More on the Value of Apprenticeship
Considering the ACNM letter of late, I hope that each of you would take the time to promote the apprenticeship model of care. If midwives are only trained in institutional settings, how would we learn normal birth (home birth?) Institutional settings utilize obstetrical solutions for pregnancy and birth problems, but not traditional midwifery care. If […]
More proof that homebirth with Midwives is safe
I’m so glad that I learned my midwifery from midwives in the home during homebirths. I learned there what I do there. (I know that’s a silly sentence, but think about it. Women go to an institution hoping to learn how to honor birthing women and then practice in another institution that depends on interventions […]
New Navigation at Spinning Babies
I fixed the messy menu problem. I don’t know why I didn’t get the fix earlier. I thought I’d double clicked on some extension or module. But, no, it was just me being wordy. Now cleaner. Please visit www.SpinningBabies. com Come visit the blog. Spinning Babies Blog. www.spinningbabies.com
Obama, what we can do for health care
Jennifer Block is, again, on her toes. https://rhrealitycheck.org/blog/2009/07/29/wheres-the-birth-plan “Compared to healthy women who get standard obstetric care and deliver on high-tech labor and delivery wards, women with low-risk pregnancies who get care with a midwife and deliver in birth centers or even in their own homes, benefit from a five-fold decrease in the chance of […]
Be part of a breech study
Heads Up! Study on Breech Pregnancy and Birth If you gave birth to a breech baby, or if your baby was breech at some point during pregnancy, we would like to invite you to participate in a research study. Please share this announcement with others who might be interested in participating. Research goals: Breech research […]
Natural still better after cesarean…
Janna Farley wrote an excellent article on the high value of vaginal birth after a previous cesarean (VBAC). Her article caught my attention because one of the mother’s interviewed dehttps://www.spinningbabies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/sample3-1.pngs her cesarean as necessary for a posterior baby who didn’t descend in labor. I address this very issue in my chin tucking article under Baby […]
Spinning Babies on the top 100
A busy student radiologist has gifted Spinning Babies on her top 100. She calls her list, 100 Best Health Blogs for Soon-to-be Moms. Fun! See who L. Fabry has picked. From the familar to the unusual… Come visit the blog. Spinning Babies Blog. www.spinningbabies.com
More from John on Breast milk!
My husband’s son John is a published young scientist who recently presented at the American Society for Mass Spectrometry on his research team’s discoveries about human breast milk. I have no idea what phosphorylation is, but here’s some highlights. First, their title: Analysis by Microfluidic LC-MS/MS with Integrated Phosphopeptide Enrichment Reveals Dynamic Human Milk Protein […]
Breech Birth Coalition is having a conference
Breech Conference registration for October 15-16, 2009 in Ottawa, Canada …do whatever you can do to be here. “Let’s make some noise.” – Robin www.breechbirth.ca Denying vaginal breech birth is a human rights violation in that it forces a woman to consent to surgery in order to obtain medical care. The right to informed consent […]
Lamaze on Canada’s breech news
Amy Romano wrote a brief bit yesterday in her Lamaze Science and Sensibility blog about the history of Canada’s change to support vaginal breech birth from the Term Breech Trial to this month’s decision by the Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada. https://www.scienceandsensibility.org/?p=239. You can get a copy of the SOGC breech guidelines there. […]
The baby is born!
This beautiful family has just welcomed their baby girl. She was born alert and vigorous, (Apgars 9 and 9) welcomed by two smiling doctors, two wonderful, calm nurses and two doulas (me with the camera). The Dad was confident and this mother truly radiant, practical and about her work. Dr. Hartung welcomed this baby so […]
Canada recommends vaginal breech birth
The Society of Obstetricians and Gynecology Canadian has switched to supporting vaginal breech birth. The next step for Canada is to train their doctors to catch babies who come butt or feet first. Read Carla Wintersgill’s article “C-section not best option for breech birth The Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada will launch program […]
