In a series of 4 video interview presentations, world-leading professors discuss the impact on the baby's microbiome of being born by C-section, the risks and benefits of swab-seeding for C-section babies, and the link between C-section and increased risk of a child developing immune-related health conditions later in life. This video series has been created by the filmmaking team behind the multi award-winning documentary MICROBIRTH.

A series of 4 video interview presentations by world-leading professors about the 'seeding and feeding' of a baby's microbiome during pregnancy, birth and breastfeeding for optimal development of the infant immune system. This video series has been created by the filmmaking team behind the multiaward-winning documentary MICROBIRTH.

For mothers, lactation consultants, nurses, midwives, childbirth educators, WIC breastfeeding counselors, and others who work with breastfeeding mothers.. This 28-minute DVD introduces laid-back positions that help mothers breastfeed in greater comfort and enjoy their babies more. In the past, postpartum mothers were instructed to breastfeed lying on their side or sitting up with baby supported by a pillow. This worked for some mothers but many found...

Watch an easy way to put baby in "football hold" at your side. Learn how to keep him inclined at a 45 degree angle for his comfort or hold him with your "opposite hands" in front..

Meet the miracle that is you. See how your time in the womb, as your senses mature, has determined your destiny on the outside. Survey the latest epigenetic research that shows how the womb environment leaves its mark, even altering your DNA.

Visit a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) that provides specialized care to sick newborns. You’ll learn about Apgar scores (which judge a newborn’s health), the dangers of neonatal pneumonia and congenital heart disease, and how pediatricians take care of premature infants.

As one of the many women who faced fertility challenges at a young age, Dr. Jennifer Mercier shares a safer alternative to the suggested controversial procedure, in vitro fertilization (IVF).. FERTILITY exposes hidden truths about IVF, as well as an insightful new method that is safer and healthier for women who are trying to conceive. IVF has become increasingly popular and glamorized by the media. But the dangers of IVF are seldom revealed. For...

In Baby-Led Breastfeeding, we see mothers learning to breastfeed naturally−by letting their babies show them how. Like kittens and puppies, human babies are already hardwired to seek out and find the breast. In this video we see just how babies can do it−when we get out of the babies' way. We also see Kittie Frantz, RN, CPNP-PC, who now uses this same approach in the first designated USA Baby Friendly hospital to have trained the entire staff...

The true story of Steve and Mandy Buonaugurio, a young, adventurous, expectant couple, who decide to take a daring and potentially dangerous approach to having their first child--outside the modern American medical system. What they learn about hospitals, doctors, insurance companies, midwives, and home birth as they travel across the United States and Europe interviewing experts and confronting birthing situations, exposes them to some shocking and...

Wanted: Midwife/nurse practitioner in Virgin River, population six hundred. Make a difference against a backdrop of towering California redwoods and crystal-clear rivers. Rent-free cabin included. When the recently widowed Melinda Monroe sees this ad, she quickly decides that the remote mountain town of Virgin River might be the perfect place to escape her heartache, and to reenergize the nursing career she loves. But her high hopes are dashed within...