About Spinning Babies

Maternal Positioning

Maternal Positioning is a term used for talking about the posture and positions women use in pregnancy and in labor for comfort and labor progress. The 2nd Principle of Spinning Babies is Gravity. Maternal positioning uses the 2nd Principle of Spinning Babies: Gravity.

Mother, too!

Optimal Fetal Positioning

Childbirth educator Pauline Scott coined the phrase Optimal Fetal Positioning to describe the work of Midwife Jean Sutton.  These two women published Understanding and Teaching Optimal Fetal Positioning in 1996.  Two facts will help you to understand why fetal position is important:

1. Baby's rotate to come from the womb through the pelvis and out.
2. Fetal position effects fetal rotation and descent. 

Learn more about Midwife Jean Sutton's approach with OFP :

Insights on OFP

How is Spinning Babies Different?

Spinning Babies is more than Optimal Fetal Positioning.

Really? Tell me the difference...

Labor Spectrum

Most posterior babies rotate in labor.
But, how do you know whether your baby will have a difficult time rotating or fitting through your pelvis?

Some people are quite concerned about baby's position and some people have a wait and see approach. Which is right? 

Birth offers a spectrum of possibilities. Like a rainbow, the statistical tool called a bell curve is highest in the middle. The bell curve illustrates that most people experience something similar to each other. The less usual variations are on either end of the bell curve, where people experience the unusual.

Span the Spectrum

Contact Gail

Tel: C(612)-817-3144 or (952) 888-6929/MWF, 9-4 in the Central Time Zone (If you are in labor and HAVE read In Labor, call anytime), if you have a breech baby late in pregnancy, read Flip a Breech and try the suggestions for a day or two and then call in the evening my time. I answer emails pretty fast, except when teaching or catching.

Email: gail at SpinningBabies (dot) com (fix it so it works); or speebee at gmail (dot) com 

For either, tell Gail your city (or nearest big city), which baby this is for you, and how far along you are to help her answer fully.

 

Is your question about which techniques are right for you? Please check here and in FAQs (frequently asked questions) before emailing. Whatever your question, Gail is going to begin with "Balance," the first Principle. Simply reading The 3 Principles articles will answer most questions - in other words, start with balance and the rest usually works itself out.