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Annika Marshall: Posted on Friday, April 15, 2016 1:10 AM
April is Cesarean Awareness Month. As such, the blog topics this month will focus around cesarean birth journeys, and options that cesarean birth warriors have for subsequent pregnancies.
If you would like to submit your story for our In Their Own Words series, please send your submission to krystyna{at}sweetpeabirths{dot}com.
Here is Annika's story of her primary cesarean, and her VBAC journey with her second child:
When you are pregnant with
your first child you have all these wonderful naive concepts about birth…well,
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Krystyna Robles-Bowman, AAHCC: Posted on Tuesday, September 29, 2015 5:15 AM
Can we prepare for a natural birth even if our baby is breech?
The answer is yes!! The statistics are in your favor. Only 4% of babies remain in the breech position at the time of labor and birth.
Notes from today's video: Even if you end up with a cesarean birth after exhausting all your options, by preparing for a natural birth, you can still take advantage of the information you learned in your childbirth class: |
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Cassandra Okamoto: Posted on Friday, March 14, 2014 2:26 AM
External Cephalic Version for Breech Position
*Definition of the procedure/test External cephalic version, or version, is a
procedure used to turn a fetus from a breech position or side-lying (transverse)
position into a head-down (vertex) position before labor begins. Your [practitioner] will use his or her hands on the outside of your abdomen to try to
turn the baby
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Krystyna Robles-Bowman, AAHCC: Posted on Saturday, January 5, 2013 8:25 PM
We have had an interesting phenomenon in our Fall Bradley
Method® class. Three of our couples had/have breech babies – 30% of the class! Interesting since
the overall statistic ranges between 1-4% babies being breech at term – it
depends which information you are reading.
In this post I will describe steps to take if you find out you have a breech
baby at any point in your third trimester.
These are all ideas that do not involve the physical manipulation of the
baby. To read more about that option,
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Krystyna Robles-Bowman: Posted on Friday, February 3, 2012 2:12 PM
 I admit it - I was one of those complete skeptics about chiropractic care. I used to call them "chiro-quackers" and felt 100% sure that I would never let one touch me or my back.
Then our third child, Bryan, was breech at 32 weeks. And he stayed breech - at our 36 week ultrasound, there was definitely a bottom where there should have been a top! Desperate to avoid a cesarean and willing to try any natural measure I could, I asked my natural momma tribe if they could recommend anyone for the Webster Protocol - the three with answers all sent me to the same person: Dr. |
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Krystyna: Posted on Friday, March 18, 2011 3:52 AM
I am sharing this because I am hoping this will allow other mommies-to-be with
breech babies avoid a cesarean section in the hospital. One of our students is working at turning their baby right now, so I thought it apropos to share this online today.
Journal: July 19, 2009 Bryan's Estimated Due Date (EDD): August 14, 2009 As advocates of natural childbirth, and after two amazing birth experiences,
I wanted the same for our third child. We found out in early June that he was
breech, but didn't give it much thought at the time since we figured we still
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