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Karil Daniels’ Water Baby: Experiences of Water Birth
It is an award-winning video with in-depth information on the use of water in labour, childbirth, and early childhood development. It includes fascinating information from the world's leading waterbirth pioneers and personal waterbirth stories!
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Learn all about this wonderful innovation that enables safe, gentle, joyous, empowering childbirth. This pioneering video is dedicated to the belief that every mother has the right to have the birth experience she wants, and is designed to educate expectant parents about the extraordinary value of water labour and waterbirth to everyone concerned.
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Learn how you can give yourself, your mate and your baby the wonderful gift of gentle, joyous waterbirth.
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Have the chance to closely examine a birthing tub. Occassionally, the tub will be set up at the premises but you will have the opportunity to inform yourself about the rental procedures and ask all the questions you would like to have answered.
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Meet other expectant moms or couples who are searching, just like you, for more gentle birth practices, for an easier transition from the womb and a natural pain management tool -- all of which a water birth might provide!
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What's Covered in the Video?
- WATER BABY features respectful yet totally candid footage of four actual water births in home, hospital and birth centre settings
- In-depth sequences with the world's leading medical practitioners of water birth. Shot on location with Dr. Michael Rosenthal in America, Dr. Michel Odent in France, and research pioneer Igor Charkovsky in Russia
- Q&A sessions with Dr. Michel Odent and Dr. Don Creevy about the risks and benefits of waterbirth, and the amazing story of how waterbirth was first introduced into a hospital setting in France
- Discussion sessions with mothers who have delivered in water in birth centre and home settings, and fathers who have actively participated
- An overview and analysis of the developments and trends in the gentle birth movement during the last century and up to the current time, which shows how waterbirth is the logical next step
- Singing sessions for pregnant women held by Dr. Odent in France and his insightful discussion on the importance of the mother's happiness during pregnancy
- Charkovsky's special preparations for water birth during pregnancy, using meditation and visualization exercises
- Water training exercise sessions led by Charkovsky with Russian parents and very young babies in Moscow
How Do Parents Use This Video?
- The WATER BABY video is thick with information. Several viewings are necessary to fully assimilate all that it provides. Typically, parents view the tape many times during the course of their pregnancy:
To educate themselves and their friends and family about the reasons for choosing waterbirth
To understand the physiology involved
To alleviate fears or uncertainty about waterbirth and build maternal confidence
To understand the dramatic benefits waterbirth brings to mothers and babies
To fully engage the father and integrate him as an active participant in the birth of his child, so that he will experience a deeply profound and joyous bond to his family
By seeing several water births, parents can eliminate their fear of childbirth and come to understand that joyous birth is truly an attainable goal
To prepare themselves spiritually, emotionally, mentally and physically to have a optimal gentle, joyous birth experience
To show to progressive birth care providers, educate them about waterbirth, and enlist the practitioner's help to assist them with a waterbirth
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LOCATION: Living Earth Shiatsu School, 982 Bathurst Street (between Dupont and Bloor, see the map)
DATE/TIME: TBA
Fee: 10.00 per couple
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