Spinning Babies®

Cervical dilation is often used to measure labor progress. If labor stalls, much of the focus is on how dilated the cervix is, but one essential question is usually overlooked: “Where’s the baby in the pelvis?” The baby’s job is to rotate and move through the levels of the pelvis during labor. If the baby can’t do this, labor won’t progress. Birth positions that open the pelvis at each level help the baby navigate through, shortening labor, and making the process more comfortable for the birthing parent. Interesting in learning more about how you can become a Spinning Babies® Certified Birth Professional? Click to register for our free online session Birth Skills: Learn to Hold Physiology in Your Practice with Gail Tully and Kristen Hosaka https://lnkd.in/e_HMytMp

🌍 Exciting News! Spinning Babies® is expanding our language offerings to better serve birth professionals and families around the world. Alongside our guides in German and French, we're thrilled to now offer the Quick Reference Guide in Spanish! ✅ 33 pages of illustrated Spinning Babies® concepts and techniques  ✅ Addressing common labor challenges like pain, non-engagement, and stalling  ✅ Available in English, Spanish, French, and German Empower your clients to navigate labor with confidence in their preferred language. Get your guide today! https://lnkd.in/en9ddh4c

You asked, we answered! For the first time ever become a Spinning Babies® Certified Birth Professional. Join the global movement and become a part of the Spinning Babies® impact:  ⭐️ 51% reduction in cesarean rates six months after training the labor and delivery nurses at Jefferson Stratford Hospital ⭐️ 77% of Spinning Babies® participants use our techniques frequently or very frequently in their practice* ⭐️ 85% of attendees rated the Spinning Babies® approach as being "highly effective"* Click here to learn more https://lnkd.in/e_wFBUQ3 *Preliminary results of a web-based survey with birth workers in Brazil that use Spinning Babies® in their practices (Takemoto, Menezes et al)

Spinning Babies® isn’t about spinning babies 😮 It’s a new paradigm for birth ease and labor progress.  Our approach focuses on the role the soft tissues of the body and fetal positioning can play in resolving stalled labor and making pregnancy more comfortable. Rather than increase the use of technology or medication to help birth progress, we work with your body to make your baby’s descent into the pelvis and rotation during birth easier.  Our self-care and specific body activities restore balance to your body and make room for your baby, allowing them to put themselves into the best position possible for birth. We offer unique pregnancy and birth preparation programs with labor activities that have been shown to make birth easier. Spinning Babies® can be used with other childbirth methods or none at all. Our approach works whether you’re giving birth at home, in a hospital or in a birthing center.

Step into a new path of professional certification with Spinning Babies® Birth Skills Training! 📢 In this 3.5-day immersive training, you'll dive deep into anatomy, physiology, and fetal positioning to support connected, physiological births and reduce interventions. Designed and delivered by our founder, Gail Tully, and her incredible team, this hands-on training offers the signature techniques that have made Spinning Babies® a global movement. Hear from our founder and Birth Skill Trainer teacher, Gail Tully, about the upcoming April 2025 training in Irving, Texas—click the link below to learn more.  https://lnkd.in/e_wFBUQ3

🤰Have you supported someone whose baby is in an oblique lie? This fetal position happens when your baby’s head is next to your hip and their body is diagonal instead of vertical.  To help your baby move into a better position for birth, try these techniques: ✴️ Forward-leaning inversion: This technique makes room in the lower uterus to help baby get into a better position. Here’s how to do it: - Kneel on the edge of a bed or couch - Move your hands to the edge of the bed or couch - Carefully lower your hands one at a time to the floor.  - Lower yourself to rest on your forearms.  - Let your head hang freely - Take 3 breaths - Come back up onto your hands and lift yourself until your hands are back on the edge of the couch.  ✴️ Side-lying release: This stretch helps temporarily enlarge and soften the pelvis, encouraging your baby to move head down. Here’s how to do it: - Lay on your side on the edge of a couch, bed or sturdy table, put a pillow under your head to make sure head and neck are straight and your shoulders and hips are stacked on top of each other. - Scoot up to the edge so your hip is 2 inches from it. - Slowly hang your top leg off the edge. It helps to have a helper to make sure your hip doesn’t lean forward when you lower your leg. - Hold this position for 2 to 3 minutes until the leg hangs slightly lower.  - Repeat on the other side ✴️ Dip the hip circles: These movements make room for baby to rotate in the pelvis. Here’s how to do them: - Bend at a 90 degree angle  - Keep your back flat - Make a figure 8 movement with your hips - Lift one hip and roll it forward while dropping the other hip as it rolls back - Drop the lower hip so it is 45 degrees lower than the higher hip - If you need extra help, someone can stand behind you and help guide the movement of your hips Read more about how to do a forward-leaning inversion here: https://lnkd.in/ge_J3MRD Read more about how to do a side-lying release here: https://lnkd.in/eGP5k5rq Read more about how to do dip the hip circles here: https://lnkd.in/e_hGU-5z #labortips #birthtips #prepareforbirth #birthprep #birthanatomy #physiologicalbirth #whereisbaby #empoweredbirth #spinningbabies

