Hi Nikki.  We use this film in our HypnoBirthing classes.  Interesting to 
see birth from the baby's point of view.

Carolyn Schindewolf
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From: "Nikki Lee" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, July 04, 2008 9:03 AM
Subject: fabulous film: What Babies Want


> Dear Friends:
>
> I just watched "What Babies Want", the DVD.
>
> There is a section so relevant to our work. The scene is a baby born and
> suctioned at birth that gets scared. The baby fusses and cries every time 
> it
> goes to breast, because there is fear linked with its mouth. The mother
> interprets this in a variety of ways, and it may turn into a 
> 'breastfeeding  problem'.
>
> So much of what we see in our work with troubled dyads is the result of 
> the
> disconnection and injury at birth in our hospital factories. When we 
> consider
> that babies are awake and aware and feeling during pregnancy, that they 
> are
> learning about their world during their growth and formation, what is 
> going on
> in hospitals as routine becomes even more shocking.
>
> I didn't know that the USA leads the world in drugging its children;  that
> the US lead the world in pediatric Ritalin use. How can that be  alright?
> (Remember that 'common' can be light years away from 'normal'.) The  rates 
> of
> pediatric suicide as a leading cause of death have increased over the 
> past 50
> years; what is this about?
>
> Pregnancy and birth matter to babies, both states prepare them for life
> outside.
>
> I have no financial interest in this film. And, after watching it, and
> weeping as I was reminded of my own births, I am thinking about ways to 
> bring it
> to my community.
>
> warmly,
>
> Nikki Lee RN, BSN, MS, IBCLC, CCE, CIMI
> craniosacral therapy  practitioner
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