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Fear of Childbirth Pain

Rebozo Manteada

Fear of childbirth pain can be an inhibitor to experiencing one’s own body in the process, even if there is curiosity about the experience of childbirth. We’ve talked before, on the blog, about the fear of pain being a reason birth givers may not explore choices in natural birth. Perception of Childbirth Pain The perception […]

October 2018 – Monthly Update

Spinning Babies This month's birth stories come from Linda Middlekauff, provisional Parent Educator. Linda is teaching her classes during her provisional period on route to becoming a Certified Parent Educator after attending our Spinning Babies® Certified Parent Educator Training this past April in St. Paul, MN.

Intro Dear Community, It is autumn and the chlorophyll levels are coming down in the boreal forests of around me. Yellows are appearing. My mind easily floats back to the waterfalls of Brazil, where we just have just returned from our Spinning Babies 2018 World Confluence “SIAParto + Spinning Babies: Active Patience.” Fun developments! The […]

Jiggle and Stretch Protocols

Ischial Tuberosity

A pregnant woman, first baby, came to model Daily Essentials and The Three Sisters of Balance with us at a Spinning Babies® Workshop. She was in her fourth day of prodromal labor. Contractions without progress, yet also with little sleep. Bravely, she ventured to the workshop in the biggest city in Brazil. Calf stretches, squatting, […]

VBAC Detective Response

VBAC Belly Mapping

Last week, a woman seeking vaginal birth after a previous cesarean (VBAC) asked whether to share Spinning Babies® Parent Class video with her doula. She said, “I am concerned that while I am doing everything I can to implement Spinning Babies knowledge and get the baby properly positioned, that my birth attendants will not be able […]

More Cervical Lip Solutions

cervical lip knee chest

This week is Part 2 of our discussion on the potential of Dynamic Body Balancing techniques in caring for a labor with a cervical lip. Read Part 1 here. Releasing a Cervical Lip Body balancing techniques specific to releasing a cervical lip include Forward-leaning Inversion through one contraction. See guidelines for safety and medical contraindications […]

Where’s Baby? What Can Be Done?

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Today, we’ll be looking at a birth story that ended in a cesarean, what led to that outcome, and discuss solutions for a labor dystocia lower in the pelvis. Birth Scenario A short history of the Birth Giver: First birth History of tailbone injury Fetal position ROT SROM (Spontaneous Rupture of Membranes) Nipple stimulation with […]

The Pelvis Soft and Bony

Pelvis close up

The three levels of the pelvis are discussed in the Spinning Babies® Workshop as they relate to baby’s journey through them. In the body balancing portion of the workshop, we discuss the muscles and soft tissues. I thought you’d like a little tour of the pelvis as these structures are dehttps://www.spinningbabies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/sample3-1.pngd together. At the Top […]

Reducing Cesarean Rate is a Social Network Issue

Spinning Babies Dr. Neel Shah, MD, MPP, FACOG says that the greatest influence on whether a birthing person has a cesarean is which door they walk through when in labor. It’s not baby’s size, being due or overdue, or even if they have a risk factor, such as gestational diabetes. The variation in hospital cesarean rates is so great that the hospital itself becomes the risk factor for major surgery. The variable for whether a vaginal birth is possible has become the address where the labor occurs.

Dr. Neel Shah, MD, MPP, FACOG says that the greatest influence on whether a birthing person has a cesarean is which door they walk through when in labor. It’s not baby’s size, being due or overdue, or even if they have a risk factor, such as gestational diabetes. The variation in hospital cesarean rates is […]

St. Paul, MN – Spinning Babies® Workshop w/ Gail Tully, April 27, 2019

Spinning Babies <p>Can you spot a long labor before it begins? Use the 3 Principles of Spinning Babies and the 3 levels of the pelvis to match solutions and reduce cesareans. Pregnancy protocols for your prenatal visits. Compare anterior and posterior fetal positions, flexion and engagement and learn to recognize a stall in labor progress quickly and resolve it gently. Is it CPD or do they need more time? REGISTER HERE Speaker: Gail Tully is a midwife (CPM) from Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. Author of The Belly Mapping Workbook and Resolving Shoulder Dystocia DVD. Penny Simkin and Ruth Ancheta’s Labor Progress Handbook features Belly Mapping in Chapter 3. Anne Frye’s Holistic Midwifery, Vol 2, cites Gail on shoulder dystocia. Midwifery Today published Gail on Shoulder Dystocia; The basics; Belly Mapping; and Opening the Brim, Resolving Breech Obstruction. See https://www.spinningbabies.com for more information on Gail Tully and Spinning Babies. Local Contact: Lily Mahan, lilym@mnchiro.com, 651-290-7493 CEUs: Spinning Babies Workshop: American College of Nurse Midwifery has awarded this course with 0.7. Doulas may use the certificate of attendance to obtain contact hours. After this workshop the learners will be able to: 1) Compare the flexion/extension effect on descent of the LOT and ROT babies 2) Dehttps://www.spinningbabies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/sample3-1.png the role of three soft tissue structures on fetal position 3) Design a daily pregnancy routine for range of motion and pelvic stability 4) Select appropriate techniques to restore body balance in tight pelvic muscles and ligaments including stretching soft tissue techniques and chiropractic adjustments. 5) List benefits and contraindications for steep inversion 6) Demonstrate the Three Sisters of Balance (Rebozo, Forward-leaning Inversion and Sidelying Release) 7) Identify external signs of a progressing labor and a non-progressing labor 8) Teach a pregnant parent an external self-assessment to detect a lack of engagement caused by an overlapping forehead 9) Compare an indication for cesarean delivery due to cephalopelvic disproportion to indications that baby may be able to rotate to fit the pelvis 10) Demonstrate a birth position to open the top of the pelvis (anterior-posterior diameter of the pelvic inlet) 11) Measure the effect of putting the knees together and feet apart to open the bottom of the pelvis (increase the diameter of the pelvic outlet) 12) Write a plan of implementation for the Spinning Babies approach in a practice scenario</p>

Can you spot a long labor before it begins? Use the 3 Principles of Spinning Babies and the 3 levels of the pelvis to match solutions and reduce cesareans. Pregnancy protocols for your prenatal visits. Compare anterior and posterior fetal positions, flexion and engagement and learn to recognize a stall in labor progress quickly and […]

Spinning Babies® Before Turning a Breech (ECV)

Spinning Babies  

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 […]

Birth Positions and Desseauve 2017

Spinning Babies If the difficulty comes from the curvature of the lumbar region ... put the parturient in a position with her knees flexed so that, with the vulva situated at the top, the pathways are easier.

I enjoyed reading David Desseauve’s French review on positions for labor and birth. I especially enjoyed finding a tip included from Aspasia, a midwife/gynecologist from the second century (translated from the ancient Greek by Pascal Luccioni), If the difficulty comes from the curvature of the lumbar region … put the parturient in a position with her […]

Three Levels to Avoiding a Cesarean

The pelvis has 2 distinct areas for birth, the area for getting in and the area for getting out. But there is also the middle. Three Levels of the Pelvis Inlet for Getting In Mid pelvis for turning Outlet for Getting Out Assessing progress in labor includes noting which of these three levels the baby […]

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