https://www.optimalmaternalpositioning.com/ompbirthstories daily 0.75 2020-07-31 https://www.optimalmaternalpositioning.com/ompbirthstories/using-a-birth-rope monthly 0.5 2026-02-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1596355975988-2F8CBRSBXBWJSDO7ADG6/IMG_0623.jpg OMP Birth Stories - How to DIY a Birth Rope for OMP Pelvic Mobility Protocols to practice during Pregnancy and to utilise during Labor and Birth. - Resting Position This mother leans into the birth rope to rest in-between contractions. The birth rope is hinged over a 4-poster bed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1596357195199-AXXH02HSFMK97N599XH9/image-asset.jpeg OMP Birth Stories - How to DIY a Birth Rope for OMP Pelvic Mobility Protocols to practice during Pregnancy and to utilise during Labor and Birth. - Squat Bar This midwife is demonstrating how to hinge a birth rope using hospital flat sheets over the squat bar to encourage a 90 degree flexion when standing. This can also be used with a mother sitting on a gym ball. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1596357223300-3Y8EU775STL7KUTPA9WD/IMG_0731.jpg OMP Birth Stories - How to DIY a Birth Rope for OMP Pelvic Mobility Protocols to practice during Pregnancy and to utilise during Labor and Birth. - Squat Bar This midwife is demonstrating how you use use a birth rope hinged to the squat bar in a standing position. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1596357252379-Q25L7H4SZ8X3SWFZORGY/IMG_0732.jpg OMP Birth Stories - How to DIY a Birth Rope for OMP Pelvic Mobility Protocols to practice during Pregnancy and to utilise during Labor and Birth. - Door Hinge The birth rope can be hinged to a locked door using a TRX stopper and a caribiner or simply tie a big knot as a stopper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1596357289768-NXEFHH5B2XNA78LSN7D8/IMG_0733.jpg OMP Birth Stories - How to DIY a Birth Rope for OMP Pelvic Mobility Protocols to practice during Pregnancy and to utilise during Labor and Birth. - Gadget Very useful as a stand-alone or over a tub, this is designed specifically for the birthing rope. https://www.optimalmaternalpositioning.com/ompbirthstories/a-case-study-of-a-prodomol-labor monthly 0.5 2026-02-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1596098201200-MSVGE6UHTWJR4TU6VHA1/Screenshot+2020-07-30+at+4.32.41+PM.png OMP Birth Stories - A case study of a prodomol labor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1596098671634-BQF3UVIWZH4OFM1ZSY7W/Screenshot+2020-07-30+at+4.44.08+PM.png OMP Birth Stories - A case study of a prodomol labor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1596099357853-81EXJETGUU2JGRRDJ9Z1/Screenshot+2020-07-30+at+4.55.34+PM.png OMP Birth Stories - A case study of a prodomol labor - 10.43pm The birth partner reported that” they just finished the next round of inversions. We’ll continue to watch and call you guys if anything, but intervals are reaching 3-5 mins now with more old brown mucus.” I was still not happy with the labor patterns but we needed to give it time to see what unfolds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1596099551325-99CF5YPH70EOSG57NHA2/Screenshot+2020-07-30+at+4.58.45+PM.png OMP Birth Stories - A case study of a prodomol labor - Day 4 12.11am: The birth partner reported that “Contractions have started lengthening, both in duration and between intervals for the time being. Trying to let the laboring mother rest in between but contractions are getting even more intense than before. 12.20am: The birth partner called me to report that the laboring mother has reached her maximum intensity that she finds bearable so I informed him that one of our Doulas and I will make our way over. https://www.optimalmaternalpositioning.com/ompbirthstories/how-do-you-know-when-to-use-omp-reversing-protocols monthly 0.5 2026-02-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1596095429677-WRGB02TS9HABH31AW4K3/IMG_1826.PNG OMP Birth Stories - How do you know when to use OMP Reversing Protocols? - Posterior Position When a baby is in a posterior lie, it is sometimes physically obvious when the mother is lying on her back.In this photo, you can see that there is a ‘dip’ from the mother’s belly button to her ‘public arch, and the ultrasound confirmed that this baby’s spine was in LOP and its head was in LOT-LOA. https://www.optimalmaternalpositioning.com/ompbirthstories/did-you-know-that-research-shows-that-only-10-of-babies-are-born-in-direct-op monthly 0.5 2026-02-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595854703776-4M2FKZDKXE2OT9YU9OPL/Screenshot+2020-07-27+at+8.57.23+PM.png OMP Birth Stories - Did you know research shows that only 10% of babies are born in direct OP? How to use OMP Pelvic Mobility Protocols during Labor to enable labor to progress. https://www.optimalmaternalpositioning.com/ompbirthstories/what-if-the-mother-has-a-pendulous-belly monthly 0.5 2026-02-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595853997558-46STU15AZQZ19MIJ8U78/pendulous+1.jpg OMP Birth Stories - What if the mother has a pendulous belly? How to use Abdominal Lifts &amp; Tucks to create space for baby to enter Inlet Pelvis for labor to progress. Pendulous Belly is a sure tell-tale sign of the baby’s chin being deflexed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595853027461-3DMOXFOV44K1UI0L25QO/Lift+%26+Tuck+Standing+from+behind+2.jpg OMP Birth Stories - What if the mother has a pendulous belly? How to use Abdominal Lifts &amp; Tucks to create space for baby to enter Inlet Pelvis for labor to progress. The birth supporter can use a rebozo or simply their hands to ‘lift’ the belly whilst supporting the laboring mother from her back. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595854227145-AA33X12NAN0ZTYLIH0U3/Lift+%26+Tuck+Standing+from+front.jpg OMP Birth Stories - What if the mother has a pendulous belly? How to use Abdominal Lifts &amp; Tucks to create space for baby to enter Inlet Pelvis for labor to progress. The birth supporter can use also simply their hands to ‘lift’ the belly whilst supporting the laboring mother whilst standing in front of her. https://www.optimalmaternalpositioning.com/ompbirthstories/k1imy2xe2ln9b1g4m10julfhkrveub monthly 0.5 2026-02-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595829226023-Z4UD1X6NDQOJLGVVM7J8/Screenshot+2020-07-27+at+1.52.34+PM.png OMP Birth Stories - "What if you only get to work with pregnant women WHEN they are in labor? A case study of Mid-Pelvis challenges using OMP techniques during labor to get labor to progress. Women labor in corridors instead of individual rooms in Guiyang, China so bypassers all have access to this ‘public space’. