Supporting Baby’s Development – Monthly Update
Do you know how your body expresses your uniquely changing life?
We enter July with warmth in my hemisphere, and deepest coolness in the southern half of our dynamic Earth. North or South our nations are changing. Bringing forth children in this time is a vote of hope for future leaders who are in tune with our ecosystems and economic transformations. Spinning Babies® offers a set of actions to support childbirth that are not available elsewhere in a single source.
Getting in tune with our bodies in pregnancy means we are more aware and responsive to where our baby lives and how we shape our baby’s body and beliefs. Yes, I say beliefs to bring awareness that the development of the brain is creating the glandular system supporting thought. New science suggests we are electrical beings, so “in tune” suddenly stops being a metaphor and becomes really the truth. Movement, plenty of pure water, live foods (meaning fresh vegetables and fruits) and a bit of salt to taste help our electrical flow! Music, singing, and humming happily recharge our bodies and minds as does getting plenty of sleep.
Baby inside is already learning what to do as a human being. The rhythm of life is being set now. Would you gift your child with the pace of life you would love to lead if you could? Then give yourself a break this month and feel that luscious slow pace in your body. Let’s start a new future with self-compassion and care for what we need. You are in this together!
Spinning Babies® Monthly Update
Feel free to jump around the post to read what interests you:
- Birth Tip: The Three Principles of Spinning Babies®
- Birth News: the safety of vaginal breech birth
- Your Pregnancy with Spinning Babies®
- New Product
- Immerse Yourself in the Spinning Babies® Paradigm
- Upcoming Workshops
Birth Tip
The Three Principles of Spinning Babies® Balance, Gravity, and Movement support a baby’s development. Balance creates the space for fetal positioning and also hormonal circulation in the brain and pelvis. How much you balance, so to speak, is directly related to the benefits received. Self-care and professional bodywork sessions may offer much in comfort and also the physical functioning of the body.
Gravity refers to maternal positioning, a phrase used throughout childbirth education. We call this “Rest Smart/Move Smart” and you can learn more on our Daily Essentials video, along with a half hour movement session. Movement helps fetal development when the choices support your body balance. Avoid sudden jolts, running, jumping, or weight lifting. At least, wear a pregnancy belt while doing such activities to protect your uterine ligaments from twisting or tipping the uterus. Avoid repetitive twists, such as softball or golf, or at least spend some time twisting the opposite direction.
Gentle twisting in both directions, such as in stretching exercises or yoga is good. For pregnancy or for beginners, the full seated twist yoga pose may be too much for posterior spinal muscles. Don’t try to match your instructors for the full range of the turn in poses twisting the spine. Begin with compassion for muscles that are just waking to your movement potential. It can take a year or more to be limber enough for such a strong twist to benefit and not strain your spine. Gentle cat-cow or spinal flexion-extension exercises done very slowly with the breath before twisting are a good idea but not enough to shortcut the beginner phase. Being in tune means you notice your body signals and going slow teaches you the language of your body.
Birth News
European experts are exploring the safety of vaginal breech birth. Since the year 2000 change towards cesareans for all breech births, experts have been showing the safety of vaginal breech birth in various studies.
The French PREMODA study is the most famous positive breech birth study. Now a sequel has arrived showing that same data also shows that induction of breech births can have the same safe outcomes as cesarean. Remember, Louwen shows his all-fours position for vaginal breech birth is actually safer than a planned cesarean for selected situations (mothers are screened for anatomy or health issues that wouldn’t support a breech baby going through their pelvis, and labor proceeds without interruptions, like stalls in progress). This July, The Journal of Acta Obstetrica et Gynecological Scandinavia published, “Is induction of labor a reasonable option for breech presentation?”
We have few breech skilled doctors in the USA, Australia, and many countries today. Some families travel to stay in a hotel near a skilled doctor, or choose homebirth or travel overseas to find skilled care. If a pregnant person with a breech baby wants a vaginal birth, spontaneous birth is, of course, safer than induction. But without other risks, induction can be an alternative to cesarean for a few choiceful parents who fit the criteria. This is a good thing.
Your Pregnancy with Spinning Babies®
We are so excited to announce Your Pregnancy: Week-by-Week with Spinning Babies®. Take a peek at what to expect each week of your pregnancy plus get Spinning Babies tips and techniques for pregnancy comfort now and help prepare your body for an easier birth. Don’t miss a week! Subscribe to our weekly pregnancy emails and get little lessons sent directly to your inbox. Try it and see for yourself.
New Product Coming This Month!
Bums Up Day: A day for helping your breech baby turn is a brand new ebook coming to our shop in July. The ebook includes links and instructions for pregnant parents in the third trimester with a breech baby. Instructions, links, and guidance for creating anatomical space for breech babies to turn head down. Check back here later this month!