🌿 Do you know a doctor, childbirth educator, doula, prenatal yoga instructor, chiropractor, massage therapist, fascial therapy practitioner, or community health worker in Europe hungry for more tools to make birth and pregnancy easier? Send them this post! Spinning Babies® is on our way. We’re bringing workshops to Germany, France, Italy, Hungary, Switzerland, and Portugal. These workshops explore a new paradigm for childbirth ease and labor progress, focusing on the role of soft tissues and fetal positioning, resolving stalled labor, and practical activities for comfort. Questions? Join one of our Zoom info sessions with instructors:  German/English Speak with Jen and Sonia (tomorrow!) Wednesday, September 11, 6 pm CEST (Germany), 5 pm BST (UK), 12 pm EDT (New York), 11 am CDT (Chicago)  French/English Speak with Jen and Nikki Tuesday, 1st October, 6 pm CEST (France), 5 pm BST (UK), 12 pm EDT (New York), 11 am CDT (Chicago) 🌟 What to Expect from the info call: An introduction to the philosophy and principles of Spinning Babies® A comprehensive overview of the key topics and techniques you’ll explore Direct interaction with instructors to ask questions and gain personalized insights Click below to reserve your spot for tomorrow. Can’t attend? Register anyway, DM us with your questions and we’ll send you the recording.   https://lnkd.in/e_rgBMDC

🌿 Do you have a Spinning Babies® success story that amazes you every time you think about it? Spinning Babies® Certified Parent Educator Amara sure does! Flying Cowgirl helped baby descend and be born! These stories remind us of the profound impact the Spinning Babies® approach can have on both parents and professionals. We'd love to hear your experiences too—share your story with us in the comments.

Birth professionals: Transform your practice and join a new paradigm in birth work with our Spinning Babies® Aware Practitioner life-changing training.  Early bird registration for our next Spinning Babies® Aware Practitioner Training in March 2025 in San Diego, CA ☀️ is now open! Save $400 and pay in 6 installments if you register before November 15.  This training is ideal for any birth professional who uses manual therapy or hands-on manipulation in a professional scope, and expands on the skills learned in the one or two-day Spinning Babies® workshop. During four full days of hands-on learning, you’ll get: ✅ A deep-dive into practical techniques like anterior for the jaw, respiratory diaphragm (Upper Womb Space), broad ligament, and more. You’ll also learn techniques for body balancing for a breech presentation, the Three Balances and posterior releases as well as extensive hands-on practice ✅ Access to online coursework and an extensive manual  ✅ Effective bodywork techniques to address common pregnancy discomforts ✅ 26 Continuing education credits from ANCC and NCBTMB upon completion  ✅ Group collaboration ✅ The option to be listed on the Spinning Babies® website directory and to add Spinning Babies® Aware Practitioner to your credentials and much more! Learn more about this training and grab your early bird savings here: https://lnkd.in/eRUjKV8a

⭐ Spinning Babies® Certified Parent Educator Trainings with Early Bird Pricing ⭐ Do you have the confidence to guide your clients in a physiological approach to their pregnancy and birth?  Register for our Spinning Babies® Certified Educator Training by November 19, 2024 to save on our upcoming trainings in Schladming, Austria (April 29-May 2, 2025) and St. Pete Beach, Florida (April 23-26, 2025). Plus, take advantage of our new 6-month payment instalment plan. This training is for:  ➡️ Experienced childbirth educators  ➡️ Registered prenatal yoga instructors (200 hours)  ➡️ Birth professionals wanting to add Spinning Babies® to their credentials Some of what you’ll be able to do after the training: ✅ Teach a 3-hour Spinning Babies® Birth Preparation Class ✅Offer the Spinning Babies® Birth Preparation Class to pregnant parents in your community ✅Access our ready to use class materials, parent handouts and customizable marketing templates. ✅Connect with educators from around the world via monthly Zoom meetings ✅Obtain 26 CEs after completing the training, accredited by the ANCC During four full days of hands-on learning, you’ll get: ✅ A deep dive into the Spinning Babies® approach to physiological birth, fetal positioning and techniques to support optimal fetal positioning with a focus on how to teach this to parents. Building on the knowledge and skills gained in our Foundational Workshop  ✅ The confidence to teach the what, why, and how of our recommended techniques for pregnancy AND birth  ✅ Hands-on learning and collaboration with like-minded childbirth educators from around the globe ✅ Interactive case studies to bring your community into the classroom ✅ The skills and materials to teach the Spinning Babies® Birth Preparation Class to parents immediately after the training ✅ 26 CEs after successfully completing the training, accredited by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) ✅Support to organize and market your first class! Learn more about this training and grab your early bird discount and the opportunity to pay in instalments https://lnkd.in/g3STntjc