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595829377955-G4T0TMLOBJXDXC2X30EU/Screenshot+2020-07-27+at+1.52.17+PM.png OMP Birth Stories - "What if you only get to work with pregnant women WHEN they are in labor? A case study of Mid-Pelvis challenges using OMP techniques during labor to get labor to progress. The laboring mother was given a private room to use so we could use OMP Pelvic Alignment Protocols to enable her labor to progress. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595829477285-S3GVYZSLV3GSWI849DM1/Screenshot+2020-07-27+at+1.52.46+PM.png OMP Birth Stories - "What if you only get to work with pregnant women WHEN they are in labor? A case study of Mid-Pelvis challenges using OMP techniques during labor to get labor to progress. As her labor progressed, the laboring mother was moved to the delivery suite to prepare for the birth of her baby and husbands are still not allowed in the delivery rooms. This birth took place in July 2019 at one of the hospitals where there are no pain relief options for women during labor, its either a vaginal birth or a cesarean. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595829636900-71IG7IK6SQ88KQ5L04QR/Screenshot+2020-07-27+at+1.52.08+PM.png OMP Birth Stories - "What if you only get to work with pregnant women WHEN they are in labor? A case study of Mid-Pelvis challenges using OMP techniques during labor to get labor to progress. Meeting the mother and her baby one day postpartum. https://www.optimalmaternalpositioning.com/ompbirthstories/pfcunusf5bj0uuidtsqtlgk0z2b28u monthly 0.5 2026-02-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595743800778-ADQ44BDJMO3WN1EXJ662/PSLR+Stef.jpg OMP Birth Stories - What to expect in our OMP Blog... https://www.optimalmaternalpositioning.com/omp-profiles daily 0.75 2026-02-15 https://www.optimalmaternalpositioning.com/omp-profiles/carlabrion monthly 0.5 2026-02-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/5fd5b082-c0e0-4968-867a-a5e959ff01a6/WhatsApp+Image+2026-02-14+at+10.02.36.jpeg OMP PROFILES CONTROLER - Carla Brion (Adelaide, SA, Australia) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/fd8950c3-f9a8-4e8d-90a8-4382ca9c5153/Carla_Brion.png OMP PROFILES CONTROLER - Carla Brion (Adelaide, SA, Australia) https://www.optimalmaternalpositioning.com/omp-profiles/alice-worthy monthly 0.5 2026-02-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/c3ebb5cb-dbc6-4165-9fc6-84ad4bdad5a5/WhatsApp+Image+2025-11-03+at+16.29.29.jpeg OMP PROFILES CONTROLER - Alice Worthy (Central Coast, NSW, Australia) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/a99150e1-928d-456c-b26d-dfbf98719bd4/Screenshot+2025-11-04+at+9.04.37+PM.png OMP PROFILES CONTROLER - Alice Worthy (Central Coast, NSW, Australia) https://www.optimalmaternalpositioning.com/omp-profiles/kiran-mallie monthly 0.5 2026-02-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/b6c0a446-df16-46c7-9c07-151f3aa2b3ee/WhatsApp+Image+2025-11-04+at+14.13.45.jpeg OMP PROFILES CONTROLER - Kiran Mallie (Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/e1d3ab35-f653-4036-a909-7a6ff25c1b1d/Screenshot+2025-11-04+at+8.09.03+PM.png OMP PROFILES CONTROLER - Kiran Mallie (Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia) https://www.optimalmaternalpositioning.com/omp-profiles/gemma-wilson monthly 0.5 2026-02-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/65427adf-fd9f-4c71-9f9d-006e14377ecc/Gemma.jpg OMP PROFILES CONTROLER - Gemma Wilson (Central Coast, NSW, Australia) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/bacc054c-1309-40c0-b5ef-e942fe3c26f0/Screenshot+2025-11-04+at+7.50.46+PM.png OMP PROFILES CONTROLER - Gemma Wilson (Central Coast, NSW, Australia) https://www.optimalmaternalpositioning.com/omp-profiles/zonnaadoncello monthly 0.5 2026-02-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/78b2bbd9-d9c2-4678-9539-24b393d1d69a/Zonna+pic+2.jpg OMP PROFILES CONTROLER - Zonna Adoncello (Sydney, NSW, Australia) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/5bed7d34-b24d-4af8-943e-cba9f0f94c28/Certified+OMP+Educator+and+doula+signatures+%281%29.png OMP PROFILES CONTROLER - Zonna Adoncello (Sydney, NSW, Australia) https://www.optimalmaternalpositioning.com/omp-profiles/samanthawibberley monthly 0.5 2026-02-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/f23f0565-2a7b-47ed-b81d-736acf55e855/Sammi+pic.jpg OMP PROFILES CONTROLER - Samantha Wibberley (Tamworth, NSW, Australia) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/06af6a6e-0ea1-445a-835b-e8c5c72433c0/Certified+OMP+Educator+and+doula+signatures.png OMP PROFILES CONTROLER - Samantha Wibberley (Tamworth, NSW, Australia) https://www.optimalmaternalpositioning.com/omp-profiles/charmaine-northey monthly 0.5 2026-02-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/fad8553d-99dd-4ba1-a321-94cfe7a5344b/Charmaine+Northey.JPG OMP PROFILES CONTROLER - Charmaine Northey (Redland Bay, Queensland, Australia) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/b612f91e-af0e-4839-945f-73b4686d0afe/Charmaine+Northey+Signature.png OMP PROFILES CONTROLER - Charmaine Northey (Redland Bay, Queensland, Australia) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.optimalmaternalpositioning.com/omp-profiles/danae-cappelletto monthly 0.5 2026-02-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/ff0dbb5b-bc44-44cf-8bf5-07818d2cec2e/fun+photo.jpeg OMP PROFILES CONTROLER - Danae Cappelletto (Sydney, NSW, Australia) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/8710ff83-e1a8-4351-b897-32175b4a2212/Certified+OMP+Educator+and+doula+signatures.png OMP PROFILES CONTROLER - Danae Cappelletto (Sydney, NSW, Australia) https://www.optimalmaternalpositioning.com/omp-profiles/marie-aponte monthly 0.5 