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Easier childbirth with fetal positioning Spinning Babies is a unique, step-by-step approach to Optimal Fetal Positioning. Certain positions of the baby make labor easier than others.Mother's job is to dilate -- Baby's job is to rotate! Helping the baby to rotate, before or during labor, makes birth easier for baby and mom. The point is that we can help the baby by helping the mom - not by manipulating the baby. Most of the time, labor contractions and vertical birthing positions help the baby rotate. Sometimes, though, the position of the baby’s head makes fetal rotation more difficult. The reason might be that the mother’s soft tissues are not in balance. Ligaments may not be symmetrical or muscles may not be well-toned. In other words, the support to the womb may be too loose or too tight. Happily, you can do something about this! Read More... |
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'Optimal Foetal Positioning' (OFP) is a theory developed by a midwife, Jean Sutton, and Pauline Scott, an antenatal teacher, who found that the mother's position and movement could influence the way her baby lay in the womb in the final weeks of pregnancy. Many difficult labours result from 'malpresentation', where the baby's position makes it hard for the head to move through the pelvis, so changing the way the baby lies could make birth easier for mother and child. READ MORE |
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Optimal Fetal Positioning
