Register below for workshops in these areas:
- Niceville, Florida on the Emerald Coast, Wed. May 30. Click to register on the right column button here.
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Duluth, MN Thursday, July 12 and Sat. July 14
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DONA with Sarah Longacre, July 19-22
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New Jersey and New York City mid August
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MANA Sept. 27
Rachel Sieman, CNM: "One of the best workshops I've ever attended! I highly recommend it if you ever get the chance!"
Calendar of Spinning Babies Events
2012 
See it in action. Register at the door.
"A couple of weeks ago I was blessed to attend Gail’s “Spinning Babies” and “Shoulder Dystocia” workshops when she came to our hometown, Eugene, Oregon! We had the events at my friend Anita Rojas’ birth center with the lovely hospitality of Anita and the midwives there [Erin Lusk! :) ].
I learned so very much from Gail. She is a fountain of information which she presents well with models and videos to help us understand what we cannot see within a mother’s body. She spices her presentation with birth stories to illustrate the points. We learned how the baby makes her way down and out and how it involves the mom’s bones, muscles and ligaments. There are dystocias that can happen just from the round ligament! The mom’s body and this process are so amazing. God is brilliant!
Besides these marvelous events, Gail and I got to get Vietnamese food together. If you come to town that is where we will go to lunch! Gail and I talked about our calling, how we got into this amazing field and our journey while in it, along with our birth plans for the future. Much to my joy, these future plans involve us working together. We talked about our families and life, philosophies, ideas and ideals. You know how it is when two midwives get together? We could have talked until midnight! Come join us in Harrisburg where we will have the chance to talk until midnight! {Midwifery Today Conference April
— Jan Tritten" Midwifery Today
May
May 14th local Twin Cities ICAN group talk at Holy Cross Lutheran. Free. Call ahead for childcare (cost).
Blooma in Edina, MN Belly Mapping on Mother's Day, May 13th, 6 pm!
Wed. May 30. Niceville on the Florida panhandle. Join Gentle Birth Options at an all-day Spinning Babies Workshop, 9-4:30. $125. Register on the Eventbrite button in the right hand column to your right.
The certification is just for attendance. The cost will be $100 and includes the Belly Mapping Workbook.
June
July
Who should come? 1st pregnancy, VBAC, or previous long labor, posterior (sunny-side up) or breech position? This class will help! For any time in pregnancy (even early labor isn't too late!).
Each pregnant woman brings a birth partner (mate, sister, friend,...) to try the techniques for pregnancy and labor.
Pregnant women, please wear yoga/sweat pants--No jeans, seams, or pockets on the back! This isn't just for yoga, its for a couple techniques with your partner/birth partner. No yoga experience is necessary. We start these easy exercises today. "Easier birth through fetal positioning."
$55. Includes handouts given. Books and DVDs available for sale. Please register online at Blooma.com
July 12, for Belly Mapping, and on Saturday, July 14, Spinning Babies in Duluth, Minnesota =more later!
August
Mid August NJ and NYC, tba
September
Sept. 4 Debra Pascali-Bonaro in Minneapolis/St. Paul! Evening presentation as Birth as a Human Right!
Sept. 5-8, Debra Pascali-Bonaro giving her world-class Postpartum Doula Training (DONA approved) through Blooma.com Register quickly!!
Resolving Shoulder Dystocia will be a half day pre-conference workshop session during the 2012 "Celebrate! 30 Years of the Midwives Alliance" Conference, September 27-30 in Asilomar, California. Pre-conference workshop day will be Thursday, September 27, with half day sessions from either 8am-12pm or 2-6pm. (specific time slot for each session is yet to be determined).
Asynclitic babies at Midwives Alliance of No. Am. "The Tipping Point; Help for the Asynclitic Baby" was selected to be a breakout session during the 2012 "Celebrate! 30 Years of the Midwives Alliance" Conference, September 27-30 in Asilomar, California. The Asilomar conference center is on the ocean!
October
Didn't I say I was "Probably staying home !" here? What has happened? Off to Europe after all.
