Product Details

• Actors: Dilly Barlow
• Directors: Toby Macdonald
• Writers: Toby Macdonald
• Producers: Toby Macdonald, Jenny Apostal, Katharine Dart, Michael Cascio, Stuart Carter
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: National Geographic Video
• DVD Release Date: May 2, 2006
• Run Time: 120 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (95 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000E8JNT2
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,783 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
  • #62 in Movies & TV > DVD > Special Interests
• For more information about "National Geographic - In the Womb" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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37 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars What about the birth..., June 13, 2008

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Molly Remer "MSW" (Missouri) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: National Geographic - In the Womb (DVD)

This review is primarily for doulas, childbirth educators, midwives and such who are curious about the birth footage in this film:

Overall, this was an interesting film though I thought it became repetitive and there was computer graphic footage that seemed to be repeated over and over again. It really brought home the miracle of human development. It is truly like magic how a baby develops in such complexity and perfection!

Of course, I was most interested to see the birth at the very end of the film and it was great! The mother gave birth standing, with her heads and arms leaning on the hospital bed. The voiceover made comments about how movement during labor is so important and how upright--standing, squatting, kneeling--is the best way to give birth (and thankfully this was backed up by what was actually happening on the screen instead of just the "ideal"). So, that was really cool! It is a very brief clip and not very easy to see so I wouldn't recommend the video for use as a birth video per se, it was just nice to see a normal birth portrayed smoothly (and in hospital setting).

26 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Learning Video, March 8, 2007

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David Khachadoorian "Have, do or be anything." (Anchorage, AK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: National Geographic - In the Womb (DVD)

We have 4 kids and have another one on the way. The kids had some questions that covered a broad range. (what does the baby look like now to how will it come out) We sat all four of them down (ages 3 to 11) in front of it. They all enjoyed it and got their questions answered better than we had answered them. Good Show from National Geographic - 5 stars

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Underwhelming, February 23, 2010

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CGDH (New England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: National Geographic - In the Womb (DVD)

I was a bit disappointed by this documentary, especially after reading so many reviews about how amazing it is.

As other reviewers have mentioned, long stretches of this film feature the same dozen computer-animated clips played over and over again while the narrator offers vague, general information. I would have liked to hear more statistics and comparative data -- the narrator rarely even mentioned how big the fetus was at different stages. There were a lot of rapid-fire cuts, footage of fluid rushing through the lungs, and unexplained belly-cam shots, but I was expecting more substantive information. You won't get anything from this documentary that you don't get in one of those week-by-week pregnancy emails. The 4-D scans were fascinating, but there were not many of them.

In all, this film was a disappointment.