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 specifically look directly at Spinning Babies® for fetal rotation during labor.
For many in our community, this conversation felt like a moment where research finally put language to the patterns providers have observed for years while applying Balance before Force and the Pelvic Levels Solutions℠ framework.
Anna Maria’s work at the Scuola Elementale di Arte Ostetrica (SEAO), together with her role as a Spinning Babies® Approved Trainer, has contributed to ongoing conversations about midwifery-led education and physiological birth in Italy. She and Tamara are contemporaries who attended midwifery school together, and their commitment to physiology has continued to shape their professional paths. After attending one of Anna Maria’s Spinning Babies® workshops, Tamara began integrating what she learned into her clinical practice. The impact she observed in her own hospital setting became the spark that led to this study’s development.
Their shared perspectives brought a grounded discussion on the research and the Spinning Babies® Approach:
Jennifer brought the broader vision into focus: this research aligns with a global shift toward physiology before force, and toward recognizing the baby as an active participant in navigating the pelvis.
The chat quickly reflected provider alignment: “yes, this is what we see too.”
This study is one of the first peer-reviewed publications to examine fetal rotation from occiput-posterior and occiput-transverse positions using the Spinning Babies® approach. It found a significantly higher rotation to anterior among those who received the approach compared to controls, adding research support to what many providers have observed for years through applying Balance before Force and the Pelvic Levels Solutions℠ framework.
For context:
If you missed the call or would like to revisit the conversation, we are happy to share the full recording. It is available in Italian with English captions.
Watch the full recording:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfQAjQRwmOc
Watch the English highlights:
youtu.be/HyJEtuho3bw?si=odpIYJSt2Q7ScADF
To view captions or translate them into your preferred language:
Thank you for reading and for joining us in exploring new research and real-world experience. Wherever you are in your journey, we’re grateful you’re part of this growing conversation about physiological birth.