2026-02-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/7f1dd7c6-6fa0-4052-8587-ad0b53437370/Marieaponte OMP PROFILES CONTROLER - Marie Aponte (Florida, USA) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/d5818295-599f-43be-8728-9a569b826ff3/marieompeducator.png OMP PROFILES CONTROLER - Marie Aponte (Florida, USA) https://www.optimalmaternalpositioning.com/omp-profiles/tanya-howlett monthly 0.5 2026-02-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1633802297913-3P3Z17146GFH5XU3N6GK/TanyaHowlett2.jpg OMP PROFILES CONTROLER - Tanya Howlett (Wodonga, Victoria, Australia) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1633803047622-S8BNGPML4OJUNYVTJQQP/Certified+tanya.png OMP PROFILES CONTROLER - Tanya Howlett (Wodonga, Victoria, Australia) https://www.optimalmaternalpositioning.com/omp-profiles/barbara-green monthly 0.5 2026-02-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1632361791187-DBBKMWW8J5CUAB0P3Z5E/1M3A8779.jpg OMP PROFILES CONTROLER - Barbara Feliciano (Brisbane, Queensland, Australia) 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Absolutely! Ginny above presenting OMP to the AMAZING midwives at Australian College of Midwives (ACM) hopefully laughing with her!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1594631316146-2XDHF9PR7G6M9T0560LR/melanie.jpg Team OMP Melanie is the one Smiling!!! (ALWAYS) The other one sometimes smiles just not on this occasion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1594632503557-TJ54MMPE4WXKRLSNQM10/ryan.jpg Team OMP If the movie was TOP GUN he would be Goose. Ryan pictured above as the adrenaline seeker he is! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1594636832725-ANZFWM6GHOVH5ABEKX0I/andrew.jpg Team OMP Doppelganger - groomed to perfection. Andrew looking ok too in his natural habitat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1594695462681-I9VP4MFER5GRPEX8ECP2/kieran.jpg Team OMP He is the female whisperer. Well, when it comes to female chocolate Labrador females anyway (in this case Maddie) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1594631890191-5AD64H4TG3D3WNNJL376/ginnylaughing.jpg Team OMP Something funny?? Absolutely! Ginny above presenting OMP to the AMAZING midwives at Australian College of Midwives (ACM) hopefully laughing with her!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1594631316146-2XDHF9PR7G6M9T0560LR/melanie.jpg Team OMP Melanie is the one Smiling!!! (ALWAYS) The other one sometimes smiles just not on this occasion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1594632503557-TJ54MMPE4WXKRLSNQM10/ryan.jpg Team OMP If the movie was TOP GUN he would be Goose. Ryan pictured above as the adrenaline seeker he is! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1594636832725-ANZFWM6GHOVH5ABEKX0I/andrew.jpg Team OMP Doppelganger - groomed to perfection. 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Expressing Womanhood At the end of the day, the mother-to-be wants to walk away from her birth experience knowing that she was loved and respected throughout her entire labor and birth process, AND that she was given the opportunity to try as much as she was willing to try, and be at peace with her labor and birth experience as she births herself into a mother, and enters her new season of womanhood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595638669387-5WHUF6LIWF57TKE3ECFQ/Signs+of+Labor How do you know you are in Labor? - Expressing Womanhood At the end of the day, the mother-to-be wants to walk away from her birth experience knowing that she was loved and respected throughout her entire labor and birth process, AND that she was given the opportunity to try as much as she was willing to try, and be at peace with her labor and birth experience as she births herself into a mother, and enters her new season of womanhood. https://www.optimalmaternalpositioning.com/omp-guide-to-labor-progress daily 0.75 2023-08-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595743662832-6BHMVITFESUP8AFDKWID/PSLR+Marion.jpg OMP Guide to Labor Progress https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595743735627-9VMPDK8DX3XBLT46YY3R/L%26+B+As.jpg OMP Guide to Labor Progress - 1.6 Abdominal Sifting | AS OMP Pelvic Mobility Protocols used during labor & birth to enable the mother’s ‘hot air balloon’ to sift into ‘dynamic equilibrium’ to enable labor to progress. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595743800778-ADQ44BDJMO3WN1EXJ662/PSLR+Stef.jpg OMP Guide to Labor Progress - 1.1 Pelvic Side Lying Release | PSLR OMP Pelvic Mobility Protocols used during labor & birth to align her pelvic floor to enable labor to progress. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595743662832-6BHMVITFESUP8AFDKWID/PSLR+Marion.jpg OMP Guide to Labor Progress https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595743735627-9VMPDK8DX3XBLT46YY3R/L%26+B+As.jpg OMP Guide to Labor Progress - 1.6 Abdominal Sifting | AS OMP Pelvic Mobility Protocols used during labor & birth to enable the mother’s ‘hot air balloon’ to sift into ‘dynamic equilibrium’ to enable labor to progress. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595743800778-ADQ44BDJMO3WN1EXJ662/PSLR+Stef.jpg OMP Guide to Labor Progress - 1.1 Pelvic Side Lying Release | PSLR OMP Pelvic Mobility Protocols used during labor & birth to align her pelvic floor to enable labor to progress. https://www.optimalmaternalpositioning.com/omp-active-birth-positions daily 0.75 2023-08-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595766674950-RBXP78MEK0TIJQ57SGYO/Positions+for+Labour+and+Birth OMP Active Birth Positions - Restricted Pelvis Whilst in some birthing cultures giving birth lying on your back is still considered normal, however this known to cause a ‘restricted’ pelvis where when lying on your back during labor, a laboring mother is putting weight on her sacrum which ‘restricts’ the opening and space available within the pelvis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595652137181-DO85MQNV8PVVGN5HDK0M/squat+resting+position OMP Active Birth Positions - A common ‘resting’ position… A laboring mother should avoid any position where her knees are higher than her hips until her