Product Details

• Actors: William Sears MD, Jay Gordon MD, Paul Fleiss MD, Chele Marmet MA IBCLC, Veronica Schaedler RN IBCLC
• Directors: Stephanie Scholz Neurohr
• Format: Dolby, NTSC, Widescreen
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: G (General Audience)
• Studio: Mother of 7, Inc
• DVD Release Date: June 13, 2006
• Run Time: 20 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000G6BJHG
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #223,333 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars EXCEPTIONAL New Breastfeeding DVD, March 22, 2007

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Jadzia, Ph.D. "Breastfeeding Advocate" (Vancouver BC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Breastfeeding Basics DVD (DVD)

Breastfeeding Basics is a great way to get started on an amazing journey with your baby...

THE Dr. William Sears appears in this video--so cool! The lactation consultants in the video provide excellent instruction on the essentials of breastfeeding as they guide new mothers and their babies on camera. The information and instruction provided by the experts come to life with emotionally moving stories and insights from moms and dads. Production quality is outstanding.

My first child had difficulty breastfeeding--it didn't help that there was no lactation consultant on staff in the hospital where I delivered. While I did have the right books, took a breastfeeding class, AND went to lactation consultants for help, I didn't have a real visual model of what the proper positioning and sucking pattern should look like until we got it right. In Breastfeeding Basics proper positioning of mommy and baby are demonstrated so you can follow along as you get started breastfeeding. I also really like how examples of the nutritive and non-nutritive sucking patterns are shown--knowing the difference would have been helpful in my particular case. If I had had the Breastfeeding Basics DVD with my first, we could have gotten things off the ground a lot sooner. (Thankfully I knew about the benefits of breastfeeding for me and my baby, so we persevered and breastfed for a good long time after the initial struggle!)

The information and instruction presented in Breastfeeding Basics will help any new mother begin successfully breastfeeding. The video does a nice recap of essential points, and of course can be watched over and over before and after delivery.

Breastfeeding Basics goes beyond your typical instructional video--it's so inspiring and beautiful!

The other breastfeeding videos in the Mother of 7 series are great too--Breastfeeding Intensive and Breastfeeding Comprehensive are longer versions of Breastfeeding Basics--also Breastfeeding FAQs: Ask the Experts has a lot of helpful information. A preview of Breastfeeding Comprehensive can be seen at [...]

Happy Breastfeeding!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars *Not* as adverstised, March 11, 2008

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MPC (Hoboken, NJ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Breastfeeding Basics DVD (DVD)

I ordered this DVD when I was already breastfeeding and having a rough time of it. This product did NOT do what was promised. While they show you footage of women breastfeeding in multiple positions, you are only shown the one (cradle) position. The 20 minute video spends more time selling people on the act of breastfeeding than on the mechanics of it - which is what I bought the video for after reading the description and other reviews. Fortunately, by the time I watched the DVD, I was having a better time of things, and could laugh at how NOT HELPFUL it was vs. being further disappointed by the experience.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not much to it, January 4, 2009

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Lori Freeman "rosaphile" (Milford, OH USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Breastfeeding Basics DVD (DVD)

There's very little in the way of real, useful information here for a mother who's committed to breastfeeding her child and may be having some difficulty making it work. At least half of the video is "why you should breastfeed" information, which is useless if you're already committed to doing it. The instructional segments were scanty and had very little of substance to offer.

If you're going to spend this amount of money on a breastfeeding DVD, I wholeheartedly (and with no prospect of personal gain) recommend Dr. Jack Newman's Visual Guide to Breastfeeding, which is available for about the same price as this absurd piece of fluff, on his website, drjacknewman.com. (Incidentally, lots of fantastic info on that site for free.) His DVD really IS packed with great, helpful information, shows a variety of women breastfeeding their babies instead of just one, and focuses intensively on getting that good latch that is so crucial. I found it so helpful to me when my (now 9-month-old, and still breastfed) son was newborn - while the Breastfeeding Basics DVD went back out the door very quickly.