Spinning Babies® Before Turning a Breech (ECV)

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 […]

Spinning Babies® Aware Practitioner Story

Midwife Melody Morrow, a well known midwife and Spinning Babies enthusiast in Dallas, Texas shares the story of her own sister Harmony’s breech experience. An ECV was attempted by a trusted and breech-skilled doctor. The baby remained breech.  In this case, Melody’s little nephew’s arm got up behind his head. The doctor, skilled in vaginal […]

Turning Breech Babies and Cesarean Outcomes

Spinning Babies has said head down is half the story. And now it turns out that just how babies get head down is important. In recent years, the manual turning of the breech baby to head down has been poorly reviewed for adverse outcomes (Culver’s review of the Cochrane data base, 2013, 2015).  This September […]

4 Cm at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital

Ok, I’m out. I’m a Grey’s Anatomy fan. Well, I can name only about 5 characters, I might not hold a candle to a true fan, but I do love the show. The new season really got my attention with its portrayal of a stalled labor at 4 cm. The laboring woman has medical reasons […]

What Does Spinning Babies® Do?

Spinning Babies® offers recommendations to prepare for childbirth in pregnancy: Increase range of motion Balance the body (not too tight, not too loose, not too twisty) Movement daily Rest Smart   How do we do this? We do this with our Daily Essentials video. We do this with myofascial releases (the main ones are on […]