baby’s head is very low and she is ready to bear down or push during the second stage of labor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595642736337-8VMXSM24J2FEUWHKRUAS/babies+standing OMP Active Birth Positions - Standing Standing in a forward leaning position https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595644128508-MRX71VM9RQPVE8RY5DCF/why+do+babies+flip+in+the+womb OMP Active Birth Positions - Sitting Sitting on surfaces which still encourages pelvic mobility such as sitting on a gym ball, birth stool etc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595644204621-WQWDR95GNC5V76JUS9VY/wid+round+pelvice+opening OMP Active Birth Positions - Kneeling Kneeling or ‘all-fours’ with her knees hip-width apart, torso-pelvis-knees in a right angle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595644281880-SHUI0SS79UDBHAH1UEI3/Maternal+Positioning OMP Active Birth Positions - Side Lying Side-Lying with her knees hip-width apart, hip-knees-ankles in a right angle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595644334560-T2JJF9OAKS86JLNRD0DB/posterior+position OMP Active Birth Positions - Squatting Squatting or any position where her knees are higher than her hips only when baby is in outlet pelvis and the laboring mother is feeling ready to bear down or push https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595644430760-9XO1YUH697UB2TTSDJGQ/Active+Birth+Positions OMP Active Birth Positions - And in every… OMP Active Birth Position, we aim to enable the mother to 1. understand maternal movements (which we classify under OMP Active Birth Positions), 2. maternal positions (which we classify under OMP Pelvic Mobility Protocols) and 3. OMP Comfort Measures with the aim of enabling the laboring mother to optimise her pelvis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595766674950-RBXP78MEK0TIJQ57SGYO/Positions+for+Labour+and+Birth OMP Active Birth Positions - Restricted Pelvis Whilst in some birthing cultures giving birth lying on your back is still considered normal, however this known to cause a ‘restricted’ pelvis where when lying on your back during labor, a laboring mother is putting weight on her sacrum which ‘restricts’ the opening and space available within the pelvis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595652137181-DO85MQNV8PVVGN5HDK0M/squat+resting+position OMP Active Birth Positions - A common ‘resting’ position… A laboring mother should avoid any position where her knees are higher than her hips until her baby’s head is very low and she is ready to bear down or push during the second stage of labor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595642736337-8VMXSM24J2FEUWHKRUAS/babies+standing OMP Active Birth Positions - Standing Standing in a forward leaning position https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595644128508-MRX71VM9RQPVE8RY5DCF/why+do+babies+flip+in+the+womb OMP Active Birth Positions - Sitting Sitting on surfaces which still encourages pelvic mobility such as sitting on a gym ball, birth stool etc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595644204621-WQWDR95GNC5V76JUS9VY/wid+round+pelvice+opening OMP Active Birth Positions - Kneeling Kneeling or ‘all-fours’ with her knees hip-width apart, torso-pelvis-knees in a right angle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595644281880-SHUI0SS79UDBHAH1UEI3/Maternal+Positioning OMP Active Birth Positions - Side Lying Side-Lying with her knees hip-width apart, hip-knees-ankles in a right angle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595644334560-T2JJF9OAKS86JLNRD0DB/posterior+position OMP Active Birth Positions - Squatting Squatting or any position where her knees are higher than her hips only when baby is in outlet pelvis and the laboring mother is feeling ready to bear down or push https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595644430760-9XO1YUH697UB2TTSDJGQ/Active+Birth+Positions OMP Active Birth Positions - And in every… OMP Active Birth Position, we aim to enable the mother to 1. understand maternal movements (which we classify under OMP Active Birth Positions), 2. maternal positions (which we classify under OMP Pelvic Mobility Protocols) and 3. OMP Comfort Measures with the aim of enabling the laboring mother to optimise her pelvis. https://www.optimalmaternalpositioning.com/omp-pelvic-alignment-protocols daily 0.75 2026-02-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1593828436261-SP0R6L6OH2TTIIE2DXIP/PSLR+3+%281%29.JPG OMP Pelvic Alignment Protocols https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1593828436261-SP0R6L6OH2TTIIE2DXIP/PSLR+3+%281%29.JPG OMP Pelvic Alignment Protocols https://www.optimalmaternalpositioning.com/daily-maternal-movements daily 0.75 2023-08-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595763715308-HRTDM7BSVQL4OXUM2DEC/Screenshot+2020-07-26+at+7.37.29+PM.png Daily Maternal Movements - Step 1: Getting out of the car Imagine when she is getting in and out of the car that she is wearing a kimono or a long skirt, where she keeps her legs together, sit in holding onto the handle, lock her knees together. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595763763955-S9BQZP4N8E075HXF2LZF/image-asset.png Daily Maternal Movements - Step 2: Getting out of the car Lock her knees and swing her legs out together. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595763801357-QLQWJ41JYF9BI80HJ67Z/image-asset.png Daily Maternal Movements - Step 3: Getting out of the car The same thing applies when she is going into a vehicle, sit down, locking knees together, holding on to the handle for support, and swing her legs in together. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595764401603-DDYJKEU2T095J2H9RIH7/Screenshot+2020-07-26+at+7.52.08+PM.png Daily Maternal Movements - Sitting She can use a slightly inflated ball with a slight amount of air placed on the chair before she sits down (especially if she has to sit down for quite a long period of time). It may not always be convenient to sit on a gym ball (which is preferred) yet a soft, slightly inflated Pilates ball is transportable in her handbag to take with her. This will allow her to have pelvic mobility and movement which is very good for pelvic alignment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595763558021-1THTYIYBQZLHQU8O36TV/Screenshot+2020-07-26+at+7.38.13+PM.png Daily Maternal Movements - Standing Always do her best to stand on BOTH feet wearing flat footwear and do her best to avoid high heels as this will cause misalignment. Be consciously aware of alignment when she is standing and ensure she is not slouching to one side. