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Amazing HBA2C for breech, baby turns in labor

September 7, 2013 By Lauren McClain

Amazing HBA2C for breech, baby turns in labor

Babies do turn, even in labor! I’m so honored to have this strong woman’s very personal journey on the blog. There are a good number of women who have multiple breech babies.  If you have one, it’s a good idea to prepare in case of a second breech. Here is one Mama who really did, […]

Filed Under: Birth Stories, Breech, Turn a Breech, Vaginal Breech Birth

More Essential Oils for Breech

August 26, 2013 By Lauren McClain

More Essential Oils for Breech

     An acupuncturist at the last Coalition for Breech Birth conference explained that in Chinese medicine, babies are breech because of too much yin (female) energy.  The goal then, in turning babies, is to increase the yang (male) energy of the pregnant woman to balance her body and allow the baby to turn head down. […]

Filed Under: Breech, Turn a Breech

A breech personality: risk, stress, & Teen magazines

August 21, 2013 By Lauren McClain

This is part of a series of posts on Breech as a Symptom of Exposure. Those of us with breech babies know the nagging feeling that we did something to cause the malposition of our babies. Clinically, we’re told that breech babies are an enigma, that there’s precious little we can do to influence the […]

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On fear, love & decision-making

August 15, 2013 By Lauren McClain

On fear, love & decision-making

“The plural of anecdote is not data.” -Dr. Stuart Fischbein, supporter of choices in childbirth and vaginal breech birth I get all self righteously annoyed when people make decisions based on something that happened to their friend or their uncle’s hairdresser. “Oh my gosh I could never get a pedicure, my mom got fungus from […]

Filed Under: Birthing Rights and Choices, Healthy Pregnancy, Peaceful Parenting, Relaxation for Birth

MyBreechBaby’s first birth story

August 12, 2013 By Lauren McClain

MyBreechBaby’s first birth story

Thanks to this beautiful mom who shared her story of a homebirth with a surprise breech. She made the decision herself to transfer to the hospital in labor. I especially love her reflection in the last paragraph where she discusses her thoughts about what happened.  Thanks Elisabeth!       Labor had begun.  Though it was […]

Filed Under: Birth Stories, Breech

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