Research and references
Research and references
Bibliography for Asynclitism
- Thursday, 01 December 2011 04:27
Bibliography for Asynclitism
[Created for "The Tipping Point; Helping the
Asynclitic Baby"]
Bibliography for OP
- Wednesday, 12 January 2011 21:56
Click here to download a list of references [Adobe Acrobat PDF - 60.23 KB] You will download the following Spinning Babies Bibliography pdf. Use Acrobat Reader to view the pdf. file once it is on your desktop. You can download the Adobe Acrobat Reader for free onto your computer to see this and other pdf. files.
Get an Ultrasound before a vacuum or manual rotation
- Sunday, 01 August 2010 16:22
Its hard to tell baby's head position from a simple vaginal exam. The baby's skull is made up of portions of the skull that move and overlap somewhat. These are called "plates" and they have names. The borders between them are mobile and are called "sutures." Sutures lines are supposed to reveal fetal head position. Is it worth an ultrasound in a difficult labor?
Who stays OP?
- Sunday, 01 August 2010 16:04
These studies help show which babies may stay occiput posterior using modern university labor and delivery practices.
Finish researcher Gardberg has helped us understand the rates of occiput posterior and how often they rotate. We'll start with a 1998 Gardberg study here and I'll refer you over to the 2005 Lieberman study which finds similar rates, though reports it as new information. Both show that about 1/3 of babies that start OP stay OP. Again, we miss the rates of left occiput transverse (lateral) and right occiput transverse (lateral) and the route of rotation for these babies.
Penny Simkin's 2010 article on OP position
- Saturday, 31 July 2010 20:31
The Fetal Occiput Posterior Position...
The occiput posterior position challenges every aspect of labor care. Trying to prevent OP fetal position, diagnosing the OP position, correcting the OP position, supporting labor and making decisions about what to do for labor, and the delivery itself. Mothers and babies outcomes are often worse with both physical and psychological trauma being more common than with fetal occiput anterior positions. Here Penny Simkin highlights nine common beliefs and shows which are myths. Gail comments afterwards.
"What's your research?"
- Friday, 04 June 2010 03:34
It would be nice to have some research on all of the Spinning Babies recommendations and posted techniques. I can't wait to address the needs of birthing women until someone does the research on the Spinning Babies approach to childbirth. I can only be non-interventive and request that women work openly with their doctors and midwives about the techniques on this site. We'd all be being born out of glass jars before each of these techniques are thoroughly researched. The Spinning Babies approach is active, holistic, anecdotal, and grassroots.
Breech References
- Monday, 15 March 2010 15:14
Scroll down (Read More) to see the list of articles and books contributing to the Spinning Babies view on breech position and breech birth. Click on these underlined words to begin downloading the Bibliography for Breech pdf. [Adobe Acrobat PDF - 99.22 KB] You will download the Breech Bibliography pdf. that is at the bottom of this page. Use Acrobat Reader to view this pdf. file once it is on your desktop. You can download the Adobe Acrobat Reader for free onto your computer to see this and other pdf. files.
Thyroid and posterior presentation
- Thursday, 24 December 2009 21:16
A study published in Clinical Endocrinology finds evidence that low levels of the thyroid hormone called thyroxine may be associated with more posterior positioned babies. While the 3 Principles are often effective in correcting malposition, there are occasional women whose babies do not respond, or respond in the amount of time the mother has after finding out her baby is posterior. This may be helpful information. In addition, it may be helpful to have your thyroid levels checked in pregnancy. The New England Journal of Medicine suggests a type of iodine supplementation in pregnancy.
Hands and Knees studies
- Saturday, 19 December 2009 20:27
Will a mother going into a hands and knees position during late pregnancy help rotate her posterior baby? Many mothers advise each other to spend time on hands and knees each day. Pelvic rocking helps relieve a sore lower back. But will it help the posterior baby rotate before labor starts? Gail comments afterwards with her Spinning Babies point of view.
Which side should I lay on? by Matsuo, and Wu
- Saturday, 19 December 2009 19:02
There are reasons that laying on your left side is helpful in pregnancy. Most women (but not all) will have a lower blood pressure while lying on their left side compared to when lying on their right side. But with fetal positioning will lying on one's left help the baby's back to come over to the left, too? Two articles help answer the question of whether you should try and sleep on your left side to help your baby turn anterior.
Patience when labor stalls by Caughey
- Tuesday, 18 November 2008 15:22
Researcher Aaron Caughey finds giving more time will reduce 400,000 cesareans a year. See the Nov. 18, 2008 Orgyn.com article called Patience after stall in labor advised. Read the research itself. Obstetrics and Gynecology 2008; 112: 1109-15 Perinatal Outcomes in the setting of active phase arrest in labor.
Review: Dr. Ellice Lieberman on Posterior and Epidurals
- Monday, 06 October 2008 01:20
Ellice Lieberman’s 2005 research article on Fetal Position and Epidural Analgesia
Ellice Lieberman and her research colleagues looked at which came first, the posterior positioned baby or the epidural. In previous research studies it was somewhat unclear if women having epidural anesthesia (here called analgesia) were more likely to have a posterior baby or whether women with a posterior baby in labor were more likely to ask for an Epidural. While they tracked that question to an answer they observed multiple changes in fetal position at four times during labor.
Research article title: Changes in Fetal Position During Labor and Their Association With Epidural Analgesia.
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