see spinningbabies.com    Carolyn Schindewolf
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Subject: turning breech babies


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> Naomi,
> I think that what the research shows is exactly what Michel Odent says
> "breech is the other normal way to give birth".
> I think breech babies are breech for a reason and forcing then to turn is
> an error in judgement. There is no evidence
> whatsoever that it is safe to perform surgery on healthy women because
> their babies are behaving normally.
>
> I recently worked with a woman prenatally whose baby was breech and she
> was told she could not have her baby at
> home if the baby remained breech (thanks to ACOG and their fear-mongering
> threats against midwives). I did a consult
> and taught her some energy techniques and asked her to release her fears
> about breech birth--trust her baby. If she
> continued to focus on the breech, that is where things would remain.  That
> was on a Saturday and she did the things I
> told her to do and three days later the baby turned on her own. She had
> many emotional things to process before her baby
> was safe to turn, but some babies are safer right where they are.
>
> My daughter turned when I had energy work done, and then used Bach Flowers
> and asked her to turn, b/c I wanted a water birth
> and my midwife would not do one for a breech baby. She had no concerns
> about the homebirth-- just the water (unfounded, I know,
> and today I would have just done it by myself, but I had more fears then).
> She flipped right around that night. To this day, I regret
> my fear directed my actions--I think she was meant to be born breech and
> ended up acynclytic and had such a hard labor. As I
> have learned repeatedly over the past 15 years--she always knows what is
> best for her and when she accedes to my fears, we
> both pay a dear price.
>
> I know this is what you asked for, but IMO if the baby is breech b/c she
> needs attention to things being ignored, then attention
> will do the trick.  If she needs to process some fears, the homeopathy or
> Bach Flowers will do it. If she needs to be where she is,
> then our lack of trust in her is a very dear price to pay indeed.
>
> Naomi writes:
> "Thanks for the responses re: turning breech babies. I wasn't clear in
> my question. Does anyone know of any research studies on any of the
> methods for turning breech babies. Do they work?How often?Under what
> circumstances? Does any one method work better than another? Perhaps
> some combinations of methods?"
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> Jennifer Tow, IBCLC, CT, USA
> Intuitive Parenting Network LLC
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