I met my friend Erin when she took birth classes in Bowie, MD last year. Erin is an acupuncturist and I asked her to share some ways that she helps women. I am especially intrigued by acupuncture as fertility treatment because I have had two couples who went through serious medical treatments, were about to […]
Bring Birth Back!
I was contacted by the makers of this beautiful info-graphic and asked to post it on the blog. Here it is, definitely worth a scroll. Very approachable for everyone. Please share to increase awareness around the cesarean epidemic. From http://www.toprntobsn.com/bringing-birth-back/Note that 17% of primary cesareans are for malpresentation. Breech awareness, prevention, and vaginal breech birth, […]
Turned at 38.5 weeks, moxibustion!
Liz shares her whirlwind story of turning her breech baby. There is hope, breech mamas! In 2004 I was 38 years old and preparing to have my second baby, due in February. I had a wonderful family care physician who had known me for years, and I was looking forward to her delivering my baby. […]
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, […]
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. […]