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595764596938-4BJE3IY48YCNVTP8RLVO/Screenshot+2020-07-26+at+7.51.03+PM.png Daily Maternal Movements https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595764628309-M9TBDZHHUQ9V81YUJ5XU/Screenshot+2020-07-26+at+7.51.11+PM.png Daily Maternal Movements https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595764659696-LXCRHFGYTTA2R2AZV0QT/Screenshot+2020-07-26+at+7.51.47+PM.png Daily Maternal Movements https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595764688829-GLJJJB6FQVCU825FT4IH/Screenshot+2020-07-26+at+7.51.54+PM.png Daily Maternal Movements https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595763715308-HRTDM7BSVQL4OXUM2DEC/Screenshot+2020-07-26+at+7.37.29+PM.png Daily Maternal Movements - Step 1: Getting out of the car Imagine when she is getting in and out of the car that she is wearing a kimono or a long skirt, where she keeps her legs together, sit in holding onto the handle, lock her knees together. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595763763955-S9BQZP4N8E075HXF2LZF/image-asset.png Daily Maternal Movements - Step 2: Getting out of the car Lock her knees and swing her legs out together. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595763801357-QLQWJ41JYF9BI80HJ67Z/image-asset.png Daily Maternal Movements - Step 3: Getting out of the car The same thing applies when she is going into a vehicle, sit down, locking knees together, holding on to the handle for support, and swing her legs in together. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595764401603-DDYJKEU2T095J2H9RIH7/Screenshot+2020-07-26+at+7.52.08+PM.png Daily Maternal Movements - Sitting She can use a slightly inflated ball with a slight amount of air placed on the chair before she sits down (especially if she has to sit down for quite a long period of time). It may not always be convenient to sit on a gym ball (which is preferred) yet a soft, slightly inflated Pilates ball is transportable in her handbag to take with her. This will allow her to have pelvic mobility and movement which is very good for pelvic alignment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595763558021-1THTYIYBQZLHQU8O36TV/Screenshot+2020-07-26+at+7.38.13+PM.png Daily Maternal Movements - Standing Always do her best to stand on BOTH feet wearing flat footwear and do her best to avoid high heels as this will cause misalignment. Be consciously aware of alignment when she is standing and ensure she is not slouching to one side. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595764596938-4BJE3IY48YCNVTP8RLVO/Screenshot+2020-07-26+at+7.51.03+PM.png Daily Maternal Movements https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595764628309-M9TBDZHHUQ9V81YUJ5XU/Screenshot+2020-07-26+at+7.51.11+PM.png Daily Maternal Movements https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595764659696-LXCRHFGYTTA2R2AZV0QT/Screenshot+2020-07-26+at+7.51.47+PM.png Daily Maternal Movements https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595764688829-GLJJJB6FQVCU825FT4IH/Screenshot+2020-07-26+at+7.51.54+PM.png Daily Maternal Movements https://www.optimalmaternalpositioning.com/fetal-coordinates daily 0.75 2023-08-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595745237981-Y1LNY95QAFNEZ05KY2BO/Thimah+belly+mapping+012.jpg Fetal Coordinates - Where is My Baby? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1594190027841-DLMRSGUH9SP8UJTLRX8O/OMP+Fetal+Positioning.png Fetal Coordinates - Where is My Baby? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595745237981-Y1LNY95QAFNEZ05KY2BO/Thimah+belly+mapping+012.jpg Fetal Coordinates - Where is My Baby? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1594190027841-DLMRSGUH9SP8UJTLRX8O/OMP+Fetal+Positioning.png Fetal Coordinates - Where is My Baby? https://www.optimalmaternalpositioning.com/omp-pelvic-transitions daily 0.75 2023-08-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595742481631-IIDE3CVXIJKO9LRW3AFO/Marion+Pelvic+Transitions.jpg 2.0 Pelvic Transitions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595742070308-YVEXGVJ1KMGK5XNTVB9U/Screenshot+2020-07-26+at+1.36.51+PM.png 2.0 Pelvic Transitions - Front-to-Back Pelvic Transitions are small movements done during contractions in OMP Active Birth Positions such as standing, sitting or kneeling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595741913056-NVVVZ0NSXQO93AW56FSI/Screenshot+2020-07-26+at+1.36.58+PM.png 2.0 Pelvic Transitions - Side-to-Side Pelvic Transitions are small movements done during contractions in OMP Active Birth Positions such as standing, sitting or kneeling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595742027179-JAVDZTJSUVDVO93FULVC/Screenshot+2020-07-26+at+1.37.06+PM.png 2.0 Pelvic Transitions - Circular or Figure-8 Pelvic Transitions are small movements done during contractions in OMP Active Birth Positions such as standing, sitting or kneeling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595742481631-IIDE3CVXIJKO9LRW3AFO/Marion+Pelvic+Transitions.jpg 2.0 Pelvic Transitions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595742070308-YVEXGVJ1KMGK5XNTVB9U/Screenshot+2020-07-26+at+1.36.51+PM.png 2.0 Pelvic Transitions - Front-to-Back Pelvic Transitions are small movements done during contractions in OMP Active Birth Positions such as standing, sitting or kneeling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595741913056-NVVVZ0NSXQO93AW56FSI/Screenshot+2020-07-26+at+1.36.58+PM.png 2.0 Pelvic Transitions - Side-to-Side Pelvic Transitions are small movements done during contractions in OMP Active Birth Positions such as standing, sitting or kneeling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595742027179-JAVDZTJSUVDVO93FULVC/Screenshot+2020-07-26+at+1.37.06+PM.png 