Product Details

• Format: Animated, Color, Full length, Live, NTSC
• Rated: Unrated
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Pearent Productions
• VHS Release Date: January 1, 2001
• Run Time: 124 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (82 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 0966881230
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #257,210 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Parents-to-be who are interested in the Lamaze method but can't attend a class will be happy to know they can learn it from this two-hour video. Taught by two certified instructors who are OB nurses, this is the only video course that teaches the complete method. Lamaze seeks to reduce pain through relaxation achieved by massage, focus, and a series of breathing techniques. The instructors share an easy rapport, demonstrating the exercises on each other before a roomful of couples and thoroughly explaining the purpose of labor, how to know when it begins, and its three stages. They describe medications and birth complications and include footage of both a natural Lamaze childbirth and a Caesarian delivery. While this tape was clearly shot in the 1980s (the hair styles and fashions are amusingly outdated), it does have new computer-generated diagrams, and the medical information seems up to date. The Lamaze technique itself has not altered, of course, and this tape remains the gold standard in that department. --Kimberly Heinrichs

Product Description

Are you prepared in the best way possible for the birth of your baby?

If you can't attend a childbirth class, this video will bring the class to you.

Now enhanced with computer generated 3-D animation, "Having Your Baby!" is the only complete step-by-step instructional video on Lamaze Prepared Childbirth available today, that is taught by licensed medical professionals who are obstetrical RN's and Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educators.

Unlike other videos, "Having Your Baby!" takes you directly from the classroom into the hospital, labor room and birthing room, allowing you to see, first-hand, discreet footage of obstetrical procedures, labor, vaginal and Cesarean births. Spectacular 3-dimensional animation helps you understand exactly what is happening during labor and birth.

"Having Your Baby!" is highly recommended by leading medical professionals worldwide. With "Having Your Baby!" you'll be sure to get the finest childbirth education available, even if you can't get to class.

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

35 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great video - It helped a lot!, May 30, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Having Your Baby! A Complete Lamaze Prepared Childbirth Class (VHS Tape)

Both my husband and I were unable to attend Lamaze classes due to the fact that we work very different schedules. We were concerned that the pregnancy would be difficult without proper Lamaze instruction. Our doctor recommended "Having Your Baby." She indicated that it was tailor made for expecting mothers who were on bed rest, and for couples such as ourselves. After viewing the tape we were amazed at how detailed and enjoyable the video was. The instruction is wonderfully detailed and presented in a very uplifting manner. The video included full chapters on birth and C-sections, which no other video has. When it was time to have our child, we had no worries that we weren't prepared. This video made my pregnancy and delivery so much easier than I had expected. Thank you for this product.

25 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Definitely the best video on the subject...", June 3, 2001

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Dr. Alan Levine (Southern California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Having Your Baby! A Complete Lamaze Prepared Childbirth Class (VHS Tape)

In searching for the best aid in teaching expectant parents about childbirth, "Having Your Baby" surfaces as the most complete, the most useful, and the most balanced presentation available. As an adjunct to class, or especially for those who cannot get to a class, it beautifully prepares the expectant parents for the labor and birth process. The information is accurate and up to date, and the actual footage of hospital procedure and the birth process is extremely beneficial to see, as well as very tastefully presented. I highly recommend "Having Your Baby" as the best presentation on the subject.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very Informative, July 11, 2003

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"clmilovic" (Livermore, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Having Your Baby! A Complete Lamaze Prepared Childbirth Class, English language version [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Great video and more thorough than we expected it to be.
We are expecting our first baby, and due to our schedules we are unable to attend an actual class. This video has certainly helped alot!
only down side to this video, considering they write 2001 on the title, I didnt expect to see a class of early 1970s ppl participating in the making of the documentary. But all the information that it is provided makes up for it big time.