A little Praise...and not

What can I say? These really lift my spirits... (or inspire me to improve): "TAKE THIS CLASS. I took it when Gail came to Houston and it was so informative. I used the pelvic floor release on a client last week. Long story short, after 16hrs of hard labor and stuck at 1.5cm, -1, 90%, I did the pelvic floor release that Gail taught us and TWO HOURS later she was 9cm, 2, 100%!! I was shocked!!! Even if you don't take Gail's class read every page of her website. This stuff is the real deal."

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Posted by: jjgonzales77
On: 04-28-2011 03:09 PM

Some Favorites

"What I really like about Belly Mapping is that it empowers the mother." - Rae Davies, The Birth Company

 My Best Birth asks, "Have you seen this website? Spinning Babies"

"Its such a huge service you're providing for parents." Jeanne Ohm, Chiropractor and Instructor

 

"You are so darn smart! And you approach these positional problems (and everything else in your life) with such an openness and freedom from the constraints of mainstream thought that you are a true original thinker.  And, of course, as a midwife, you have the opportunity to examine your ideas and respond holistically to the situations that you encounter.

I hope you can make your fine website a little more user-friendly. It’s a great place to learn.

Thanks for existing!" 

--Penny Simkin  Physical Therapist, Author, Childbirth Educator, Doula Trainer, One of the founders of DONA International.  Click for Penny's Website. (Penny, this means so much! I will continue to work on clarifying the website. Thank you!)

 
"I'd been meaning to write you back for awhile now, but now I have a really good reason to. I just had my baby last Thursday morning, and, boy does positioning make a difference! She shot out like a greased grape in less than three hours of active labor and only 45 minutes of pushing. Pulling my little girl onto my chest was probably the single greatest moment of my life so far, and I know that the knowledge I got from your website helped me achieve that. I am so very grateful that you are so generous with your knowledge and skills. You are an invaluable treasure! " -

 


"Try  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .  She is a great teacher." - Debbie Young, Baby Matters (Because little things mean a lot.)

You know I love great, unique, visual aids!  Well, if you don't know about Gail Tully - it is time you learned  - Teri Shilling,  Passion for Birth


"Dear Gail! You are my favorite midwife!!! I have learned from you since 2005, when a doctor said me that one of the reasons he have to do cesarean is an occiput posterior position and I said to him: Cristiano, isn't there any way to spin the baby and to have no occiput posterior position? and he said: I don't know, I never heard something about this! So I have been looking for something to do to spin the baby around and I found your site, Since that time you are my favorite midwife!!!" - SRdM, Brazil

Hi Gail!

I just wanted to tell you how big an impact your website and techniques have made with my doula work and pregnant moms. Just last week I had a mom who had an incredible birth and I credit info from your site, as I still use it as a resource all the time even though I've done over 400 births and worked with thousands of pregnant women in my yoga classes. 
 
This woman was complaining at 7 months when I started working with her that she had pain on her left side low in her pelvis and she felt like the baby's head was all on that side. A vaginal exam by her midwife had uncovered that the head was probably a bit asynclitic and she had been uncomfortable getting up after sitting and just moving around in general. This was her second baby so I wasn't surprised at the increased sensation but the other symptoms made me think a pelvic floor release might really help her. I came over and showed her and her husband how to do it, did it with them, and gave her a couple of yoga stretches as well and by the time I left she was out of pain for the first time in months! 
At her birth her labor began to slow down at 3.5 cm and we did another pelvic floor release and her labor picked up substantially right after and she delivered 2 hours later after 8 minutes of pushing.  
 
