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Protocol for Persistent Posterior in Labor

Spinning Babies Manual rotation of the posterior baby’s head to the anterior position is an option before resorting to cesarean to finish a stalled labor. This technique is proven to reduce cesarean. Midwife researcher and speaker, Catherine Os learned about Spinning Babies® from Approved Trainer Jennifer Walker, at the Gynzone conference in Europe. Catherine Os says:

Manual rotation of the posterior baby’s head to the anterior position is an option before resorting to cesarean to finish a stalled labor. This technique is proven to reduce cesarean. Midwife researcher and speaker, Catherine Os learned about Spinning Babies® from Approved Trainer Jennifer Walker, at the Gynzone conference in Europe. Catherine Os says: “At my workshops […]

Spinning Babies® Workshop in Nairobi, Kenya

Spinning Babies Tammy Ryan is teaching a Spinning Babies® Workshop in Nairobi, Kenya Africa this June thanks to Elizabeth Project International, Inc. Their mission is to provide maternal and child educational programs; empowering mothers with evidence based information, skills and support, while advocating for dignity, compassion and best care practice healthcare. 

Tammy Ryan is teaching a Spinning Babies® Workshop in Nairobi, Kenya Africa this June thanks to Elizabeth Project International, Inc. Their mission is to provide maternal and child educational programs; empowering mothers with evidence based information, skills and support, while advocating for dignity, compassion and best care practice healthcare.  “I am so grateful that Jennifer Carrol’s […]

Spinning Babies® May Update

Spinning Babies This May we offer advanced training to bodyworkers in the paradigm of “Physiology Before Force” through The Integral Touch of Birth Workshop (ITB). It’s magical to watch the evolution of the participants as they realize the gaps in the existing paradigm for pregnancy bodywork. We create a connection to Spinning Babies but this class takes those bodyworkers -and providers - who’ve taken Spinning Babies Workshop before and addresses the issues that our basic workshop doesn’t have the time or scope to explore.

Dear Spinning Babies Enthusiasts, The month of May! In the northern hemisphere, a month of flowers. In the southern hemisphere, cool weather returns. Seasons offer us regular opportunities to embrace change. We can embrace rather than brace – when we have hope! Spinning Babies brings hope of physiological birth to parents and providers in all […]

Integral Touch of Birth Workshop Review

Spinning Babies I LOVE this quote from Gail that I have scribbled in my notes from her story that began the SpBAP training about how Spinning Babies® evolved to what it is today.

“And then the bodyworkers showed up…” I LOVE this quote from Gail that I have scribbled in my notes from her story that began the SpBAP training about how Spinning Babies® evolved to what it is today. Training Designed for Bodyworkers As a doula and massage therapist specializing in prenatal massage, I was delighted to […]

Why the OP Baby Doesn’t Turn

that's my occiput by Gail Tully

Most babies presenting in a posterior position will rotate to either occiput anterior or occiput transverse. The cesarean rate is higher for OP babies than OA babies (but not OT babies as a group).   Why a Posterior Baby Stays Posterior Studies show there are often specific reasons a posterior baby stays posterior. Certain causes […]

Labor and Birth with Spinning Babies® Featuring Lorenza Holt

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Dear friends, Join Spinning Babies® Approved Trainer – Lorenza Holt, MPH, BDT (DONA), BCCE for one of seven workshops. We are offering both the Labor and Birth with Spinning Babies® Workshop and the Spinning Babies® Workshop. Lorenza is Executive Director of Boston Association For Childbirth Education (BACE-NMC), and the Nursing Mothers’ Council. She’s also the winner […]

Spinning Babies® April Update

Spinning Babies Our April Update features Fascia, Brazil SpBCPE registration, birth story, relaxation techniques, new workshops, and more! Read below!

Our April Update features Fascia, Brazil SpBCPE registration, birth story, relaxation techniques, new workshops, and more! Read below! Exploring Fascia Dear friends, I’m just coming back from a three-week exploration of how Spinning Babies® might incorporate a broader understanding of fascia. Fascia is the 3-dimensional, mobile web of connective tissue which supports and even makes […]

Parent Education and Fetal Position

Spinning Babies Spinning Babies® is sensitive to the fine line between informing and alarming when it comes to baby positions. There are debates about whether to tell a pregnant person their baby is posterior. Why not tell the truth?

Spinning Babies® is sensitive to the fine line between informing and alarming when it comes to baby positions. There are debates about whether to tell a pregnant person their baby is posterior. Why not tell the truth? Fetal position is changeable (but this is often left to chance because why fetal position changes at the […]

Breech Tilt

Spinning Babies Secure a board or ironing board with pillows and lean it on the couch for the angle best to back s breech baby out of the pelvis and help baby flex the head as baby is directed onto the inner fundus of the uterus.

The Breech Tilt is a widely-known inversion technique using gravity to help a breech baby flip to a head-down position. Before doing the Breech Tilt, I suggest doing the Forward-Leaning Inversion for 30 seconds first and then going ahead with the Breech Tilt. One daily Forward-leaning Inversion is recommended after 20 weeks gestation for any […]

Birth with an Intact Hymenal Ring

I’d like to discuss birth over the intact hymenal ring. A doctor showed me how she avoids cutting the perineum. Midwives and doctors often miss recognizing an intact hymenal ring and instead see the following situation as in indication for episiotomy.    Notice when there has been a complete halt in descent after the baby […]

Spinning Babies® Before Turning a Breech (ECV)

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Maíra, Gail, and Mariane Menezes  Midwife Maíra Liberdade and Dr. Marcos Nakamura work together in Rio de Janeiro to reduce cesareans due to breech presentation. They offer External Cephalic Versions for parents pregnant with a breech baby to turn the baby head down.   Midwife Maíra has a unique suggestion. When an External Cephalic Version is […]

Spinning Babies® Aware Practitioner Story

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Midwife Melody Morrow, a well known midwife and Spinning Babies enthusiast in Dallas, Texas shares the story of her own sister Harmony’s breech experience. An ECV was attempted by a trusted and breech-skilled doctor. The baby remained breech.  In this case, Melody’s little nephew’s arm got up behind his head. The doctor, skilled in vaginal […]

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