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About The Films
These unique films — produced and directed by doulas, massage therapists,and a registered nurse — are made with the express intention of encouraging the integrated use of touch in all stages of birthing. Aimed for use by pregnant women & companions, doulas, childbirth educators, massage therapists, midwives, and nurses, these films are rich in both imagery and information.
MotherTouch: Nurturing Touch for Birth
MotherTouch:
Nurturing Touch for Birth
A unique film featuring four labors and births that demonstrate the integrated use of supportive touch. Two home and two hospital labors and births show deliveries in varying positions: hands and knees, standing, and semi-reclining. Powerful imagery, evocative music, and inspiring narration lead the viewer through this 25-minute visual experience of nurturing touch for birth. Whether used as a new birth film by childbirth educators, or shared by pregnant women with their companions, this film is sure to encourage loving touch.
A birth film highlighting:
- The visual story of 4 women’s labors and births
- Numerous images of the use of supportive touch
- Birth in the hospital and at home
- Beautiful imagery and music
- New mothers, partners and midwives share experiences of touch
MotherTouch: Touch Techniques
MotherTouch:
Touch Techniques for Birth
This comprehensive 78-minute DVD guides viewers in the essentials of supportive touch during labor and concludes with a moving homebirth. Part I offers information about benefits, self-care for the touch companion during birth, the importance of establishing communication with the laboring woman and the cultivation of a safe environment. Part II focuses on specific techniques that address different parts of the body and common complaints, including slow labor, exhaustion, back pain, and anxiety. Visuals include women in actual labor, utilizing a variety of positions and techniques.
Contents include:
- Benefits of touch during birth
- Contraindications
- Use of acupressure, reflexology, hydrotherapy
- General comfort strokes
- Pain relieving techniques
- Common complaints and useful touch techniques
- Self-care for the touch companion
- Communication during labor
- And more!....
MotherTouch:
Nurturing Nurses Touch for Birth
An institutional version of Touch Techniques
as described above, and also including interviews with hospital staff where touch is an integrated tool in their birthing units.
Still in pre-production.