Documentaire sur la méthode psychoprophylactique d’accouchement sans douleur introduite en France par le Docteur Fernand Lamaze. Evaluation de l’importance de cette méthode dans le monde. Les cours de préparation physique et les méthodes de relaxation. L’accouchement. The English subtitled version is also available on our video page. Made in France… See More
Flora Hommel (first seen at 3:00) promoted Childbirth Without Pain (the Lamaze psycho-prophylactic method of painless childbirth) with this film, co-produced in 1970 by filmmaker Wil Berg. Flora considered this film an American version of the well-respected French film Naissance. Wil and his wife Edith are also the subjects of the… See More
The original film in French, without subtitles, is also available in our Video section. Made in France in 1956, this film was widely shown in the United States by Flora Hommel, founder of Childbirth Without Pain Education Association (CWPEA) based in Detroit. It summarizes the classes attended by expectant parents… See More
A Labor of Love A celebration held at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Wayne State University Archives on July 30, 2015, honored the life and work of Flora Hommel (March 16, 1928 – May 15, 2015). Speakers included archivist Erik Nordberg, Senator Carl Levin, historian Marsha Richmond, Judith Cawhorn, Michele… See More