The Evolving Role of the Midwife
There is a moment during birth that Midwife and Spinning Babies® Continuing Education Manager Kara says has never become routine. “Just before a newborn’s first cry, everyone in the room seems to hold their breath” After years working as a nurse and midwife, she still feels the significance of that moment. It’s one reason she […]
Spinning Babies® and Research: What the Evidence Shows So Far
What does the research really tell us about Spinning Babies®? Several years ago, there was little direct research evaluating the Spinning Babies® approach. Today, the picture is different. Published studies have begun examining professional education, Cesarean rates, fetal rotation, and the use of Spinning Babies® in clinical settings. The first randomized controlled trial designed specifically […]
How Birth Preparation Can Support a Positive Birth Experience and a Strong Start to Breastfeeding
Birth preparation may matter for more than just the labor and birth experience. Research involving 3,080 mothers found that those who described their birth experiences more positively were more likely to breastfeed and to continue breastfeeding longer.2 The study does not show that a positive birth experience directly causes breastfeeding success, but it points to […]
What is Salutophysiology?
A different starting point in birth care In maternity care, many of us are trained to look for what could go wrong. We monitor those in our care. We assess risk. We prepare for complications. All of this has its place, but over time, something important often gets lost in that lens: the conditions that […]
Spinning Babies® Community Call: Exploring New Research on the Spinning Babies® Approach
On November 5, 2025, Spinning Babies® hosted a virtual community call on Zoom with CEO Jennifer Walker, Approved Trainer Anna Maria Rossetti, and Midwife Tamara Aloi. This gathering brought together birth professionals from around the world to discuss a newly published article in the European Journal of Midwifery, one of the first peer-reviewed studies to […]
Reflection on Rising Cesarean Rates | Spinning Babies®
A Spinning Babies® Reflection on a Recent Conversation About Cesarean Birth On November 24th, The New York Times published an article, “These Hospitals Figured Out How to Slash C-Section Rates,” about the rising rate of cesarean births and highlighted the experience of a hospital in New York that has significantly lowered its surgery rate in […]
How Research Supports the Spinning Babies® Approach to Labor: Highlights From the European Journal of Midwifery
When babies rotate into an optimal position during labor, their descent through the pelvis may be smoother and more efficient. A new study published in the European Journal of Midwifery explored how the Spinning Babies® approach may help facilitate rotation from an occiput-posterior or occiput-transverse position to an anterior position. What the Study Looked At […]
Introducing the Belly Mapping® Method eBook
We’re thrilled to share the release of The Belly Mapping® Method book: a joyful new resource from Spinning Babies® founder Gail Tully. For two decades, Gail has practiced and taught The Belly Mapping® Method, a gentle, hands-on way for parents to understand their baby’s position in the womb. Tested and proven accurate when compared with […]
The Belly Mapping® Method: You Have Questions, We Have Answers
The Belly Mapping® Method book, created by Spinning Babies® founder Gail Tully, is a joyful guide for both parents and professionals. The Belly Mapping® is a simple, hands-on process that helps expecting parents discover their baby’s position in the womb, while also creating opportunities for insightful and playful connection. For providers, it’s a parent-centered approach […]
What Is Physiological First Birth?
Supporting the body’s natural design, from the inside out. At Spinning Babies®, we believe birth is not something to be managed, it’s something to be supported. We use the phrase physiological first birth to describe our approach: one that prioritizes the body’s innate ability to birth when given balance, space, and respect. So what does […]
The Paradigm of New Birth
To interpret by paradigm helps us to explain something that is not actually fully knowable by creating a story map to share an understanding with one another. We are drawn into any paradigm by social agreement first, being raised to think a certain way, or educated to, through school and also conversations. A paradigm is […]
Can the Forward-leaning Inversion cause placental abruption?
There are complications that come up in pregnancy, and when a rare complication arises it is human nature to look to the unusual events or actions done. The unusual seems logically linked to the unusual, but what is unusual in our awareness may not be the only variable occurring. In the decade we’ve had the […]
