Dip the Hip – Monthly Update

Message from our Founder Gail here. Finding out that January is International Creativity Month just makes me smile. The creativity of the birth giver in labor is something to study. Here is where Spinning Babies® emerged. I observed women giving birth, felt their power, and noticed their sense of stuckness during births. From that, I […]

Complying with the Birth Plan

The last two posts have focused on listening to the birth giver. We continued listening by returning to the birth plan as a diagnostic tool (see previous post). Now we see where and how we, as providers, can comply with their birth plan for the purpose of better birth outcomes.   Do birth plans evoke […]

Communicating the Body Sense

Observing an Invitation to Act Let us approach the labor with a calm, quiet, observation. We observe the response to contractions. When observing signs of a disconnection to labor because of pain or low morale or a struggles to self regulate as an invitation to act, we may introduce a gentle suggestion for a technique. There […]

Too Tired to Try Spinning Babies?

“I am a doula and need your help. Very often by the time my women get into hospital they are too tired to cooperate and try to do Spinning Babies exercises. What do you suggest in this scenario?” Dear Doula, Let’s explore the use of Spinning Babies® as a physiological approach to relationships with parents […]