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The Most Comprehensive Hands-On Guide for a Healthy and Active Birth (DVD)

Whether you are preparing for your first birth or refreshing skills from previous experience, learning comfort measures for childbirth is only the beginning. Regular practice helps you become familiar with movement, breathing, relaxation, positioning, massage, and other labor support techniques so you can draw on them more naturally during labor. The guide is organized into chapters matching labor phases so you can easily find the techniques you want to practice.

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With this guide, you will learn to:

1.  Understand the basic physiology and anatomy of labor and how they relate to comfort measures.
2. Explore a variety of labor positions and learn how to adapt them throughout the different phases of labor.
3. Practice breathing techniques that can support relaxation and coping during labor.
4. Develop relaxation skills that can help you stay focused and comfortable.
5. Use visualization techniques as a tool for relaxation and coping.
6. Learn massage and hands-on techniques that a partner or support person can use during labor.

Here are the guide’s chapters:

1. Introduction: Understanding the relationship between labor support tools and the physiology and anatomy of childbirth.
2. Labor support tools for the Early phase
3. Labor support tools for the Active phase
4. Labor support tools for the Transition phase
5. Birthing techniques and positions for safe delivery of the baby.

Testimonials: 

” I want to highly recommend it to all expectant families. Neri Choma, the instructor, and publisher of the DVD, is a local doula, doula trainer, childbirth educator, and life coach. She used to teach Practicing for Active Birth Workshop at Blossom Birth, and  many of my clients took and felt that it helped tremendously with relaxation, “mindful preparation” and “open-mindedness” about birth.” Olga Libova, CNM

  “I have reviewed the Youtube segment. Love it !! I will look forward to reviewing a complete DVD soon” Nancy Lentz, ICEA President

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The techniques in this video really work! My doula suggested I get this DVD so that my husband and I could practice for our first birth at home. We watched the DVD together to learn about the stages of labor and birth and practiced the positions, massage, and movements along with the video. It was a great supplement to the birth class and really could have been used in place of the birth class. When my water broke, we let the doula know and started the movements and positions from the DVD. I used stage 1 techniques while getting ready and waiting for my husband to get home. When I arrived at the hospital I was already 5 cm dilated. My doula asked why I didn’t ask her to come sooner. My answer? I didn’t realize I was that far along in my labor because I wasn’t in immense pain. I used the movements from this video to cope right into active labor. We moved right into the next stage of motions from the DVD continued using it’s suggested activities through the birth. I had a fantastic natural labor with no pain medication! My family and I are big fans of this video.  (Liz A., Amazon Buyer)