2.0 Pelvic Transitions - Circular or Figure-8 Pelvic Transitions are small movements done during contractions in OMP Active Birth Positions such as standing, sitting or kneeling. https://www.optimalmaternalpositioning.com/omp-pelvic-tilts daily 0.75 2023-08-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595742566681-A0AJMV17UR42TLEP1DDV/Marion+Pelvic+Tilts.jpg 2.1 Pelvic Tilts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595765785321-R7O14YLMBALJKUNCNVCS/Screen+Shot+2020-07-26+at+8.15.13+PM.png 2.1 Pelvic Tilts - Front-to-Back Pelvic Tilts are large movements done during contractions in OMP Active Birth Positions such as standing, sitting or kneeling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595765813762-4AWJ7N11TZBHFB2X8LTS/Screen+Shot+2020-07-26+at+8.15.26+PM.png 2.1 Pelvic Tilts - Side-to-Side Pelvic Tilts are large movements done during contractions in OMP Active Birth Positions such as standing, sitting or kneeling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595765838830-5PD6LWK74L8YTN4GXYV2/Screen+Shot+2020-07-26+at+8.15.45+PM.png 2.1 Pelvic Tilts - Circular or Figure-8 Pelvic Tilts are large movements done during contractions in OMP Active Birth Positions such as standing, sitting or kneeling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595740962529-OS96XUI6841C707IBXK8/IMG_0623.jpg 2.1 Pelvic Tilts - Pelvic Tilts are best utilized with the support of a birth rope or a squat bar as without good and stable support, laboring women will not be able to utilize these amplified movements in order to modify their pelvic opening to create even more space for baby. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595742566681-A0AJMV17UR42TLEP1DDV/Marion+Pelvic+Tilts.jpg 2.1 Pelvic Tilts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595765785321-R7O14YLMBALJKUNCNVCS/Screen+Shot+2020-07-26+at+8.15.13+PM.png 2.1 Pelvic Tilts - Front-to-Back Pelvic Tilts are large movements done during contractions in OMP Active Birth Positions such as standing, sitting or kneeling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595765813762-4AWJ7N11TZBHFB2X8LTS/Screen+Shot+2020-07-26+at+8.15.26+PM.png 2.1 Pelvic Tilts - Side-to-Side Pelvic Tilts are large movements done during contractions in OMP Active Birth Positions such as standing, sitting or kneeling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595765838830-5PD6LWK74L8YTN4GXYV2/Screen+Shot+2020-07-26+at+8.15.45+PM.png 2.1 Pelvic Tilts - Circular or Figure-8 Pelvic Tilts are large movements done during contractions in OMP Active Birth Positions such as standing, sitting or kneeling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595740962529-OS96XUI6841C707IBXK8/IMG_0623.jpg 2.1 Pelvic Tilts - Pelvic Tilts are best utilized with the support of a birth rope or a squat bar as without good and stable support, laboring women will not be able to utilize these amplified movements in order to modify their pelvic opening to create even more space for baby. https://www.optimalmaternalpositioning.com/omp-hip-extension-flexion-of-the-femur daily 0.75 2023-08-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595734406683-OZKD4LSKPP28B64RIQPB/Lie+Ying+all+fours+Obgyn+etc.jpg 2.2 Hip Extension & Flexion of the Femur https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595763207266-4CTGOFY54BI7O0VPQ55T/Screen+Shot+2020-07-26+at+7.32.38+PM.png 2.2 Hip Extension & Flexion of the Femur - Hip Flexion > 90 degree The mother’s knee is lower than her hips https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595763226860-SWEBT9I1ZNGSOVYDPMG9/Screen+Shot+2020-07-26+at+7.32.47+PM.png 2.2 Hip Extension & Flexion of the Femur - Hip Flexion = 90 degree The mother’s knee is about the same height as her hips https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595763248704-7OZW9HDHO9G3MTSD4QML/Screen+Shot+2020-07-26+at+7.32.58+PM.png 2.2 Hip Extension & Flexion of the Femur - Hip Flexion < 90 degree Otherwise known as “extreme flexion” where the mother’s knee is higher than her hips https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595734406683-OZKD4LSKPP28B64RIQPB/Lie+Ying+all+fours+Obgyn+etc.jpg 2.2 Hip Extension & Flexion of the Femur https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595763207266-4CTGOFY54BI7O0VPQ55T/Screen+Shot+2020-07-26+at+7.32.38+PM.png 2.2 Hip Extension & Flexion of the Femur - Hip Flexion > 90 degree The mother’s knee is lower than her hips https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595763226860-SWEBT9I1ZNGSOVYDPMG9/Screen+Shot+2020-07-26+at+7.32.47+PM.png 2.2 Hip Extension & Flexion of the Femur - Hip Flexion = 90 degree The mother’s knee is about the same height as her hips https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595763248704-7OZW9HDHO9G3MTSD4QML/Screen+Shot+2020-07-26+at+7.32.58+PM.png 2.2 Hip Extension & Flexion of the Femur - Hip Flexion < 90 degree Otherwise known as “extreme flexion” where the mother’s knee is higher than her hips https://www.optimalmaternalpositioning.com/omp-asymmetry-of-the-femur daily 0.75 2023-08-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595732918173-OYV0ZV9FUL6OFYAEIUMA/asymetrical%2Bstef.jpg 2.3 Asymmetry of the Femur - Asymmetry of the Femur whilst kneeling The mother has her left leg is in less than 90 degree flexion and her right leg in a 90 degree flexion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595732584567-J93WGBQWP727XQQ8PTSS/Extreme+hip+flexion+standing.jpg 2.3 Asymmetry of the Femur - Asymmetry of the femur whilst standing This mother is utilizing several OMP Pelvic Mobility Protocols to modify her pelvic opening to create more space for her baby: - Extreme Hip Flexion - Asymmetry of the femur - External Rotation of the femur https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595733890169-J7WMNKW2CHJFZ04RBFAZ/Lie+Ying+Asymmetry.jpg 2.3 Asymmetry of the Femur - Asymmetry of the femur whilst birthing The mother has both legs in flexion asymmetrically and with her upper body leaning forward enables her to go into extreme flexion on both sides. This truly creates space in her outlet pelvis enabling her a smoother