Stormy night

What a storm last night. I was up at 2 30 am writing for my website and thinking of falling over into bed. Then I heard the sirens of the town to the west of us. Soon a rushing sound came from the west. It got louder and closer. Not real fast, slow enough to […]

August 27, 1983

I just wanted to say that yesterday was Faith’s 24th birthday. I was expecting to film her birth when the midwife was quite late and I found my self catching Faith. She was the first baby I caught and she made a dramatic appearance as a frank breech. Her Apgars were 10-10. She seemed mad […]

Better titles are needed for posterior topics

Three second-time moms have just contacted me with the same basic question. Two are 39 weeks pregnant and one was a little less. Each just discovered her baby is posterior. Each ask if something can be done to avoid another long labor with back ache, like their first posterior labors. One’s physician offered her a […]

Breech unassisted

Two weeks ago there were two couples in the Twin Cities Metro area with plans for unassisted home birth. Both couples discovered their babies were breech. They didn’t know each other and I only met one couple. That couple called me suspecting their baby was breech. This mom had used my web site in the […]

Due date?

“My baby will be born on its birthday, not its due date. I am not in a hurry. I am not on a schedule. I am patient. When I am in labor, I will not rely on the clock to tell me how fast to go. I am not a factory. I am a powerful […]

Helping with the birth of twins

I was thrilled to be invited to help out two of my friend midwives with a family expecting twins. I’d only been to one homebirth twin birth and that was early on when even squeezing the bulb syringe deserved a review. After meeting me, the parents agreed to include me as one of their midwives. […]

The hazards of induction may be worse than you thought

Induction of labor is a phrase meaning that labor contractions are encouraged by external means. Drug induced labor can be brought on with Pitocin in an IV drip, prostaglandin gels or a pill, cytotec (misoprostol). Dr. Michel Odent (www.birthworks.org/primalhealth) writes of the concerns about Induction and autism in Midwifery Today Online Magazine. Please read the […]

Rotating a posterior baby in pregnancy

Meanwhile, the woman in the previous post (from earlier today) realized her baby had been left occiput posterior (LOP). “His” back had been on her left and his fingers busy in front. The baby rode high and she couldn’t lean forward without discomfort for herself and, she suspected, for her baby. I then felt her […]

Can this help hip and lower back pain?

I was asked by a second-time mother if she and her husband could come over and see what we could do about her hip pain. The pain went from the hip across the lower back at that level. She had it in the first pregnancy and this one, and was due in a month and […]

Will doing an inversion turn a head down baby breech?

Q: “I have been doing several things to get my baby flipped. I am now 32.5 weeks pregnant. At my 32 week appointment my doctor said the baby is breech. Since then I have started seeing a Chiro for the webster technique, and have been doing moxibustion. My problem is that this baby moves ALL […]

After 3 cesareans, a home birth

Here is a woman’s truly inspirational story. Watch Aidan’s birth. Shown on onetruemedia.com As a midwife, I have been blessed to share several such journeys. Theresa’s comments depict her emotional feelings. She had a transforming experience before her VBAC — a common element to success. The chiropractic work was also likely to be crucial. Come […]

One baby’s song to his Obstetrician

This Dad, singing for the baby boys and girls out there (“in there?”) has got something to say to all of us about induction, bonding and more! Ready to smile? Click here to hear the Obstetrician Song. Its on the Compleat Mother web site. Come visit the blog. Spinning Babies Blog. www.spinningbabies.com