Editor Reviews:

Description:

Breastfeeding Basics, an excerpt of Breastfeeding Comprehensive, informs, instructs, and empowers the expectant and new mother to breastfeed successfully.

This revolutionary video takes the audience on an emotional and inspiring journey from birth to breastfeeding and beyond.

Viewers learn to confidently embrace breastfeeding as the optimal form of nurturance and nutrition for both mother and child.

In exclusive interviews, world-renowned pediatricians, lactation consultants, and birth professionals provide up-to-date expert instruction and advice on Why-To and How-To breastfeed. Experienced mothers from around the globe share insights and tips, guiding the expectant and new mother on everything from health and bonding benefits to the joys of fitting breastfeeding into life.

High-definition footage, beautiful imagery, vivid close-ups, cutting-edge medical animation, and a Grammy-award winning musical underscore take breastfeeding education and instruction to its highest level.

Topics include:

Getting off to the Right Start ~ Correct Positioning ~ Proper Latch-on ~ Suckling Reflex ~ Let-down Technique ~ Expert Instruction and Advice ~ Mother to Mother Insight ~ And much More!

Featuring World-Renowned Experts and Global Educators:

William Sears, MD; Paul Fleiss, MD; and Jay Gordon, MD: Pediatricians ~ Chele Marmet, MA, IBCLC; and Veronica Schaedler, RN, IBCLC, LCCE: Lactation Consultants ~ Nancy Irvine: Childbirth Educator ~ Melodin Cornis, RN: Labor and Delivery Nurse ~ and Mothers, Fathers, and Babies from around the Globe

*Breastfeeding Basics is WHO Code Compliant, reflecting the highest standard in breastfeeding information.


About the Director:

Stephanie Scholz Neurohr, producer/director/writer/host of the Mother of 7 Birth and Breastfeeding Videos Series, is an accomplished author, filmmaker, breastfeeding advocate, and mother of 7 breastfed children. Stephanie formed Mother of 7, Inc., with the vision of "teaching the world...one mother at a time."

Rating : - Not much to it
There's very little in the way of real, useful information here for a mother who's committed to breastfeeding her child and may be having some difficulty making it work. At least half of the video is "why you should breastfeed" information, which is useless if you're already committed to doing it. The instructional segments were scanty and had very little of substance to offer.

If you're going to spend this amount of money on a breastfeeding DVD, I wholeheartedly (and with no prospect of personal gain) recommend Dr. Jack Newman's Visual Guide to Breastfeeding, which is available for about the same price as this absurd piece of fluff, on his website, drjacknewman.com. (Incidentally, lots of fantastic info on that site for free.) His DVD really IS packed with great, helpful information, shows a variety of women breastfeeding their babies instead of just one, and focuses intensively on getting that good latch that is so crucial. I found it so helpful to me when my (now 9-month-old, and still breastfed) son was newborn - while the Breastfeeding Basics DVD went back out the door very quickly.