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Sam Doak <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 19 Apr 2008 23:09:57 -0500
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Like the uninterrupted breastfeeder, the breech baby doesn't know any
different. It's just a way of life.

As for breathing inside, the trigger for breathing is complicated. In a
waterbirth, the baby tends to take a breath when his face comes out of the
water - that's why it is dangerous to submerge a waterbaby after the head
emerges from the water. Not sure if it's the pressure or the temperature
change. Waterbabies breathe immediately after their cord quits, which is why
attendants look for the "kick" of the baby right when the cord quits - get
the baby out of the water, NOW! Barbara Harper has excellent information on
waterbirth/waterbabies.

Physiologically, the normal human breathes when the carbon dioxide (CO2) in
the bloodstream reaches a certain level, which triggers the brain to tell
the lungs to breathe. I'm pretty sure it's the same with the newborn
circulation. The only "exception to the rule" that I remember is COPD
(chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) where CO2 does not trigger the
breathing reflex, but that's beside the point!

Finding out why the baby is breech is a good thing. Babies have tremendous
wisdom, and there may be a very good reason they do not turn vertex. I
attended a birth where the baby was breech, and just would not budge. Upon
opening up the mother, the cord was found to be wrapped around her neck,
apparently this happened the night before the birth. There was no way the
baby could have descended without strangling herself. She was tethered to
her placenta.

And, most of the dangers of breech birth lies in the fact that liability has
prevented attendants from learning how to do it. It is far easier to offer a
substitute than to trust the process. Sort of like formula feeding versus
breastfeeding. A formula feeding mother knows exactly what and how much is
going into her baby, and takes away the fear of the unknown. The doctor no
longer knows how to support breastfeeding, because of limited information,
limited exposure and fear of "what if."

Best wishes,
Sam doak



<<Breech is just another position to birth in, though I would honestly
freebirth (unassisted birth) myself before I would in the hospital system
with a known breech. There are far too many dangerous policies to allow safe
birth of a breech. >>

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