Platypelloid Pelvis

“Dear Gail: Just wanted you to know that the VBAC mom with the platypelloid pelvis had a successful unmedicated birth; surges were very intense with back labor for about 2 1/2 hours, mom was about 8cm dilated until the quality changed into a much more do-able intensity. What helped was being on all fours, knee-chest […]

When Spinning Babies Fails

  The success of Spinning Babies lies upon a continuum. Any particular pregnant woman’s ease of her birth can also be thought of as along a continuum. The ease or difficulty of repositioning any particular baby before or during labor also falls along a spectrum from easy to difficult, even “too late.” Some women will […]