Thats great -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of brendamanning Sent: Thursday, 18 January 2007 5:00 PM To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Subject: [ozmidwifery] Woops
Sorry forgot the list doesn't handle attachments !! Hi Jassy, The resources listed below are great for turning a breech baby. Your baby is transverse, this is a different picture. Be reassured than unless there is a good reason not to then most transverse babies turn to present head down before labour begins. There are a few questions to ask yourself: 1. Do you know where the placenta is ? You probably had an 18/40 week scan, it would be mentioned on the result, you can phone you care-giver & ask if you don't know. Babies tend to lie facing their placentas, if the placenta is low down in the uterus then the baby will probably also be low down. If there is anything else in the uterus low down preventing the baby getting his/her head into the pelvis then you would need to know about it ( ie fibroids, cysts). This maybe why s/he is lying transverse. 2. Do you have less than a 6 pack of tummy muscles (I'm being kind here)? You mentioned this was your second baby, if your abdo muscles aren't strong enough to support that heavy uterus then the baby can adopt any position s/he likes with little or no resistance. Wearing a firm abdo binder (your midwife or have them ) will correct this, it supports the abdo muscles to in turn support the uterus & the baby is then encouraged strongly to adopt the head down position. See this article Originally published here: I have abridged it for you. The Rebozo A transcription of the rebozo workshop given by Doña Irene Sotelo and Naolí Vinaver © 2001 Midwifery Today, Inc. All rights reserved. ABDOMINAL BINDERS TO ASSISIT IN APPLYING HEAD TO CERVIX, CORRECTING MALPRESENTATIONS & STIMULATING EFFECTIVE DILATION. The rebozo is also used in the midwife's bag. It is a piece of cloth that can be used to wrap around a woman's belly. The woman who's had many babies and has a big belly that falls out onto her lap, well, usually the baby is not well aligned in her body. Actually, she may have contractions and have labor for a long time. Even though she's had babies, baby can't come out because baby's resting outside. It's just out there on the bed or out there in the air, and you need to bring that baby back into her body. The rebozo is a very convenient way of doing it. What I've done is lay the woman down and have gravity pull the baby back inside her, and then I tighten the rebozo around, with the knot on the side, so that she cannot feel the knot if she's leaning. And I just make it nice and tight, usually as tight as I can, because the belly is a huge weight. Then she can get up and have the baby once the baby has fallen back into place. [It positions the baby back over the cervix to help it dilate in labor.] Due to LGA, I suggest mother do daily kick counts (same time each day) and wear a very firm abdominal binder to help align fetus with pelvis and assist decent of fetal head into pelvis, possibly decreasing likelihood of cord accident. "my abdominal muscles aren't what they used to be. As a muscle, my uterus has been quite stretched. My midwife and doctor say they have good luck using and abdominal binder on their moms who have had lots of babies. They said often times the labors of these moms are long and irregular. The reason being that the baby has a lot more room to slosh around because the uterus is a little "floppy" and so are the abdominal muscles. The baby can often times get into an odd position and present itself incorrectly. They use an abdominal binder late in the pregnancy and during labor to keep the baby in a good position." Hope that it's helpful. Cheers Brenda -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe. -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe.