Playing with my friends at
Midwifery Today Conference
“Midwifery: Birth Care for a Global Future”
Bad Wildbad, Germany • 17–21 October 2012
Visit the Midwifery Today Conference website.
November
Going to play with my friends at Coalition for Breech Birth 3rd International Conference, Washington, DC Nov. 9-12
November 13, Washington DC with Claudia Booker and Doulas
Watch for an exciting Spinning Babies Workshop arrangement in November!
December
Spinning Babies Workshop
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Optimal Foetal Positioning (OFP) -how fetal position effects labor. - Compare OA & OP labors to signs of "Baby really won't fit"
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Spinning Babies for the doula scope of practice
- Spinning Babies techniques
- When interventions are necessary
- Belly Mapping Workbook included
- 6 MEAC CEUs (DONA accepts them), 6-hours
- Every workshop: 9-4:30 pm
Registrations, cancellation/refund policies below.
Pictures above, Julie by Teresa Howard, Atlanta, GA. Claudia and Muneera by www.patiencesalgado.com birth and soul photography in Richmond, VA
Resolving Shoulder Dystocia
5 hours, 5 MEAC CEUs For midwives and L & D nurses. Doctors welcome! Removing the fear from Shoulder Dystocia with physiological solutions suited to the female upper body strength. Traditional and current methods of resolution. FlipFLOP and PAC Pull, McRoberts and Suprapubic. Learn why the arm wraps around a baby's back and how to get the posterior arm out without breaking bones. Reduce brachial plexus and other injuries. You will learn and you will succeed! My practice models are old, but are enhanced with a foam pelvic insert that adds a touch of reality. Five types of shoulder dystocia and you will learn to recognize them and resolve each type as well as see real birth footage.
When Gail travels to offer a Spinning Babies Workshop to doulas and childbirth educators (we're all childbirth educators on some level), then she likes to gather with the local midwives and present this workshop. This is appropriate for out-of-hospital or in-hospital birthing. This is not appropriate for parents, doulas or others. See aspiring apprentice Sara's request on http://spinningbabies.com/spinning-babies-and/resolving-shoulder-dystocia
Check out the Resolving Shoulder Dystocia Video
"Shoulder dystocia isn't so intimidating anymore!" - says Salli G. midwife, and online RSD student
Belly Mapping
90-minutes. This is a 30-minute presentation for parents (and their doulas) on how to find their own fetal position with the 3-steps of Belly Mapping. One hour of painting, with tips on fetal positioning for the needs of those present.
Personal attention, Q and A, palpation and explanations. Possible chance for women to have their babies painted on their bellies as time allows (15 minutes per belly is typical). Belly Mapping is only offered in conjunction with other workshops when Gail is traveling, or can be found locally in Mpls/St. Paul at some of the Baby Fairs or at Blooma Yoga.
(An intro to Belly Mapping for providers is included in the Spinning Babies Workshop. Painting is not offered in the Spinning Babies Workshop. )
Check out the Belly Mapping Workbook.
Belly Painting
Belly Painting isn't officially part of Belly Mapping, but mothers are requesting that it be so! We'll soon have a guide to share painting tips.
Meanwhile, once you've learned Belly Mapping you can apply what you've learned to paint the actual position of the baby on a pregnant woman's abdomen. Its a fun bonding experience for the mother - and the painter!
Cancelations
Babies?
Some of the spots where Spinning Babies has been in the recent past:
-And will be again! Check for Gail at various Blooma (Edina) events.2012 past workshops have been:
Portland, Oregon -Birth Support Network with Scarlett Lynsky of Hatchlings Doula Service and Head Over Heels Birth Education This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
February
Houston, TX
Belly Mapping and Painting participants won a Houston Gymboree door prize of a month's free classes!
Feb 4-9 Gail presented Resolving Shoulder Dystocia in the Caribbean!
