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Chiropractic Can Help Up to 92% of Breech Babies Turn

February 13, 2019 By Lauren McClain

An interview today with Dr. Bob Mason, a doctor of chiropractic who specializes in the Webster Technique. He and his wife have a practice in North Carolina where they have helped 92% of breech babies find their way head-down. How did you get started with Webster technique? I have always had a passion for helping children [...]

Failure to Progress: The Simple Solution Nobody Knows

August 24, 2016 By Lauren McClain

Cesareans are a dime a dozen these days. Some are necessary, life-saving, even just sanity-saving, the best choice in a clinically murky situation. Many are unnecessary, the result of hurried doctors, unkind staff, tired mothers, and an avalanche of interventions 'strongly recommended.' There are also cesareans that happen because of clinical ineptitude. Today I'd like [...]

How to Align Baby for Easier Birth

April 25, 2016 By Lauren McClain

Get Baby in the Best Position! Your baby has an active role in her birth. She must rotate and tuck, hold and kick her body in certain ways to be born. She needs your help to do this. Babies who are lined up optimally for birth come out faster and easier than those who […]

Contraction Rituals

October 1, 2014 By Lauren McClain

Choose your own adventure. In my birth preparation classes we talk about the importance of having a ritual in meeting the contractions, especially during active labor. Having something that you do each time a contraction starts, peaks, and/or ends can help you get through. Instead of feeling like it’s taking you over, you are […]

Why You Still Look Pregnant: Find and Fix a Mummy Tummy

September 19, 2014 By Lauren McClain

Image from the excellent MuTuSystem.com I remember lying on the bed after my first birth, feeling my slightly (oh, the benefits of being young) gooshy postpartum stomach. I’m super weird and have always kind of liked the postpartum softness there. I can think about what my body just did and anyway, I know it will […]