Editor Reviews:

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.

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 While this tape was clearly shot in the 1980s (the hair styles and fashions are amusingly outdated), it does have new computer-generated diagrams, and the medical information seems up to date.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

Rating : - if you can't get to a lamaze class, buy this dvd
my husband and i were in the process of changing jobs and living between states while moving during my pregnancy. this was actually the only lamaze dvd i could find. we didn't have a chance to be part of a lamaze class so this dvd helped tremendously. be warned though that this was filmed in the 80s at the height of the mullet and demi moore 'ghost' haircut. you will laugh. but you will also learn lamaze, probably not as good as taking a class but definitely better than not.