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Spinning Babies Blog: Coalition for Breech Birth Conference
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Changing the world by communicating about childbirth. Wednesday, October 21, 2009. Coalition for Breech Birth Conference. Life made sure I went to the Coalition for Breech Birth Conference in Ottawa, Canada. Robin Guy and her Coalition co-madres joined efforts with UnderstandingBirthBetter.com. And ending with Ina May Gaskin, I also got to meet Jane Evans. So check these resources for current breech conversations. Society for Obstetrics and Gynaecology of Canada Guidelines for Vaginal Breech Birth. Http:...
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Spinning Babies Blog: November 2014
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Changing the world by communicating about childbirth. Saturday, November 22, 2014. When the doctor says "No.". I am a doula to a mom with Mo/Di twins. I recommended SpinningBabies to her since her wee ones are transverse right now. She spoke with her Dr. who said to avoid the Spinning Babies exercises stating they were not safe for her type of twins. I would like to know your opinions and thoughts on this. ". My response may help those of you who are facing two seemingly. Opposing points of view. She can...
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Spinning Babies Blog: Frank breech home birth
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Changing the world by communicating about childbirth. Wednesday, June 30, 2010. Frank breech home birth. I've just been given permission to post this lovely breech home birth video. This is a third baby, her second natural (vaginal) birth and first home birth for this family. The baby was small and full term. Apgar Scores were 10 and 10. You also see the first 30 seconds after the birth. She had a cesarean for breech with her first, and had a homebirth for breech with her second. If she'd have been able ...
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Spinning Babies Blog: October 2014
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Changing the world by communicating about childbirth. Thursday, October 23, 2014. Her uterus was retroflexed (aimed backwards). During the first trimester of pregnancy her womb, still tipped back, grew into the curved space in front of the sacrum and tailbone under the sacral promontory. The uterus is not up in the abdomen at all! Once upon a time, a doctor wrote about this rare condition and used the phrase, "incarcerated uterus." Wikipedia reports the frequency as 1 in 3,000 pregnancies. I'd want the b...
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Spinning Babies Blog: Engaging Baby in Labor
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Changing the world by communicating about childbirth. Sunday, July 26, 2015. Engaging Baby in Labor. Engagement of the baby into the pelvic inlet (brim) is important because to fit through the pelvis, baby has to get into the pelvis first. Engagement is when the widest part of baby's head enters the true brim of the pelvis. B Note the fetal head is in the left occiput transverse (LOT) position, correlating with Figure 2. Http:/ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/uog.102/full. Some people walk the stairs...
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Spinning Babies Blog: August 2015
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Changing the world by communicating about childbirth. Saturday, August 29, 2015. Timeline for Fetal Position. Babies follow a natural progression to settle into the final birth position. Well, not exactly. So I call it, the starting position for labor. It almost always changes for baby to rotate through the pelvis. Oxorn and Foote, Obstetric text book authors, state that most babies are in position at 34 weeks gestation. This means that fewer babies will change position after 34 weeks. Add balance and ba...
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Spinning Babies Blog: December 2013
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Changing the world by communicating about childbirth. Wednesday, December 18, 2013. Course of fetal position changes. What can you expect for your baby's position at any given week in pregnancy? Before 24 weeks and sometimes to 28 weeks, the baby is often in the transverse lie. The baby floats in the womb and until the head grows heavy with all those baby thoughts, the baby may not be in a vertical lie (up and down) until 6 or even 7 months. Some of these babies then flip breech. For the mama with a twis...
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Spinning Babies Blog: September 2014
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Changing the world by communicating about childbirth. Friday, September 26, 2014. Breech then and now. Thirty one years ago I caught my friend's breech baby in Omaha, Nebraska. I was thinking of this Monday with a group of midwives and doulas at the lovely Mommy Fitness Omaha. With Julie Summers and Kelly Langfeldt of Five Stones Massage and Birth Services. Kelly invited me down to present a Spinning Babies Workshop to the now thriving Omaha birth circle. By Ina May Gaskin and Farm Midwives. Now there is...
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Spinning Babies Blog: November 2013
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Changing the world by communicating about childbirth. Sunday, November 24, 2013. Would you think twice if your hospital's cesarean rate was higher than the hospital down the street or in the next city? Check out http:/ www.cesareanrates.com. How do we know before birth if our hospital cesarean rates even matter to OUR. My friend Adrienne ( meet Adrienne Caldwell. A rare find in the spectrum of American birth. Check out this Facebook page, https:/ www.facebook.com/FromCourageToStrength? In case you think ...