Immerse Yourself in the Spinning Babies® Paradigm
Spinning Babies® Certified Parent Educator Training
It’s not too late to join us this month in Toronto, Canada for the Spinning Babies® Certified Parent Educator training! Spinning Babies® Trainers Lorenza Holt and Jennifer Walker will guide you in integrating your Spinning Babies knowledge and you will gain the confidence to teach and inspire expecting parents for more comfort in pregnancy and ease in birth. Join a growing group of Spinning Babies® Certified Parent Educators who are bringing this innovative and practical approach to their childbirth classes. Learn more.
Spinning Babies® Aware Practitioner Workshop
Invest in yourself by adding the Spinning Babies® Aware Practitioner training to your skillset. Join us this August in Minneapolis, MN and learn from three high-level instructors hand-selected by our founder, Gail Tully, for the purpose of improving how we address fetal positioning and pregnancy comfort. We are 70% sold out! Secure your spot today.
Upcoming Workshops
JULY 2019
4 – Amsterdam, NL – Spinning Babies Workshop met Jennifer Walker (nederlandstalig) – SOLD OUT
6 – Virginia Beach, VA – Spinning Babies® Workshop w/ Tammy Ryan – SOLD OUT
9 – Livonia, MI – Spinning Babies® Workshop w/ Tammy Ryan – SOLD OUT
10 – Livonia, MI – Spinning Babies® Workshop w/ Tammy Ryan – SOLD OUT
13 – Bend, OR – Spinning Babies® Workshop w/ Tammy Ryan – SOLD OUT
14 – San Diego, CA – Spinning Babies® Workshop w/ Nicole Morales – San Diego Locals Only
17-18 – Birmingham, UK – 2-Day Spinning Babies® Workshop w/ Rachel Shapiro – SOLD OUT
20-23 – Toronto, Canada – Spinning Babies® Parent Educator Training
21-22 – Colchester, Essex, UK – 2-Day Spinning Babies® Workshop w/ Rachel Shapiro – SOLD OUT
28 – Birmingham, UK – Spinning Babies® Resolving Shoulder Dystocia and Breech Basics w/ Rachel Shapiro
AUGUST 2019
1 – Westminster, CO – Spinning Babies® Workshop w/ Tammy Ryan – SOLD OUT
3 – Salida, CO – Spinning Babies® Workshop w/ Tammy Ryan
18 – Minneapolis, MN – Spinning Babies® Workshop w/ Tammy Ryan
19-22 – Spinning Babies® Aware Practitioner Workshop
22 – Topeka, KS – Spinning Babies® Workshop w/ Tammy Ryan
23 – Berlin, Germany – Spinning Babies® Workshop w/ Jennifer Walker
24 – St. Paul, MN – Spinning Babies® Workshop w/ Gail Tully – SOLD OUT
24 – Peterborough, ON, Canada – Spinning Babies® Workshop w/ Tammy Ryan
24 – Braunschweig, Germany – Spinning Babies® Workshop w/ Jennifer Walker
26-27 – Houston, Texas – 2-Day Spinning Babies® Workshop w/ Rachel Shapiro
27 – Aukland, NZ – Spinning Babies® Workshop w/ Claire Eccelston – SOLD OUT
SEPTEMBER 2019
1 – Amsterdam, NL – Spinning Babies Workshop met Jennifer Walker (nederlandstalig) – SOLD OUT
3 – Taupo, NZ – Spinning Babies® Workshop w/ Claire Eccelston
3-4 – Maui, Hawaii – 2-Day Spinning Babies® Workshop w/ Rachel Shapiro
8-9 – Honolulu, Hawaii – 2-Day Spinning Babies® Workshop w/ Rachel Shapiro
10 – Melbourne, VIC, Australia – Spinning Babies® Workshop w/ Fiona Hallinan – SOLD OUT
11 – Nelson, NZ – Spinning Babies® Workshop w/ Claire Eccelston
12-13 – Augusta, ME – 2-Day Spinning Babies® Workshop w/ Lorenza Holt
14 – Phoenix, AZ – Spinning Babies® Integration Workshop w/ Tammy Ryan
15 – Phoenix, AZ – Spinning Babies® Workshop w/ Tammy Ryan
16 – Napier, NZ – Spinning Babies® Workshop w/ Claire Eccelston
16 – Attleboro, MA – Labor and Birth with Spinning Babies® w/ Lorenza Holt