I wanted to write to you because your information is so valuable and I recommend it to every doula I teach and every pregnant mom. I actually often Facebook and Twitter your info to all of my followers.
Jennifer Wolfe Yoga
Dolphin Doula
Jan. 22. 2011

 

"Thanks for your website.  For moms like me who really have problems with fetal positioning, it's so helpful.  I felt so helpless when my first turned at the end of my pregnancy.  My doctor at the time, a different one than I have now, told me there was nothing I could do.  So sad.  But anyway, thanks again for all your help.  I really appreciate it." -- pregnant woman in California hoping to avoid a breech position at birth

http://www.spinningbabies.com/ is an invaluable source of information on optimal fetal positioning. - from BEC replying to a mom at au.answers.Yahoo

"I have enjoyed the website.  I found it on my own and later the midwives recommended it. I donated last weekend." - J. E., 36 weeks pregnant

2-10-2010

"I love this website:

http://www.spinningbabies.com/baby-positions/belly-mapping

I tried it and then had my midwife verify via U/S - it was totally right." - http://community.thebump.com/cs/ks/forums/thread/31211101.aspx  

 



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A more simple birth after helping baby to flip head down 3 days before

I am not sure if you remember me.  You saw me in late June and early July (I was also in Clare's yoga class)...

"It was my first pregnancy and my baby was breech.  You and Clare mentioned Dr. Hartung (Hudson Hospital, Hudson, Wisconsin). I transferred to Dr. Hartung and he was so wonderful.  Luckily, my baby turned head down 3 days before he was born.  I truly believe what you did and what the chiropractor did really helped with my baby turning head down.

 I had a fantastic and amazing natural birth experience.  I had contractions for about a day and then had a scheduled appointment with Dr. Hartung.  I was dilated to a 4-5.  He sent me down to the hospital and he checked on me about an hour later and I was dilated to a 7-8 ( and I only felt like I had a few strong contractions).  It got more difficult when I was at an 8.  But, a few hours later I decided to get in the 

Proud mama!

tub 

and all of a sudden the baby came with 3 pushes. So, I had the water birth I wanted, even though it was accidental.  I had a 6 lb 10 oz baby boy.  

We named him Ezekial, we call him Zeke." Renae, Zeke's mom shares her photos here. Renae continues, "I cannot thank you enough!  You really helped me have a fantastic birth... I really found that giving birth wasn't as difficult as people fear.  I also thought watching that movie called "The Orgasmic birth" really helped with my understanding the natural process of labor and birth."

 

January 12, 2009

"My LO was breech until 36+3. I had been trying various positions to encourage baby to turn for weeks. I really thought I was out of time. Then I tried the spinning babies website, their one position of lying down the stairs head first worked for me and turned the baby. It's quite difficult to get into position and I did need help from DH.

Baby is still back to back but at least is head down. Maybe it would work for you? I was very skeptical  but was willing to try anything to get babies head from under my ribcage..." found at http://community.babycentre.co.uk/post/a5321685/breech_baby

 

"Thanks so much for all of this information!  I'm continuing to digest it all and will definitely let you know what comes of all of our efforts.  If nothing else, I have a lot more information and questions to discuss with my care provider this week in regards to determining what we might actually be dealing with.  Regardless of how we end up bringing this little one into the world, I know that I will feel more empowered this time around simply for the fact that I have further information and education to make the choices instead of having them made for me.  Your website has been a wonderful resource throughout both of my pregnancies!" -- Staci

 

"I recommend Spinning Babies for mothers almost daily for breech babies. You are a fabulous asset to the birth community .... " 

- Danielle from Connecticut Worst to First 2010 Campaign

Walking the path of natural birth means you follow the path of the few.

 


 

"Just a brief note to say 'hi' and let you know I've referred lots of my couples to your website and it's been so well received.  " - KB, nurse and doula, in Florida

 

I didn't know there was such a story behind the website.  It really is looking great and several of the families I have helped recently have appreciated your info as well as the gentle and respectful way in which you offer it.  Thank you once more for the gifts you bring to our community! - Vanessa Stephens Coldwater, Midwife, Waterbirth Resources, Minneapolis



"I just wanted to say thank you for setting up the Spinning Babies website and the wonderful information that's contained within it.

