There is also a set of books that is out of print that you can find relatively cheap on Amazon (I found my set at Salvation Army and paid only $0.50 for it) called The Life Cycle Library for Young People. There are four slim volumes and it goes into everything that deals with reproduction, not just your bodies anatomy. I like these books for that fact because it's really helped me answer some of the kids questions. It doesn't get super graphic if you're concerned about that. Most of it is black line drawings, some colored illustrations etc. The set was originally printed in 1969 so that should give you a good idea. The illustrations of a babies development especially game in handy, especially one drawing that compared the size of a fertilized cell to the point of a pencil. It really helped the children grasp just how little it was.
There are also a few other resources that I found helpful and the kids liked.
Watch Me Grow by Stuart Campbell is a wonderful book of week by week baby development shown in a series of 3-D photos. There are also a few films that I found at the library.
I'm not going to post vids of the births on here simply because there are different styles people prefer such as home birth vs. hospital birth vs. cesarean as well as those that would not wish their child to view a live birth in the first place. I would not be able to please everyone so I simply won't try. If you are interested in viewing some, go to
Youtube and type in a search for "home birth", "babies birth" etc. There is one vid I am going to post however. It is a simplified time lapse 3-D animation of a birth that shows only the mothers skeletal system and baby in utero. This is the one I showed the kiddos first, after looking at illustrations, before watching real births. I also didn't get my hands on the previous listed films until after I'd shown the kiddos the home birth vids.
Jul. 21, 2009 - Grining from ear to ear
Thanks for sharing that funny story. I enjoyed the laugh, when I am looking for a good connection to my wee ones I just go to my blog spot.
Im having too much fun.