Birth As We Know It

Birth As We Know It is a phenomenal documentary on instinctive birth and the innate power of birthing women, babies, waterbirth, and natural birth. Elena Tonetti-Vladimirova is the director and producer of this eloquent vision of peaceful birth. In her gentle voice Elena narrates this film accompanied by inspirational music, gorgeous footage of empowering births in the Black Sea, at home, and in birth centers, and interviews with spiritual midwives and conscious mothers.

This movie is a healing balm for the pains of industrialized and technocratic birth around the world. Birth As We Know It carries a powerful message for mothers and birth workers to slow down, trust birth, engage the biodynamic energies of birth, and emotionally open to the intricate transformation of the birthing women and the delicate unfolding of the consciously born human being.

The Educational Edition of the DVD contains a 40 minute version and a 20 minute version, both suitable childbirth educators, midwives, doctors, and doulas to integrate into a presentation, class, or workshop. The film eloquently conveys the importance of prenatal emotional preparation, conscious birth, waterbirth, and the dangers of technological delivery, surgical birth, and circumcision.

The Extended Edition of the DVD contains a full-length film with ample additional footage on prenatal exercises, birth of the placenta, lotus birth, healing birth trauma, and more. The Extended Version is ideal for pregnant women and expecting families to witness valuable practices for Conscious Birth and Parenting. This edition has over three hours worth of footage.

It is only every so often that a truly exceptional movie enters the birth field, and this is one of those groundbreaking films. A must have for any midwife, childbirth educator, doula, physician, and parent. Birth As We Know It is a guiding light for the evolution of global birth.

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