Parker, Emese C.
Summary: "To Carry Wonder" is a curated blend of story and evidence-based insight--a nurturing companion and guide for mamas and mamas-to-be. Keeping mothers' unique and varied needs in mind, Parker draws from her own personal and clinical experiences with pregnancy, providing practical support via candid memoirs and conversational heart-to-hearts. In each chapter, she weaves art with science and humor...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Larkwell Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 618.24 PARSummary: This program will help new mothers understand what to expect during the postpartum period and how to avoid complications.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Children have unique needs and desires. This video shows how child-care facilities can effectively provide a stimulating learning environment if available space is used to its full potential. The program discusses the value of providing an environment that is both attractive and practical.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Designed especially for parents in need of a general at-home refresher course on natural childbirth, this video demonstrates prenatal exercises such as the Kegel and the Tailor Sit and Stretch, relaxation and breathing techniques for use before and during labor, and coaching tips for the birthing partner. Getting Ready for the Baby also includes two follow-along segments: a ten-minute recap of...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: When a baby is hospitalized with a life-or-death illness, parents place their trust in the doctors, nurses, and other specialists of the neonatal intensive care unit. This program blends the intimate and the informative to examine both the technological and the human aspects of infant critical care. Case studies featuring footage of the birth of the Faul twins, one of whom was diagnosed in...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: There's no more daunting or more beautiful event in a family's life than the arrival of a newborn. This program accompanies two families as they strive for order and peace of mind while adjusting to new members. Eight-week-old Umma endures severe colic as well as difficult breastfeeding issues-not to mention mom's postpartum depression. The parents of newborn Ciaran (delivered by caesarean...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Research shows that our development in the womb can have a profound influence on our later lives. This video examines the nine months beginning with conception and ending with the birth of a healthy baby-the period of time called prenatal development. In addition this video contains information on the major physical milestones during pregnancy, emphasizing the importance of the expectant...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: From packing for the hospital to readying for emergencies, the entry into parenthood-whether for first-timers or veterans-requires careful preparation. This program features a family focused on the impending arrival of its newest member and all the concerns that typically accompany a baby's birth. Expecting their fourth child, Blainagh and Gerard live a good 90 minutes from the nearest...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Through interviews with midwives from 23 countries, this program explores the influence of culture, law, and religion on pregnancy and childbirth. Childbirth practices vary around the world: Will the birth occur at home, or in a hospital? With or without painkillers, and in what position? Who will be in the labor room? A Chilean midwife incarcerated by the Pinochet regime describes the powerful...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: Difficulty in conceiving a child is becoming an increasingly common problem for many couples. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, infertility affects more than 6 million men and women in the United States. As this program shows, infertility can be frustrating, mysterious, and difficult to cope with-however, advances in assisted reproductive technology are also...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: Due to ignorance, politics, and misused technologies, childbirth until very recently was often deadly to mother and child. This program presents a medical history of childbirth from ancient times to the present, contrasting methods and beliefs of the past with today's obstetrics. Along with commentary from obstetricians, medical historians, and evolutionary biologists, the program highlights...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Explores the process of childbirth in America and the options open to expectant mothers, from hospital deliveries to private deliveries at home.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: New Line Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC BUSSummary: Regardless of whether it is a planned decision or an unexpected surprise, parenthood is a responsibility that requires the utmost consideration. This program explores the subject of family planning, from birth control options, to pregnancy, to the basics of childbirth. The effects of parenthood on previous personal life goals are discussed. Options for coping with infertility are covered as well.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: For most couples, getting pregnant is an easy matter, but not so for the 15 percent with infertility problems. This highly technical program designed for advanced anatomy courses and health-care practitioners focuses on the processes that lead to normal impregnation, and the physical hindrances that can prevent it. Superb microscopy and computer animation illustrate the processes, and show how...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: Born too soon and too small, premature newborns present doctors with some of the toughest medical and ethical challenges today. This program takes a deeply personal look at the emotional odysseys of two families, as specialized medical teams do all they can to save their babies. The emergency C-section to deliver Baby Jada, born twelve weeks early, and an operation to close a hole in Baby...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Increased use of fertility drugs has led to a rise in multiple births-twins, triplets, sometimes more. This video sheds light on the phenomenon, detailing the serious health and developmental issues that sometimes accompany multiple births.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Tillman, Nancy
Summary: The moon, wind, rain, and a variety of animals celebrate the special occasion that is the birth of a child.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel & Friends 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOARD TILSummary: Dissection specialist Gunther von Hagens utilizes two cadavers in this program-an arrangement necessary for teaching human sexual anatomy. Von Hagens outlines the basics of male-female intercourse before detailing the physiology of human genitalia and the functions of important glands. Analyzing the penis, scrotum, testes, and vas deferens, he explains the process of sperm production and how,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Birth: an entrance into life, the beginning of discovery, and a forging of essential bonds. This program weaves footage of many women's experiences of childbirth with valuable commentary from obstetricians, midwives, psychologists, counselors, and recent mothers and fathers. Key topics covered are sonograms and prenatal examinations, changing attitudes to the role of pain in childbirth,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: This program explores the most common types of birth defects, covering the major classifications: malformations present at birth, inborn errors of metabolism, blood disorders, and prenatal damage. The video also includes information on the prevention of birth defects, with an emphasis placed on the importance of good prenatal care.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Will the use of alternative birthing and pregnancy therapies one day become the norm? No one can say for sure, but more and more young mothers are attracted to birthing methods that avoid medication and traditional procedures. This program focuses on a couple that are about to have their fifth child and third home birth. Their desire is to have a water birth and the mother plans to use the...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Human reproduction is a fascinating and complex process, especially when seen microscopically. This program presents a close-up view of reproduction, beginning with the fertilization of the female egg, through gestation and the millions of cell divisions, and culminating in the birth of a fully formed individual. Each stage of the development is visualized in sequence: when the heart begins to...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: This program will help new mothers understand what to expect during the postpartum period and how to avoid complications.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Babies born more than three months prematurely have low chances of survival, and a preemie that beats the odds may face serious-even lifelong-medical issues. This video describes the battle for life in a high-tech neonatal care unit and how parents of preemies can find support.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005