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. […]
When you fail at birth
Maria had a successful VBAC! Awesome! Bekka didn’t. Bekka tried but had an unsuccessful VBAC. Her birth was a failure. Bekka failed. Although “successful VBAC” or “successful natural birth” or even “71% of women who planned it were successful in having a vaginal breech birth” sounds like positive language, it’s actually fraught with emotionally damaging […]
She’s having a baby, not a bomb: Confident mom & OB
My name is Courtney Larson, and although this was just my second baby, I am no stranger to the birth world as a birth photographer myself (Inloveness Birth Photography). I have seen what some would consider ‘the impossible’ and witnessed the power of a woman’s body. So, when I was told my daughter was breech […]
Supported hospital breech birth Q&A
Here we have an interview with a mom who planned a homebirth but happened to have a backup OB who was supportive of breech birth. She had a lovely hospital birth with a supportive birth team. Some background on your pregnancy. I had been planning to have a home birth. We were thrown for a […]
