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What Babies Want
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Price: $29.90
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Binding: DVD
EAN: 0094922598059
Format: Color
Label: Hana Peace Works
Manufacturer: Hana Peace Works
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Hana Peace Works
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2004-11-30
Running Time: 58
Studio: Hana Peace Works
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Customer reviews of What Babies Want
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Customer Rating:  
Summary: Watched it several times - there is good and there is bad
Comment: I liked the message that birth is an important and sacred experience, not just a medical one. The images of the people with their babies were touching, and I think it bears consideration that parents should plan to the best of their ability to welcome the baby into the world with warmth and peace - however, the scary foreboding music throughout is a bit much, and there is no scientific link (as the movie more than suggests) between trauma at birth and later psychosocial problems, so for the film to suggest it is precipitous.
1) Birth is by its very nature violent and possibly traumatic. Some births are more traumatic than others, and some people will experience suffering later in life as a result of their birth experiences. However, like most psychological phenomena, it is most likely not a simple one-to-one relationship. What traumatizes one person may not traumatize the next. That said, of course a person is likely to be traumatized by not knowing who her mother is or sensing that her mother may have died in childbirth. I am all for healing, but the film's suggestion that births involving heavy medical intervention would traumatize people in adulthood more than smooth births is not proven, anywhere.
2) I had a natural birth outside of a hospital because that is what I wanted to do. However, there are many women of very sound mind who would feel safer and LESS traumatized by having hospital technology available to them. This is just as valid and sound a choice as a non-hospital birth. C-sections are overused, yes, but they save lives and are sometimes necessary.
3) Small but important detail: it is offensive and angering to me that the film would censor/blur a baby's genitals. That act sexualizes something that is not sexual - if that is not a symptom of something dreadfully wrong with American culture, that somehow a baby's genitals would be censored on screen as if they were anything close to a pornographic image - well, the filmmakers, for all their criticisms of our culture, could have used a bit more consciousness/enlightenment on that one.
Long story short: I'd take it with a grain of salt - what works for you, use, but it would certainly be a mistake to apply the film's messages across all people and all situations as far as what's "good" or "bad" in a birth.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Depressive, Deceptive, Dishonest, possibly anti hospital Hidden Agenda
Comment: No stars, actually if I could I'd give 4 negative stars. This DVD is dangerous. I never write reviews, I am too busy, but this one is soo bad I feel I need to warn the "soon to be and new parents" (I had a baby just two months ago, so I know the feeling): This DVD is full of unscientifc fear mongering and deceptive untruths. Don't waste money on this DVD that will only make your new baby birth a negative fearfull event instead of being a challanging source of hope and joy. Don't take me wrong, a baby delivery is not a walk in the park, but the final reward is worth all the ups and downs and the result is a new life with a loud reason to hope.
There is no reason to be scared at all!
Specifically, about this DVD:
1. Deceptive: Facts are stated as if they were scientifc, when they are not at all. I wonder how many are real facts indeed!
2. Depressive: The basic idea is that a possible trauma during delivery would compromise the entire life of the baby, leading to violence and crime, dismmissing any possible effect of education and life experience. Anyone with a minimum of brain knows this is not true.
3. Dishonest: things are shown that are totally made up and will only scare you into beliving untruths.
4. Agenda: hospitals are accused of misbehavior and unprofessionalism without providing any prove. There is a clear political intent that is never clearley and honestly stated. I personally think hosptials could do a better job with moral support ... but that doesn't mean I will lie about what they do, just to get my point.
All the above said, here is my suggestion:
Buy or rent this DVD I linked here below instead, it's about taking care of the baby after he/she is born, which is way more important than knowing everything about the delivery, because during delivery you won't be alone anyway, instead after going home, you will feel alone (specially the new mom). So some pratical guidance is important: this one works like a charm!
The Happiest Baby on the Block: The New Way to Calm Crying and Help Your Newborn Baby Sleep Longer
Oh, if you plan to have a baby at a hospital (some people prefer home births), and you don't have a close female relative/friend who knows about having baby(ies) by direct experience and who is willing to be with you in the delivery room (your mom, your best friend), then get a doula.
Hospitals in the USA (the good ones at least) are your best bet for a baby delivery, but it's true that their staff is very busy, so they will have little time to give you continued moral support during the 24 hrs process from labor to actual baby delivery (they will explain you everything and assist you at any time but they won't be able to be with you in the room every single minute of the labor process (and even if it was so, you still are the one who has to do the "hard work" anyway ;-). They obvioulsy will be with you 300% when the delivery comes, yet I think that having someone with you at all time, specially if you are unexperienced and have no clue how the labor and delivery works, will help you a lot to keep your spirit up and relaxed, most of all will help the soon to be mom to stay as much as possible relaxed, which in turn will make the entire process easier (easier, not easy, but easier ;-). Good luck!
Customer Rating:
Summary: A Brilliant Must See for every expectant parent
Comment: This is such an inspiring insight into some new thinking and development regarding how we consider birthing our babies. It will provide you with supported evidence that we have a much greater responsibility than previously considered as parents.
It has the ability also to make you cry, mothers and fathers alike.
Customer Rating:
Summary: If babies could talk...
Comment: If babies could talk, they would tell us exactly what this DVD does: that they are aware, feeling, human beings, even before birth, and they deserve the most sensitive care that we can give them.
What Babies Want is an especialy important film at this time, when many parents are drawn to gentle choices in pregnancy, birth and parenting, but lack social support, or may be unaware of the importance of secure attachment for subsequent brain development. Mothers-to-be and fathers will appreciate the images, information and inspiration that Debby Takikawa gives us all. Thanks Debby!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Very good DVD! very informative!
Comment: very good DVD! I think It can be very useful for young parents-to-be:) It s good to watch it if you plan to have natural birth without any drugs and medication! It describes the importance of the first moment when your baby appears!
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