17 – Melbourne, VIC, Australia – Spinning Babies® Workshop w/ Fiona Hallinan
18 – Los Angeles, CA – Spinning Babies® Workshop w/ Nicole Morales – SOLD OUT
21 – Portsmouth, NH – Labor and Birth with Spinning Babies® w/ Lorenza Holt
21 – Madison, WI – Spinning Babies® Workshop w/ Tammy Ryan
24 – Christchurch, NZ – Spinning Babies® Workshop w/ Claire Eccelston
27 – Southern Pines, NC – Spinning Babies® Workshop w/ Tammy Ryan
30 – Wellington, NZ – Spinning Babies® Workshop w/ Claire Eccelston
OCTOBER 2019
1 – Geelong, VIC, Australia – Spinning Babies® w/ Fiona Hallinan
3 – Troy, NY – Labor and Birth with Spinning Babies® w/ Lorenza Holt
3 – Edmonton, AB, Canada – Spinning Babies® Workshop w/ Tammy Ryan
4 – Las Vegas, NV – Spinning Babies® Workshop w/ Tammy Ryan
5 – Calgary, AB, Canada – Spinning Babies® Workshop w/ Tammy Ryan
7 – Kamloops, BC, Canada – Spinning Babies® Workshop w/ Tammy Ryan
8 – Kamloops, BC, Canada – Spinning Babies® Workshop w/ Tammy Ryan
11 – Hamilton, NZ – Spinning Babies® Workshop w/ Claire Eccelston
12 – Des Moines, IA – Spinning Babies® Workshop w/Tammy Ryan
13 – Seattle, WA – Spinning Babies® Workshop
14-17 – Seattle, USA – Spinning Babies® Parent Educator Training
15 – Lake St. Louis, MO – Spinning Babies® Workshop w/ Tammy Ryan
18 – Brooklyn, NY – 2-Day Spinning Babies® Workshop w/ Lorenza Holt
18 – Montgomery, AL – Spinning Babies® Integration Workshop w/ Tammy Ryan
19 – Montgomery, AL – Spinning Babies® Workshop w/ Tammy Ryan
23 – Dunedin, NZ – Spinning Babies® Workshop w/ Claire Eccelston
24 – Springfield, OR – Labor and Birth with Spinning Babies® w/ Tammy Ryan
26 – Cleveland, TN – Spinning Babies® Workshop w/ Tammy Ryan
29 – New Plymouth, NZ – Spinning Babies® Workshop w/ Claire Eccelston
30 – Palmerston North, NZ – Spinning Babies® Workshop w/ Claire Eccelston
30 – West Des Moines, IA – Labor and Birth with Spinning Babies® w/ Tammy Ryan
NOVEMBER 2019
1 – Whangarei, NZ – Spinning Babies® Workshop w/ Claire Eccelston
2 – Fort Worth, TX – Spinning Babies® Workshop w/ Tammy Ryan – SOLD OUT
3 – Fort Worth, TX – Spinning Babies® Workshop w/ Tammy Ryan
8 – Ft. Myers, FL – Labor and Birth with Spinning Babies® w/ Lorenza Holt
10 – Chicago, IL – Spinning Babies® Workshop w/ Tammy Ryan
11-14 – Rishon LeZion – Spinning Babies® Parent Educator Training
16 – Kansas City, MO – 2-Day Spinning Babies® Workshop w/ Lorenza Holt
16 – Harrisonburg, VA – Spinning Babies® Workshop w/ Tammy Ryan
16-17 – Darwin, NT, Australia – 2-Days Spinning Babies® Workshop w/ Fiona Hallinan & Jenny Blyth
21-22 – Alice Springs, NT, Australia – 2-days Spinning Babies® Workshop w/ Fiona Hallinan & Jenny Blyth
23 – Tulsa, OK – Spinning Babies® Workshop w/ Tammy Ryan
29 – Geelong, VIC, Australia – Spinning Babies® Workshop w/ Fiona Hallinan
30-1 – Montpellier, France – 2-Day Spinning Babies® Workshop w/ Jennifer Walker
DECEMBER 2019
5 – Cooper City, FL – Spinning Babies® Workshop w/ Tammy Ryan
7 – Atlanta, GA – Spinning Babies® Workshop w/ Tammy Ryan
14 – Kerrville, TX – Spinning Babies® Workshop w/ Tammy Ryan
14-15 – Parkersburg, WV – 2-Day Spinning Babies® Workshop w/ Lorenza Holt
FEBRUARY 2020
8 – Eustis, FL – Spinning Babies® Workshop w/ Tammy Ryan
MARCH 2020
11-12 – Melbourne, VIC, Australia – 2-days Spinning Babies® Workshop w/ Fiona Hallinan & Jenny Blyth
17-18 – Hobart, TAS, Australia – 2-days Spinning Babies® Workshop w/ Fiona Hallinan & Jenny Blyth
See all upcoming events on our calendar here.