delivery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595732918173-OYV0ZV9FUL6OFYAEIUMA/asymetrical%2Bstef.jpg 2.3 Asymmetry of the Femur - Asymmetry of the Femur whilst kneeling The mother has her left leg is in less than 90 degree flexion and her right leg in a 90 degree flexion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595762160234-BWBMRVBVPI4ZVJKMEPGL/Screen+Shot+2020-07-26+at+7.14.54+PM.png 2.3 Asymmetry of the Femur https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595762213446-F9Y1DHZ9RU4E394WPV9C/Screen+Shot+2020-07-26+at+7.16.25+PM.png 2.3 Asymmetry of the Femur https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595762263840-JUQM394Y0Q93998XGCZ4/Screen+Shot+2020-07-26+at+7.17.14+PM.png 2.3 Asymmetry of the Femur https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595762322681-LA5B2RJME19QDJAU9JMQ/Screen+Shot+2020-07-26+at+7.18.19+PM.png 2.3 Asymmetry of the Femur https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595732584567-J93WGBQWP727XQQ8PTSS/Extreme+hip+flexion+standing.jpg 2.3 Asymmetry of the Femur - Asymmetry of the femur whilst standing This mother is utilizing several OMP Pelvic Mobility Protocols to modify her pelvic opening to create more space for her baby: - Extreme Hip Flexion - Asymmetry of the femur - External Rotation of the femur https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595733890169-J7WMNKW2CHJFZ04RBFAZ/Lie+Ying+Asymmetry.jpg 2.3 Asymmetry of the Femur - Asymmetry of the femur whilst birthing The mother has both legs in flexion asymmetrically and with her upper body leaning forward enables her to go into extreme flexion on both sides. This truly creates space in her outlet pelvis enabling her a smoother delivery. https://www.optimalmaternalpositioning.com/omp-external-internal-rotation-of-the-femur daily 0.75 2023-08-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595761306435-JC7NJJ1K89QORHVUFBKQ/Screen+Shot+2020-07-26+at+7.00.52+PM.png 2.4 External & Internal Rotation of the Femur - Standing External Rotation of the femur in a standing position can be done with one leg or both legs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595761345073-VYFQGXL6BT1O02MGW9I8/Screen+Shot+2020-07-26+at+7.01.04+PM.png 2.4 External & Internal Rotation of the Femur - Kneeling External Rotation of the femur in a kneeling or ‘all-fours’ position can be done with one leg or both legs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595761372747-4ZS0YODZ7SPEIKBRU3D9/Screen+Shot+2020-07-26+at+7.01.15+PM.png 2.4 External & Internal Rotation of the Femur - Sitting External Rotation of the femur in a sitting position can be done with one leg or both legs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595761001627-Y27NQOLFD4UFYHAY47X8/Screen+Shot+2020-07-26+at+6.55.01+PM.png 2.4 External & Internal Rotation of the Femur - Standing Internal Rotation of the femur in a standing position can be done with one leg or both legs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595761030240-WKZESM1WJIPTHFQYK6XD/Screen+Shot+2020-07-26+at+6.55.15+PM.png 2.4 External & Internal Rotation of the Femur - Kneeling Internal Rotation of the femur in a standing position can be done with one leg or both legs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595761055423-W9EZZJ8SBPBP1SMIICBU/Screen+Shot+2020-07-26+at+6.55.44+PM.png 2.4 External & Internal Rotation of the Femur - Sitting Internal Rotation of the femur in a standing position can be done with one leg or both legs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595735267895-DHV5NVICLCJ2MRPJ7CRG/IMG_0605.jpg 2.4 External & Internal Rotation of the Femur - External Rotation of the Femur Using sitrrups on the hospital bed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595735333635-P34RWSPIAO5VNKEDDJ1S/image-asset.jpeg 2.4 External & Internal Rotation of the Femur - Internal Rotation of the Femur Using sitrrups on the hospital bed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595761306435-JC7NJJ1K89QORHVUFBKQ/Screen+Shot+2020-07-26+at+7.00.52+PM.png 2.4 External & Internal Rotation of the Femur - Standing External Rotation of the femur in a standing position can be done with one leg or both legs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595761345073-VYFQGXL6BT1O02MGW9I8/Screen+Shot+2020-07-26+at+7.01.04+PM.png 2.4 External & Internal Rotation of the Femur - Kneeling External Rotation of the femur in a kneeling or ‘all-fours’ position can be done with one leg or both legs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595761372747-4ZS0YODZ7SPEIKBRU3D9/Screen+Shot+2020-07-26+at+7.01.15+PM.png 2.4 External & Internal Rotation of the Femur - Sitting External Rotation of the femur in a sitting position can be done with one leg or both legs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595761001627-Y27NQOLFD4UFYHAY47X8/Screen+Shot+2020-07-26+at+6.55.01+PM.png 2.4 External & Internal Rotation of the Femur - Standing Internal Rotation of the femur in a standing position can be done with one leg or both legs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595761030240-WKZESM1WJIPTHFQYK6XD/Screen+Shot+2020-07-26+at+6.55.15+PM.png 2.4 External & Internal Rotation of the Femur - Kneeling Internal Rotation of the femur in a standing position can be done with one leg or both legs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595761055423-W9EZZJ8SBPBP1SMIICBU/Screen+Shot+2020-07-26+at+6.55.44+PM.png 2.4 External & Internal Rotation of the Femur - Sitting Internal Rotation of the femur in a standing position can be done with one leg or both legs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595735267895-DHV5NVICLCJ2MRPJ7CRG/IMG_0605.jpg 2.4 External & Internal Rotation of the Femur - External Rotation of the Femur Using sitrrups on the hospital bed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595735333635-P34RWSPIAO5VNKEDDJ1S/image-asset.jpeg 2.4 External & Internal Rotation of the Femur - Internal Rotation of the Femur Using sitrrups on the hospital bed https://www.optimalmaternalpositioning.com/omp-comfort-measures daily 0.75 2023-08-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595682880434-0LHX1TNEXJ11HR3HQ3MT/Labor+Pain+Management+Online OMP Comfort Measures