduce fear and encourage women to have their babies in a healthier, more natural way.

"Birth Day" is a great homebirth movie showing that childbirth can be a beautiful experience especially if shared with an encouraging, loving family.