Springing Into Perspective

Springing into perspective

The late season snow, so necessary in our midwest drought, is gently melting into our soil.  Thoughts of renewal frame the season change.

Renewal comes in cycles in our lives as much as for the earth in the annual Spring. Renewal is by definition out of something gone old, even decayed or perhaps wiped flat by storm. Somethings given up, there is a loss, there is a

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Where OP babies get stuck in labor and what to do

Occiput Posterior Presentation




The Occiput Posterior baby is head down with the back of baby's head, or occiput, towards mom's posterior, or back. The posterior positions are LOP, ROP, OP, and midwife Jean Sutton includes ROT due to the strong tendency for the ROT baby to rotate to posterior before the end of the birth process). 

Facing forward makes the baby's head seem bigger. This is

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    Hi, Spinning Babies,
   I am 39 week pregnant and been reading and doing Spinning Babies exercises on and off since 30 weeks as baby been on Right Occiput Lateral (Right Occiput Transverse in US) and Right Occiput Posterior for all pregnancy. I had him go transverse for a week and back down again. 2nd baby. I can't find links to the positions to do in labour since the site has changed and

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New website goes up tonight!

We're so excited to announce that the new Spinning Babies website will be going up tonight. There might be some time while the old site is migrated over to the new one where you can't access SpinningBabies.com. We've compiled a list here of important articles if you find yourself in need of some guidance while the site is down!

In Labor Now? Here's what to do.
How to do The Fantastic Four


Why

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SpB Trainer Training 2015

Please help me to welcome our new Spinning Babies Trainers with me!

Preparing for months ahead, our Trainer Training brought everyone together for 10 days from our arrival on February 27th through March 8, 2015.
My sister, Kathleen, and I are proud to announce the lovely emergence of
6 Spinning Babies Approved Trainers!
In alphabetical order,

Lorenza Holt, Massachusetts
Marya Molette, Virginia

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In labor now? Here's what to do.

Are the following happening?

Strong labor seems to start and stop, or surge and withdraw, for some hours to days
Surges come on at any time
Contractions may be long and irregular, but strong for hours and then fade away
Pattern occurs with or without back labor
An internal exam reveals that baby is still high in the pelvis


Baby might not be engaged. For some, the uterine action to engage baby

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