Why This Is Not Optimal Fetal Positioning
Spinning Babies® is a paradigm of physiological release rather than mechanical. In this way, Spinning Babies® extends the concepts of Optimal Fetal Positioning™ (OFP), which was a recent, breakthrough concept in childbirth education. See more in What is Spinning Babies®? Optimal Fetal Positioning Childbirth educator Pauline Scott coined the phrase Optimal Fetal Positioning to dehttps://www.spinningbabies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/sample3-1.png the work […]
Solo techniques, and birth story after two posterior births
From our December 2020 letter to our Community, The fascia is our mutable connective tissue throughout the body and you hear me make a lot of fascia metaphors and analogies. What was restricted in our society over generations is being released. The top>down power structure shifts to lateral collaboration and shared power. Lateral, here, means […]
Reduce unnecessary cesareans, new book
From our Nov. 2020 newsletter Entering November for me is entering a meditation on gratitude. This past month many of my dreams have come true, a full-length book, the Spinning Babies® 2020 World Confluence, and a super talented team running Spinning Babies®. But most deliciously this season brought a grandchild, our 8th, and last night […]
Listen: Imagining Ideal Fetal Positions
Listen: Imagining Ideal Fetal Positions Below is a fantastic recording for helping you to imagine an ideal fetal position for your baby, brought to us by the wonderful Phyllis Klaus and Barbara Decker. Phyllis Klaus, MFT, LCSW Phyllis Klaus is a licensed psychotherapist and social worker. She practices in Berkeley, California, providing psychotherapy, hypnotherapy and […]
Spinning Babies® Response to the Coronavirus
Spinning Babies® Response to the Coronavirus Public Statement Update on June 26: On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 to be a pandemic. All countries must aim to stop transmission and prevent the spread of COVID-19, whether they face no cases, sporadic cases, clusters, or community transmission. Spinning Babies® Response to the Coronavirus […]
Overdue? Is Baby Engaged Yet?
Overdue? Is Baby Engaged Yet? Fetal engagement is when the widest part of the baby’s presenting part (usually the head) enters the pelvic brim or inlet. A first baby often engages two weeks before birth, approximately 38 weeks gestation. While studies show that engagement may happen in labor, when baby isn’t engaged when labor starts, […]
Pregnant Caregivers
Pregnant Caregivers Pregnant caregivers are twisting to help patients and clients on a bed or a massage table, which can eventually twist and tighten the uterine ligaments. For instance, if you stand on the same side of the bed or massage table and work on a person, you will be leaning in the same direction […]
Glossary
Glossary abdominal lift. Janie King’s book Back Labor no More dehttps://www.spinningbabies.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/sample3-1.pngs this position where you lift your belly during a contraction to re-angle the baby with the pelvis. Also called the “Belly Lift”. Gail Tully adds the posterior pelvic tuck to increase the front-to-back distance at the top of the pelvis to “make room” for baby […]
Monthly Update: Side-lying Release tips, safety measures for Spinning Babies® Workshops, and more!
In this month’s update: NEW Sponsor and Exhibitor Packages for the 2020 World Confluence Tips and important information on the Side-lying Release technique A success story on how Spinning Babies® helped a breech baby turn head down Safety measures for Spinning Babies® Workshops Get $70 off our RSD Online Course for birth professionals for a […]
Monthly Update: NEW Breech Basics Online Course, deep transverse arrest tips, upcoming events, and more!
In this month’s update: Tips for what to do for a deep transverse arrest Announcing our new online course: Breech Basics Inspiring Helping Your Breech Baby Turn eBook testimonials Upcoming events including our World Confluence—attend via Livestream! A Note from Gail Tully Dear Community, I’m so proud of you for upholding the physiology of […]
Message From Founder Gail Tully on Equity
Late at night in my city of Minneapolis, I seek to formulate a statement to support a new tomorrow from the horrors of today. The pandemic called Racism-20 is yet another resurge of a 400 year economic and social virus. George Floyd’s death under police restraint gives America a clearer vision of the suppression of […]
Monthly Update: A simple technique to ease childbirth, virtual confluence, and more!
In this month’s update: Tips for using the Abdominal Lift and Tuck to make childbirth easier How two expecting moms were able to help their babies move to a more optimal position for birth Spinning Babies® 2020 World Confluence has gone virtual ? Upcoming events plus a new workshop added to our World Confluence […]