ATTENTION MDs and CNMwives (and direct-entry midwives):
Mother's Position During Delivery
From: "Todd Gastaldo" <tgastaldo@...>

WARNING: If you must pull on babies' heads - and sometimes
you must - FIRST get women off their butts/backs - off their
sacra. ALSO: Don't force uteri to PUSH with birth canals
closed up to 30%; that is, keep women OFF their butts/backs
as the baby passes through the pelvic outlet. Key points to
remember: "Proper" McRoberts maneuver - usually used when
the shoulders get stuck - does help the woman push harder -
but keeps the woman on her sacrum and therefore KEEPS the
birth canal up closed up to 30%! Better to do IMPROPER
McRoberts maneuver. Also, Mauriceau maneuver for breech
births does the same thing - closes the birth canal up to
30%! The grisly biomechanics are SIMPLE and have been
published in the medical literature for years.

For details, contact Todd D. Gastaldo, DC
todd@...


Also check these items (the urls will wrap so you might need
to copy and past the entire thing into your browser.)

UK Nat'l Childbirth Trust v. American Public Health
Association (Which will help babies first?)
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&selm=UKM88.20703%243E5.1677574%
40newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net


IMPROPER McRoberts can save tiny lives and tiny limbs...
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&selm=cF1D7.6647%24I4.586569%
40newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net