Waldorf in the Home

"Normalizing the Breech Delivery"
by Valerie El Halta and Rahima Baldwin Dancy (VHS, 36 minutes)

The most complete and clearest teaching video available for midwives, doctors, ETs and parents whose baby is in a breech position. Includes the beautiful birth of a first baby in frank breech position, delivered in a birthing center; demonstration of the delivery techniques using a doll and plastic pelvis; and the birth of a footling breech. The unique scoring system for assessing risk is also discussed in detail, to help practitioners determine the relative risk and safety of undertaking a vaginal breech delivery.

Video in VHS format (36 minutes).

Pregnant Feelings: Developing Trust in Birth
by Rahima Baldwin Dancy and Terra Palmarini Richardson
(Celestial Arts, 187 pages)

This book can help you explore the emotional aspects of pregnancy and birth, develop trust and have an easier pregnancy and birth. Includes ways to enhance prenatal bonding, release fear and create the optimal birth experience for you and your baby. Also has several chapters on "looking toward parenting." Written in workbook format for pregnant women to share with their partners.

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Special Delivery
By Rahima Baldwin Dancy (Celestial Arts, 169 pages) $22.95
The classic guide to creating the birth you want for you and your baby. Practical, with an emphasis on making your own best choices. Chapters include prenatal care, planning for the birth, tools for working together and handling labor, dealing with complications, spirutal and psycholoical aspects, the newborn, and concerns of the first six weeks.

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The number of homebirths reached its highest level since researchers began collecting data 20 years ago. After declining from 1990 to 2004, the percentage of US births that occurred at home rose 29% from 2004 to 2009.

The research was released by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics. The numbers are still small--in 2009, 29,650 births, or .72 percent of all births, occurred at home. However, the increase is a rapid change in direction, after declining for 15 years. Home births tend to be more common among non-Hispanic white women who are 35 and older and among women with several previous children.