Pregnancy and Childbirth DVDs

There are a number of excellent pregnancy and childbirth dvds commercially available.  However, they can be tricky to find in stores.  Most are available exclusively online.

Baker & Taylor The Miracle of Life DVD

The Miracle of Life DVD The conception and birth of a child is truly a miraculous process. Thanks to a dramatic breakthrough in science and cinematography, world-renowned photographer Lennart Nilsson takes us on a journey unlike any other. You'll witness, magnified up to half a million times the actual size, the egg being released from the ovary, the sperm fertilizing the egg, the development of a single cell into an embryo, and then a fetus, and finally the birth of a baby.

Gentle Birth Choices-Boxed Set Book and Video With Video

In Gentle Birth Choices, Barbara Harper, a mid-wife, nurse, and mother, outlines the elements of gentle birthing and provides a new model of maternity care that reduces the need for high-tech crisis intervention, and focuses instead on preparation and good health for mother and child. More than 50 black-and-white photographs by Suzanne Arms capture the joy and intensity of birth.

Modus Five Childbirth: A Multimedia Course and Resource Kit

Childbirth: A Multimedia Course and Resource Kit This self-guided CD-ROM provides approximately 20 hours of instruction on the final weeks of pregnancy, delivery, postpartum, and newborn care, separated into eight lessons. Through video and audio clips, pictures, and text, soon-to-be parents will learn about topics such as: the last weeks of pregnancy; early, active, and transition labor; pushing; delivering the placenta; special situations; postpartum care for Mom; care of newborns; and feeding newborns. There's also a resource section with a dictionary, a birth-announcement template, prospective baby names, and even a four-minute video clip showing an actual birth.

Whichever selection you choose, you will be awed at the images you see. They do a wonderful job of  illustrating the process of pregnancy through to the actual birth experience.