Interesting! I'm not sure if I've heard of direct Sims (or maybe I have & can't remember- wouldn't come as a surprise considering I'm on holidays!). Is it a yoga pose or something else? Where can I find out more?
Cheers, Jen --- Meaghan Moon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The position sounds a lot like exaggerated Sims, > with some > pressure/manipulation used to exaggerate it even > more. I have used this > and had a 10 and half pound persistant direct > posterior born almost > immediately after using it..... with the same look > of surprise (on > everyone's faces!) described in the tip. > > Meaghan Moon > > At 06:38 PM 1/7/05, you wrote: > >I read this too in the Midwifery Today forum. For > the > >life of me, I can't get a picture in my head of > what > >this manipulation might look like! Have any of you > >tried this or somethingsimilar before? > > > >Jen > > > > --- Mary Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The Art of Midwifery > > > To turn a posterior baby: Have the woman lie on > her > > > left side with her left leg straight down and in > > > line with her body and her right leg raised and > > > brought up toward her face, head curled down > toward > > > knee. [I am short so having her place her knee > on my > > > shoulder is the right height and position.] > During a > > > contraction, push down and back on bottom leg > and up > > > and abducted with top leg. That seems to open > pelvis > > > and allows baby to turn with the contraction. I > > > usually see a funny look on mom's face, and baby > is > > > on perineum immediately. > > > > > > - Claudia Toms > > > Midwifery Today Forums > > > www.midwiferytoday.com/forums/ Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe.
