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7 years after our holistic doula training with , the gifted Tomecas will be helping me with my very own transition into motherhood as my birth doula! So honored to have you, sister! Birthworker Tomecas Omorose Blessings Doula Services

Learning so much and making amazing connections with beautiful doulas and midwives this weekend. I can't wait to make this leap into this world of helping women have beautiful experiences in child birthing!

In times of need, we discover what makes so much sense! Read this cool story behind this popular technique to bring baby's head down!

Transverse lie is normal in early pregnancy until about 26 weeks or so. By 29-30 weeks we expect baby to be head down.

The Forward-leaning Inversion is a classic at Spinning Babies® for helping to move baby from transverse. In short, it is a technique that creates room in the lower uterus. The baby can then use that space—with the natural pull of gravity—to snuggle into a more ideal position for birth.

The Forward-leaning Inversion was born out of (no pun intended) a realization of Dr. Carol Phillips during a birth that she attended—and it is to Dr. Carol that we owe the credit for this wonderful technique:

Dr. Carol Phillips, DC, friend and teacher of Gail Tully’s, developed the Forward-leaning Inversion after watching the sudden ease of a birth following a ride down three flights of stairs in a gurney to the ambulance. The mother had been pushing and not able to move the baby. Dr. Carol had done all the techniques she usually saw get good results. So the midwives decided to transfer from the home birth to the hospital and get the baby born there. They just didn’t want mom walking down three flights of stairs at ten cm just in case baby did come out on the stairs. So they called the ambulance crew in to help. They carried mom down on the stretcher headfirst—in case the baby came out on the stairs. When they put the mom into the ambulance, swoosh, out came baby crying and kicking. What made that possible, Carol asked herself? The ride down the stairs head down! What anatomy did that effect?! The utero-sacro ligaments to the cervix! Dr. Carol figured out a posture to replicate the ride this mama took. The Forward-leaning Inversion was born.

As with any other technique in pregnancy and labor, please be sure to have help when doing it. There are medical contraindications to consider, such as high blood pressure or another risk of stroke. You can learn more about the Forward-leaning Inversion on our website, and consider reading it before trying it at home!

https://www.spinningbabies.com/pregnancy-birth/techniques/forward-leaning-inversion/

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