Mother of Many (celebrating midwifery and childbirth)

BAFTA winning celebration of midwifery and childbirth, this film shows birth from start to end, sharing the real sounds of labour and birth. Please share it to celebrate health professionals, start discussions or to teach children about birth. This is a free resource to share on your website when shared from our YouTube channel. Mother of Many was made through research into physiology, hearing many people’s birth stories, constructed with real sounds of birth, the mother's moans and the babies foetal/fetal heartbeat. The film cuts between the life of the midwife and the journey of the baby, through all stages of labour. Animated using traditional drawn and painted under camera and After-effects, in inky rich colours – visceral reds and linear blues, separated for each world (the hospital and the womb) and merging at the climax. Mother of Many was inspired by Pam Lazenby, director Emma's mum. Pam retrained from nursing after Emma went to school, and worked as a midwife at Airedale Hospital (Yorkshire, UK) for 30 years. She delivered many thousands of babies. Emma had decided to leave her career in animation to retrain and follow in her mums footsteps, but when the film won a BAFTA in 2010, she decided to start ForMed Films CIC to make medical films to inform and ease worry about medical issues. Directed by Emma Lazenby and Produced by Sally Arthur at ArthurCox for Channel 4’s Digital Short scheme in 2009 . ​ 00:00. Journey begins 01:12. Early labor 01:40. Water break 02:00. Midwife at work 02:20. Active Labor 02:25. Water birth 02:45. Transition 02:15. Stage 2 - PUSH 03:40. Delivery of baby 04:00. Clean baby 04:12. Parents 04:25. Breastfeed - Latch on 04:30. Notebook 04:50. Placenta, hometime and credits In 2015, Emma launched ForMed Films CIC to make animated films and illustrations to help people understand medical and health issues. ForMed Films make animated films to share real experiences of medical and health issues. We collaborate with healthcare professionals and Charity partners and with people with lived experience to create authentic, memorable and meaningful animated films to promote wellbeing and increase understanding of health-based issues and medical processes. This is a free resource to share on your hospital website when shared from our YouTube channel. Our films aim to provide a sense of hope and agency, signpost to sources of support, helping people to better manage their own health and wellbeing. ForMed Films CIC are a not for profit/community interest company who make high-quality, award winning films for social good. www.formedfilms.co.uk