ICAN of Richmond

"Many studies have concluded that the shift to planned cesarean delivery has not improved breech outcomes. Both vaginal and cesarean delivery of a breech baby carries risks. More babies born vaginally will have birth injuries [often due to labour mismanagement] but almost all of them will recover.

The same cannot be said for cesarean deliveries where the risk to the mother is much higher, including postpartum infection, a scarred uterus which will increase her risk of uterine rupture and placenta accretia (a condition in which the placenta grows into the uterine wall, causing complications with retained placenta and hemorrhage) in subsequent pregnancies. Though rare, cesarean sections do pose life-threatening risks to mothers and babies. Depending on the individual case, vaginal birth is as much a reasonable, responsible choice as is planned cesarean section."

~Excerpt from The Thinking Woman’s Guide to a Better Birth by Henci Goer.

 Physicians should no longer automatically opt to perform a cesarean section in the case of a breech birth, according to new guidelines by the Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada.C-section not best option for breech birth

If your baby is breech, here is some info that can help...

Ways to Turn a Breech Baby.doc

Ch 22 from A Guide to Effective Care in Pregnancy & Childbirth: Abnormal Lie

Hannah 2000 study on Vaginal breech birth vs. Scheduled cesarean

ICAN website Breech and Breech Presentation Factsheet

Ways to turn a breech baby

 

Turning Options:

• External Cephalic Version (ECV) after 37 weeks has a success rate of 35% - 86% while spontaneous version occurs in 22%.^23,24 Women who have successful ECV are at higher risk of having cesarean deliveries than are women with vertex presentation babies who did not have ECV.²⁵
• Moxibustion or ginger paste applied close to the acupuncture point Bl 67. Small studies show a success rate of 66.6%-92%.^26-32
• Other less studied options: Homeopathic formulas pulsatilla and natrum muriaticum,^33-36 Gentle chiropractic treatments: Webster’s technique or Bagnell system,^37,38 Hypnosis,³⁹ Playing music over the maternal abdomen.^40,41

 

Chiropractors in and around Richmond...ask about the Webster Technique or Bagnell System

 

 

James Holland D.C.   754-7728

Rob Berube, D.C.       377-3005

Ronald Hershe, D.C.   288-5409

Anna Madland, D.C.    730-7010

 

Acupuncturists...ask about Moxibustion and other points to turn your baby

Keith Bell, DOM, L. AC.  358-7071

John Kang, L. AC.     513-4408

Susan Sandlin, L. AC., MSOM  437-1947

 

 Or you can look here to find a Chiropractor in your area

 

For further info contact us at icanofrichmond@yahoo.com