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Birthwise: Your Creation, Your Choice, is an educational DVD that will take you through a full set of antenatal classes to help you prepare for labour, birth and life with a new purpose.

This DVD is for pregnant women and their partners, family and anyone you want to be involved in the birth of your baby. During the DVD, leading midwife Caroline Flint will teach antenatal classes to 6 families. We will see these families as they grapple with questions, share their concerns and hopes and prepare for the life change of having a baby. We will also get to learn about breastfeeding, hear their birthstories and meet their babies during a follow up class after the babies have been born. Birthwise will introduce you to experts in the field of birth including Sheila Kitzinger, Dr. Yehudi Gordon, Colleen Wedderburn-Tate. It will provide you with information about complementary therapies that can be helpful in pregnancy including osteopathy, nutrition, acupuncture, birth hypnosis and the use of doulas. We recommend that you watch this DVD as if you were part of the class. As we ask questions of the couples in the DVD, try to answer those questions for yourself. As we look at relaxation techniques, we encourage you to practice along with the class. Birthwise provides real stories, valuable information and shares the often raw emotion – fear, joy, disappointment, humour – that can accompany having a baby.

Through its wisdom, experience and information, we hope birthwise empowers you to have the best possible experience for you and your baby.

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"The Birthwise DVD's arrived as you said last week. They are absolutely excellent, we have almost finished watching them. We were very impressed by the quality of the DVD's and will be recommending them to friends etc. We were really disappointed and worried that we had not been offered any antenatal classes throughout this our first pregnancy but now we both feel so much better prepared having watched the birthwise DVD's. I am a GP trainee and am married to a PE teacher and although I have a good knowledge of obstetrics through my training I've never given birth or been a mum before, so was really greatful to watch well constructed and practical advice from a decent midwife! My husband has been asking me lots of questions since watching the dvd's so he has clearly taken in alot of good info. Thankyou very much"

Dr Amy Bishop-Cornet and Mr Jamie Sparkes

Dr. Yehudi Gordon

Dr. Gordon has been an obstetrician for over 30 years, and was one of the pioneers of the active birth movement. He introduced water births to the UK and encourages women to take control of their own labour. He is the founder of the birth unit at St John’s and Elizabeth’s Hospital, which is widely regarded as the model for integrated care in pregnancy, birth and beyond.

And in other news

Birthwise expands to US. The company that owns Birthwise now has a base in the US as well as the UK, with a view to empowering women’s birth choices and preparation. A multi region copy of Birthwise will be out in early 2009.

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Birthwise Experts

Caroline Flint

Caroline Flint is the Director of The Birth Centre. She is the past President of the Royal College of Midwives, and has been a midwife for 28 years. Caroline is the author of five books for midwives and she has written over 300 published articles. She is regularly called upon by the media and government to comment on midwifery issues. She is an Honorary Professor at Thames Valley University.

Sheila Kitzinger

Sheila Kitzinger is a researcher, renowned author, and well-known birth activist who supports and teaches women, midwives, doctors and doulas. She campaigns for women to have the information they need to make choices about childbirth and is the founder for the Birth Crisis Network. For Birthwise, she shares her experience of how women can get the care they need during pregnancy and labour, how to listen to your body, how to make sense of your birth experience and how her Birth Crisis Network can support women who have had a traumatic or difficult birth experience.

Colleen Wedderburn

Colleen Wedderburn-Tate

Colleen has over 30 years experiences as a midwife, educator, and senior manager in the NHS. She is an author and leadership consultant and has developed and delivered a variety of management and leadership development processes for healthcare organisations in the UK, USA and Europe. She has held academic positions at the City University, London and Mount Sinai Hospital School of Medicine, New York City. She gives her wisdom on how to best prepare for your labour, building a partnership/relationship with your midwife, shifting your approach to pain and when to come into hospital.

Dr Yehudi Gordon

Dr. Yehudi Gordon

Dr. Gordon has been an obstetrician for over 30 years,and was one of the pioneers of the active birth movement. He introduced waterbirths to the UKand encourages women to take control of their own labour. He is the founder ofthe birth unit at St John’s and Elizabeth’s Hospital,which is widely regarded as the model for integrated care in pregnancy, birthand beyond. He shares his approach birth and advises new parents how to speak,listen and understand your new baby, and when medical intervention has itsplace.

Marilyn Glenville

Dr. Marilyn Glenville

Dr Marilyn Glenville PhD, is a registered member of the Nutrition Society, a Fellow of The Royal Society of Medicine, psychologist, author and has studied and practised nutrition for over 25 years. She is recognised as the UK’s leading nutritionist specialising in women’s health. She is the President of the Food and Health Forum at the Royal Society of medicine. Marilyn shares her expertise on what is the best nutritional approach during pregnancy and preparation for birth including the use of appropriate and timely supplements.