I am currently 12 weeks pregnant with baby number 3 and having had two posterior births already...[M]y first baby...was born by c-section. But ... the second baby, ... was born naturally, ...for number 3, provided he's not too big at least I know he can fit through the pelvis even widest part of head to smallest part of pelvis!!      ...
I have really taken heed of what you say about symmetry and ligament tension.  In fact I saw my osteopath this morning and at 12 weeks there was already torsion in the pelvis (which had not been there before). However, I find this encouraging because I finally feel I understand what happens in my labours and that I can do something constructive about this (as much as I can including following Dr Gowri Motha's method).

Prior to finding your website I felt there was something missing in my understanding since people were only able to offer suggestions for turning OP babies prior to labour! Now I know that the problem exists prior to pregnancy(/ligament relaxation)! " -- EC, UK

From Nancy's Park, blog:  "Another one of the things I did in my pregnancy that I think helped me have a wonderful birth was to use the information I found on Spinning Babies. In particular, I learned how to do inversions from the video above and practiced them daily in the last couple of weeks.

I just found this wonderful blog by Spinning Babies too!"

 

 I just went through the spinning babies site and it is amazing. I did not know you can do so much about the position of the baby. -http://www.tcoyf.com/forums/t/43444.aspx

If/when did you start Chiro visits? - MotheringDotCommunity Forums
Spinning babies is already bookmarked and I'm getting ready to do a nice hard core research .... And A BIG FAT YES to Spinning Babies!! sgmom is online now ...
www.mothering.com/discussions/ showthread.php?p...

birth is in bloom.: on optimal fetal positioning.
All my links come from the Spinning Babies website, which is a wonderful resource for women that are interesting in Optimal Fetal Positioning (OFP). ...
birthtastic.blogspot.com/.../  woman-i-work-with-asked-me-  yest...

Debbie wrote:
"Hey I should tell you that your info helped a mom friend who went to Dr. and baby was sunny side up at end of pregnancy. She followed your advice (spinninghttp://www.facebook.com/l/  0999c;babies.com) and went into labor the next day and baby had turned and she had a 'good' hospital birth. Dr. was just like 'Oh, he turned' but had no clue. Thanks!"

 

Ok, here's my inspiration to improve: 

"Is it just me or is the spinning babies website sort of confusing? It's so copy-heavy that I get all confused. I'd just like some easy to follow instructions!" A pregnant woman writes from The Bump.

"And the Spinning Babies website is annoying me too. In my current mood it seems vague, inconsistent and hard to navigate. Just what I need. ..." My apologies, I've been annoyed with my site's navigation, too!  ;)

"I found that website so unhelpful and confusing when Ava was breech, I tried to understand it 4 times but gave up!" and "I don't really understand it either  but thanks anyway xxx" Both from Baby and Bump forum

 "I know about the website spinning babies, but I don't like it (can't understand it and am not paying for it.. lol!)" Sunny Side Up! - March 2011 Babies - What to Expect.com  Ok, ok, editing is beginning!!! -And you don't have to pay for it! There is enough right here for the average woman. The book is convenient, has more illustrations and easier to pass around! etc. etc. The book is an easy format but anyone who wades through this website will get a ton of info. Meanwhile, I'm going to reorganize. 

transverse lie @36 weeks!! - October 2010 Babies - WhatToExpect.com
I have tried some of the positions from spinning babies... with NO luck! Hope to hear from anyone who has had experience with this ...
www.whattoexpect.com/forums/.. ./transverse-lie-36-weeks

 

The Spinning Babies website is recommended by so many people, but it is so difficult to follow! I can't figure out which exercises should be done during labor, and which can be done before labor, and some of the links to different techniques offer only a drawing, with no written explanation of how to do the exercise or what the intended purpose is! 
It's so irritating, but I feel like I don't have many other options! 
Okay, vent over. Thanks. http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/146218.page
(This is really useful criticism!)