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German midwife Cornelia Enning shares why for more than 30 years she has assisted breech births exclusively in water.
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Without a doubt our arsenal of antibiotics has saved many lives, but with very limited understanding of our declared enemy, which is the vast pool of microbiotic life, are we creating terrible and dangerous beasts?
With experience in more than 6000 births, midwife Diane Goslin shares why the incidence of breech babies has been increasing over the years. Goslin then goes on to tell a couple of breech birth stories that illustrate how to handle breech complications.
Read more…. The Disappearing Art (but Increasing Prevalence) of Breech Birth
French obstetrician and natural childbirth advocate Michel Odent shares the importance of concepts, such as planned in-labor cesareans and the fetus ejection reflex, in regard to breech birth.
Read more…. Breech Presentation at Term: Beyond the Dominant Strategies
Gail Tully, known for her work with Spinning Babies’ workshops, teaches us lessons on breech via a twin birth story.
In this important read, childbirth trauma is discussed as the result of inadequate and/or violent obstetric care.
A helpful article stressing the important role food plays in the recovery of a postpartum hemorrhage.
The unfortunate story of a woman’s arrest. Her only “crime” was being a midwife.
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Author Celesta Rannisi shares her idea that perceives the mother as the passageway for her baby’s journey from Heaven to Earth.
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Sita came to Bumi Sehat to have a gentle childbirth. Because she was a brand new doctor, her colleagues had spent nine months trying to convince her to “just have a cesarean.” She told me that most of the doctors she knows no longer believe in the natural process of childbearing. Babies have become like a commodity, something of great value, which must be “delivered” in perfect condition.
Read more…. Postpartum Hemorrhage in Bali: A Day at Bumi Sehat
A very useful article that presents poverty as one of the causes of hemorrhage.
A particular therapy involving abdominal and pelvic work, and its success with previously infertile women, is discussed.
Read more…. Merciér Therapy Helps Infertile Women Achieve Pregnancy
