Customer Reviews

Laugh and Learn About Breastfeeding

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I was really nervous about the prospect of breastfeeding. Many of my friends were so frustrated that they gave up after a few weeks! I watched this video before I gave birth and again when I got home from the hospital. Within days my baby girl and I were in perfect harmony. It answered all my questions with humor and in terms I could understand. The demonstrations are great. They actually got a new mom to breastfeed on the camera and the close ups were really helpful, as well as all the different "holds". My husband watched it with me and was laughing too. Since then, I've bought it as a gift for two of my girlfriends and they loved it. Highly recommended!

I was happy and excited by the prospect of breastfeeding my baby, then my girlfriends started telling me one failure story after another. I was depressed and researching formulas when my sister got me this DVD. The demonstrations are great, and by the time I finished watching it I knew I could do it! I'm happy to report success!

If you own the Childbirth DVD with the same instructor, please don't be turned off in buying this one. She is a LOT less obnoxious and she is more staright to the point, without all the little wanna-be comedy routines.

This DVD was a fantastic, basic demonstration on how to breastfeed. Each chapter was clear and concise and not too long. I think I watched the whole thing in under an hour. The real-life demonstrations of mothers breastfeeding their babies was extremely helpful, as was the chapter on pumping.

Since I'm on bedrest, I couldn't make it to an in-person class. This was a solid substitute. I'm really glad I got it to see the positions for myself and get a few tips. Overall though, it's a pretty short lesson and could have included more. I'd supplement with a book or two to make sure you have enough information on hand.

One other note, I've got a childbirth/lamaze dvd with the same instructor and she is MUCH better in this one. I thought her sense of humor was a little too strong in the other video and the squealy voice got on my nerves. No problem with that here - a definite good thing.

I am a first time mom and this video is a very helpful resource for me. It tells anything you would want to know about breastfeeding. I definitely would recommend any buying if they are interested.

This DVD shows various breastfeeding positions & gives a wealth of useful information. I would have preferred a little more in-depth information, but it is still well worth the time to watch this (especially if you are first-time parents). I purchased this & her newborn care DVD & found them both to be useful.

I found this dvd very easy to follow and well explained. It runs at a good pace and has a good sense of humor about it. I found it enjoyable and have gone back to reference material again.

The video is very short, but it's also nice to have concise information that gets to the point. Fortunately every explanation is followed by a real demonstration of a woman breastfeeding her baby - which really helps. What I like most is that this isn't a "militant la leche league" type brainwashing video. If you want to breastfeed but don't want to make a social or political point out of it - then this is the right tone for you.

I thought I knew plenty about breastfeeding after my best friend and cousin had their babies last year, but with Sheri's dvd I learned quite a bit more. I learned different positions of holding a baby and even though I got a boppy, Sheri suggested not to use it until after you lose a little bit of your belly. I didn't know that breastfed babies don't burp as much. I also did not know techniques on how to release a baby from feeding either. There were all types of tidbits about feeding I was not aware of until I viewed this DVD. You can read information in books and view websites, but there's something to be said for watching a trained nurse, lactation consultant, and a mother of twins leading a class and demonstration on the topic. We still plan on taking the lactation class at the hospital but at least we have some knowledge on the topic beforehand.

This whole series is GREAT! We are having our first baby and the information we received from this set of videos (Breastfeeding, Newborn & Childbirth) & they let you know things to ask your Doctor. Our Doctor was impressed with our questions and we owe it to this video series!!!! We HIGHLY recommend!!!