Product: Laugh and Learn About Childbirth - Lamaze and Beyond (2003)
Rating: 4.0
Very informative, but quality of DVD is poor
We bought this DVD as an alternative to attending childbirth classes at the hospital where I'll be delivering. We liked the fact that we can watch the DVD on our own time, and space out the lessons so as to not get too much information thrown at us at once. The price was really great as well compared to the $150 the hospital charges for one full day of class.The DVD is very informative and Sheri definitely teaches the classes with a lot of knowledge and confidence. We feel like we learned a lot and are much more comfortable about the impending delivery.However, it is amazing that this DVD was actually professionally shot. It seems like Sheri's husband or some other friend filmed it. The set and the participants do nothing to enhance the learning and may actually take away from it. The participants seem bored out of their minds and don't participate very much. The set is awkward and unappealing. Sheri herself is quite over-the-top obnoxious and thinks she's very funny, but if you get past this and listen to what she's saying (and not how), you'll learn a lot. All in all very informative, but I think if there were a few more chapters of having to listen to Sheri, we would have strangled ourselves....