The pool of expertise
in vaginal breech birth shrunk rapidly and today most midwives and obstetrician - gynecologists graduate with no experience with vaginal breech delivery.
After opening her own practice, Believe Midwifery Services, LLC, Dr. Lane became acutely aware that options
for vaginal breech birth in the community were not only absent, but providers were without training for even those that might occur by surprise.
As the occurrence
of vaginal breech births has declined over the last 40 years, the knowledge and skill required for such births have come close to extinction.
Dr. Lane and her team currently
offer vaginal breech birth and attendance at twin deliveries as an option for appropriate candidates following a thorough informed consent.
It has been suggested by independent reviewers of this trial that where the caregiver has not gained or retained skill of assisting
at vaginal breech birth a caesarean birth is preferable to a vaginal birth.
While we work to provide safe
vaginal breech birth options, Dr. Lane is quite diligent in discovering breech presenting babies during the antepartum period so techniques can be utilized for turning baby into the cephalic presentation (head first).
In 2009, Dr. Lane attended the
International Vaginal Breech Birth Conference in Ottawa, Canada and in 2011, joined efforts with Rixa Freeze PhD in hosting a breech simulation workshop in Indianapolis.
Besides the personal experience of birthing my daughters (at hospital, birth center, and home) I also have professional experience with the following: Hospital birth Birth center birth Home birth Water
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led vaginal breech birth of a baby that turned out to be almost nine and a half pounds.
Because of these risks, doctors will generally not agree to
do vaginal breech births, and will instead insist on delivering the baby by c - section as it is safer for both the mother and the baby.
If you would like to
explore vaginal breech birth with your local doctors that may also be an option, if the baby is breech and not transverse.
Further analysis could not identify pregnancy related factors that placed women at low versus high risk of poor neonatale outcome
during vaginal breech birth.
Since vaginal breech birth wasn't allowed in the hospital (thanks to insurance and legal policy, not the doctors and midwives) we decided to see if any other options were available.
While only half of all women carrying a breech presenting baby at term prove to be an appropriate candidate
for vaginal breech birth, our staff is well - prepared to support your informed choice.
Midwives give informed consent and let the family decide what is best for them,» Dr. J Peter O'Neil, Canadian Obstetrician
offering vaginal breech birth.
Your practitioner may be skilled
at vaginal breech birth or refer you to someone who is, if you are a good candidate, while others may suggest a cesarean birth if your baby does not turn.
What are the important selection criteria, intrapartum management measures, and delivery techniques needed to ensure safety
with vaginal breech birth?
I thought birth was always a natural & easy process - all of the women in my life had easy, quick, complication - free births (including
a vaginal breech birth)- so I was unprepared for the pain and the stress and the complications involved with my own 1st birth.
These nurse - midwives have developed a reputation for offering a high standard of care with excellent outcomes for
vaginal breech birth.
Vaginal breech birth is prohibited by those who work within an accredited birth center.
Dr. Lane had the pleasure of managing three simulated
vaginal breech births as the primary midwife, assisting at three more, and observing an additional 86 vaginal breech birth deliveries.
More recent studies have supported the overall safety of breech birth when in judicious hands; however, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommends cesarean section for breech presenting babies at term because of «diminishing expertise» in
vaginal breech birth.
Interestingly, there were 10
vaginal breech births in the planned homebirth group in our study.
My OB was all for trying
a vaginal breech birth, but wasn't confident, and was recommending I see another OB as well to discuss options.
In places where
vaginal breech births are a common occurrence, there were good results for vaginal breech births.
If the baby is close to being born, it may be safer for you to have
a vaginal breech birth.
«If she had attended breech births in the past and the patients wanted to have
a vaginal breech birth, then she might have been the ideal person to do that.»
It is no secret that
vaginal breech birth can be dangerous; but can it be safe?
Vaginal breech births, while always a controversial topic, have come to attention again with two hospitals recently banning vaginal breech deliveries.
It has led to a dramatic decrease in rates of
vaginal breech birth and a reduction in the obstetrical skill set needed to attend them.