Clarity in Your Birth

Many visitors to Spinning Babies Website are looking for effective help for an easier birth. We suggest using Spinning Babies Daily Activities as a part of preparation for birth. Daily movement and maternal positioning can be added to a great pregnancy diet, deep and full breathing, learning about birth and parenting, enjoying good communication and […]

Will Shoulder Dystocia Occur?

A doula friend of mine, “J,” asks how real is the Doctor’s concern that a mother with an estimated projected fetal weight of 11 pounds by the time of the due date will have a shoulder dystocia. “They had her see the OB and heard the reasons for perhaps choosing a repeat surgical birth. She […]

Not Afraid to Care

“The 2014 West African Ebola outbreak killed 11,310 people. Liberian nursing assistant Salome Karwah was not one of them.” says Time Magazine. “…as soon as she recovered, she returned to the hospital where she had been treated — the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF, or Doctors Without Boarders) Ebola treatment unit just outside of the capital, […]