FlipFLOP is a memory tool listing four successful techniques to free a baby from shoulder dystocia, an emergency caused by one or both shoulders caught by the pelvis after the birth of baby’s head. Read more…. FlipFLOP: Four Steps to Remember
At attended homebirth, shoulder dystocia poses less of a challenge and has better outcomes compared to hospital birth.
Read more…. Management of True Shoulder Dystocia at Attended Homebirth
Gail Tully offers insight into shoulder dystocia complications by informing on how important it is to look for the placement of the arm.
Read more…. Arm Behind the Back: A Shoulder Dystocia Complication
There are many reasons people choose to give birth at home, and most have more to do with feelings than statistics. Read more…. Homebirth in the UK
As a midwife, you must find, or help the mother and baby to create, an open path where one does not exist. How will you do that?” This article offers new insights and suggestions to help you manage shoulder dystocia with confident and tender care.
One midwife. Three babies. Thirteen hours. Happy Father’s Day!
Learn how therapeutic bodywork techniques can help baby achieve the optimal position prior to birth, as well as address Torticollis and Plagiocephaly after birth.
Lora Denton—loradentonphotography.com
In this thoughtful article, author Kate Prendergast discusses the use of management techniques for a prolonged second stage.
Read more…. Labor Pattern and Management during a Prolonged Second Stage
A childbirth educator considers “the place of change” in labor that transcends stages and what she sees as the overemphasis on pushing. Read more…. Getting Pushy
The author reviews recent research and shares her own experiences with second stage as she explores “the acceptable parameters of a normal, healthy second stage.”
Read more…. An Exploration of Unusually Long Second Stage: Redefining Normal
Physician Elizabeth Allemann’s training in the medical-model of care taught her to fear second stage. What happened when the research lead her to the midwifery model? Find out in an illuminating story that is sure to remind you how doctors and midwives can work together for the best health of mother and baby.
Elis Freitas—elisfreitas.com
“Is the head out?! Oh, MorningStar, is the head out? It has to be out because I feel it out!”
