I'm dying to see this. (Movie night soon, o friend of mine who has a copy?)
This is particularly timely as one of the videos we watched in last weekend's doula training was "Once a Cesarean: Vaginal Birth After a Cesarean", in which a VBAC-seeking mama reached the end of her pregnancy with a persistent breech. Lucky for her, this was filmed about 20 years ago, when some American OBs still offered vaginal breech as an option - no longer the case today. (More to say on this film and the ensuing discussion, which will be saved for another post.)
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Sunday, October 3, 2010
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Weekend Movie: Whattock Childbirth? (GRAPHIC)
I admit I was drawn in just because of the name. "Buttock" childbirth? Quoi?
But it sure raises some thoughts about vaginal breech birth, eh? The practice here, from 1987, seems to go against the "hands-off" guidelines - toweling the baby off before the head has emerged, doing a little more manipulation than the ideal, mom being on her back - at least as far as my own understanding of the developing recommendations for reviving vaginal breech (if you're in Canada, at least). The "psychoanalgesia" aspect is interesting, too.
The bottom (har) line is that it went very smoothly indeed, baby is perfectly healthy, and mom seems quite happy with the whole experience, even though it doesn't quite fit with what we're learning are the best practices. This, to me, is quite reassuring, actually. What say you?
But it sure raises some thoughts about vaginal breech birth, eh? The practice here, from 1987, seems to go against the "hands-off" guidelines - toweling the baby off before the head has emerged, doing a little more manipulation than the ideal, mom being on her back - at least as far as my own understanding of the developing recommendations for reviving vaginal breech (if you're in Canada, at least). The "psychoanalgesia" aspect is interesting, too.
The bottom (har) line is that it went very smoothly indeed, baby is perfectly healthy, and mom seems quite happy with the whole experience, even though it doesn't quite fit with what we're learning are the best practices. This, to me, is quite reassuring, actually. What say you?
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