2012 Midwifery Conference Cruise
March 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, and 10th Spinning Babies in the UK 
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1 Mar 2012 |
Resource for London, 356 Holloway Road, London, N7 6PA |
Doula UK |
Bridget Baker |
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2 Mar 2012 |
Whittington Education Centre, Magdala Avenue, London, N19 5NF |
Doula UK |
Bridget Baker |
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"We've had great feedback from the workshops and people are keen to think about everything and do more to feel comfortable with the ideas and skills. " -Bridget Baker, Doula UK |
"[W]e all had such a great time at your workshop and we hope to have you back soon!" -Maisie Villegas |
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3 Mar 2012 |
Blair Bell Education Centre, Liverpool Women's Hospital, Crown Street, Liverpool, L8 7SS |
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Selina Wallis |
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10 Mar 2012 |
Lotus Loft, 2nd Floor, 25 Southernhay East, Exeter, EX1 1QP |
Doula UK |
Patricia Whitworth |
Cheadle, Cheshire, (Manchester) UK, Sunday, March 4th
Thanks to our hostess, Katy Redford-Traynor at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and her Auntie Jeanne, another Hypnobirthing Instructor!
Tel: 07905 952 611
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Katy wrote this about the workshop: http://www.naturalchildbirth.co/uk/events/42-march-2012/251-spinning-babies-study-day.html
Norwich, UK, Wednesday, March 7th
Thank you, Shawn Walker, Rachel Gravely, and Molly O'Brien of the This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . We had a wonderful day with lots of plans for future projects and possibilities! Shawn Walker hosts www.BreechBirth.org.uk a UK internet resource for parents and providers.
Exeter, (Devon) UK, March 10th Thank you, Patricia Whitworth, for a lovely day in a beautiful town in the region of my mother's people. Find Patricia at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
April
April 16, Private Spinning Babies
April 16, Resolving Shoulder Dystocia
I'll be back in August in Northern NJ. Both were sponsored by Gateway Northwest Maternal and Child Health Network. Sponsor Contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
April 26, 2012 Metro Detroit, Michigan, Farmington Hills, Michigan Eileen Denomme and Beautiful Beginnings Birthing Services, LLC.
April 27, 2012 East Lansing, Michigan, Spinning Babies Workshop, Shantana Goerge and Mothering Ourselves, LLC. Mothering Ourselves Website.
and Belly Mapping and Painting for parents, and providers and doulas taking that day's Spinning Babies Class.
2011 included over 30 workshops, each location having Spinning Babies and/or Resolving Shoulder Dystocia, and perhaps a Belly Mapping was at
San Francisco, CA "Oh Gail, thanks so much. It was such a pleasure to have you come and teach us in your beautiful, gentle - enormously helpful - way. And such an honor to host you... I will certainly look forward to seeing you at MANA." Sue Baelen, CPM
Los Gatos, CA (south of San Francisco) with Sunshine Tomlin, CPM at The Red Tent.
"Thank you so much for coming to the South Bay. It was areally worthwhile workshop!" -- Ronnie Falcoa, Midwife and author of www.gentlebirth.org
Atlanta, G with 
17th Annual DONA International Conference, Gail presented What in the World is Belly Mapping?
This slide show is being re-edited and will appear on this site soon. [Soon? Well, where is it?!... I have to clear my computer and start over! I have to remake the slides, grrrr!]
Massachusetts Spinning Babies in West Boylston at Mothers and Company and in New Bedford with Erin Monast, Doula, Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond
In New Jersey again with my old friend, Midwife Vicki Hedley's for Spinning Babies and Resolving Shoulder Dystocia.
Rachel Sieman, CNM, of Youngstown, OH youngstownmidwife.blogspot.com
Houston, Tx Melanie Dossey, CNM of Nativiti Birth Center
Cleburne, Tx (South of Dallas) Midwife Melody Morrow of Eden Way Birthing Center
2010:
Oct 14, 2010 Midwives Alliance of North America (MANA) preconference session on Resolving Shoulder Dystocia
September 30-October 2, 2010 Exhibit Hall, Lamaze ICEA 50th Anniversary Mega Conference
Spinning Babies Introduction
at Parent Topic Night.
Twin Cities ICAN on the coming revolution in breech birth/ ICAN's Baby Fair doing Belly Mapping. Gail talks annually for ICAN of the Twin Cities - her "home town".