https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595682880434-0LHX1TNEXJ11HR3HQ3MT/Labor+Pain+Management+Online OMP Comfort Measures https://www.optimalmaternalpositioning.com/greater-pelvis daily 0.75 2023-08-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595652470388-82GU9SIJI07YRZ03WWA5/Screen+Shot+2020-07-25+at+12.43.22+PM.png Greater Pelvis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595652500343-DQS870IQ6IQCY2Y31B42/Screen+Shot+2020-07-25+at+12.23.27+PM.png Greater Pelvis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595651140468-CJ57OE5FMNZ4S6MQSZOB/Screen+Shot+2020-07-25+at+12.23.39+PM.png Greater Pelvis https://www.optimalmaternalpositioning.com/inlet-pelvis daily 0.75 2023-08-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595747677693-9GLO6I17VR1BY3M85IT2/Screen+Shot+2020-07-26+at+2.58.17+PM.png Inlet Pelvis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595658868604-PKOGLMQNPRWT7VQ2ZZHN/2.png Inlet Pelvis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595747746765-IZWOFEU1S1ZITTEG9YA9/Screen+Shot+2020-07-26+at+2.56.08+PM.png Inlet Pelvis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595747677693-9GLO6I17VR1BY3M85IT2/Screen+Shot+2020-07-26+at+2.58.17+PM.png Inlet Pelvis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595658868604-PKOGLMQNPRWT7VQ2ZZHN/2.png Inlet Pelvis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595747746765-IZWOFEU1S1ZITTEG9YA9/Screen+Shot+2020-07-26+at+2.56.08+PM.png Inlet Pelvis https://www.optimalmaternalpositioning.com/mid-pelvis daily 0.75 2023-08-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595745846831-7EGGXEOJN8SA9R6KFG3S/Screen+Shot+2020-07-26+at+2.42.22+PM.png Mid Pelvis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595745882331-V0D0ZZFOSDGN9DDE2SH8/Screen+Shot+2020-07-26+at+2.42.47+PM.png Mid Pelvis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595745912451-15HD1DY7CSQSTZJNRZED/Screen+Shot+2020-07-26+at+2.43.09+PM.png Mid Pelvis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595745846831-7EGGXEOJN8SA9R6KFG3S/Screen+Shot+2020-07-26+at+2.42.22+PM.png Mid Pelvis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595745882331-V0D0ZZFOSDGN9DDE2SH8/Screen+Shot+2020-07-26+at+2.42.47+PM.png Mid Pelvis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595745912451-15HD1DY7CSQSTZJNRZED/Screen+Shot+2020-07-26+at+2.43.09+PM.png Mid Pelvis https://www.optimalmaternalpositioning.com/outlet-pelvis daily 0.75 2021-02-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595653090869-93PYEC5LWJ7VWOBH6JG7/1.png Outlet Pelvis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595653198811-88K8IDON7VMN4TI6C6LI/2.png Outlet Pelvis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595653240418-W5H7RF99Y5PI10Y1A41W/3.png Outlet Pelvis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595653090869-93PYEC5LWJ7VWOBH6JG7/1.png Outlet Pelvis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595653198811-88K8IDON7VMN4TI6C6LI/2.png Outlet Pelvis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595653240418-W5H7RF99Y5PI10Y1A41W/3.png Outlet Pelvis https://www.optimalmaternalpositioning.com/troubleshooting-labor-birth daily 0.75 2020-07-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595648810750-L4ZIG1UIFL969PVPN0OG/Screenshot+2020-07-25+at+11.46.25+AM.png Troubleshooting Labor & Birth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595648810750-L4ZIG1UIFL969PVPN0OG/Screenshot+2020-07-25+at+11.46.25+AM.png Troubleshooting Labor & Birth https://www.optimalmaternalpositioning.com/omp-reversing-protocols daily 0.75 2022-03-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595648533431-1JAQ9RA3LT7A3A7C3ZVS/Screenshot+2020-07-25+at+11.40.43+AM.png OMP Reversing Protocols https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595648332424-5JSG0FFUBSMUMKAE3T55/OKC+PFR.jpg OMP Reversing Protocols - How to get into Open Knee Chest | OKC If a mother is not able to go into 1.4 Forward Leaning Inversion | FLI, an alternative is Open Knee Chest | OKC where she starts from an ‘all-fours’ position, brings her chest down as low as she possibly can, and pushes herself forward so she achieves is less than 90 degree flexion to allow inlet pelvis to open and create space for her baby to ‘reverse’. OKC is used in combination with 1.5 Pelvic Floor Relaxer | PFR. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595679479124-X44TK66PW4H1QXP1BYAH/IMG_0607.jpg OMP Reversing Protocols - Open Knee Chest in a Hospital Setting Using 2 semi-inflated ring floats to support the mother’s belly, and lowering the bottom half of the hospital bed to keep the mother at the right ‘angle’ - less than 90 degree angle - and as comfortably as we can help her to be when in this position. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595648533431-1JAQ9RA3LT7A3A7C3ZVS/Screenshot+2020-07-25+at+11.40.43+AM.png OMP Reversing Protocols https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595648332424-5JSG0FFUBSMUMKAE3T55/OKC+PFR.jpg OMP Reversing Protocols - How to get into Open Knee Chest | OKC If a mother is not able to go into 1.4 Forward Leaning Inversion | FLI, an alternative is Open Knee Chest | OKC where she starts from an ‘all-fours’ position, brings her chest down as low as she possibly can, and pushes herself forward so she achieves is less than 90 degree flexion to allow inlet pelvis to open and create space for her baby to ‘reverse’. OKC is used in combination with 1.5 Pelvic Floor Relaxer | PFR. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595679479124-X44TK66PW4H1QXP1BYAH/IMG_0607.jpg OMP Reversing Protocols - Open Knee Chest in a Hospital Setting Using 2 semi-inflated ring floats to support the mother’s belly, and lowering the bottom half of the hospital bed to keep the mother at the right ‘angle’ - less than 90 degree angle - and as comfortably as we can help her to be when in this position. https://www.optimalmaternalpositioning.com/confined-to-the-bed daily 0.75 2024-11-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595648012010-0P98SREVEUAUEJDAKNWA/confined+to+the+bed.jpg If the laboring mother is confined to the bed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595680567340-ZGZ217QKUFRPHZT40Q3P/image-asset.jpeg If the laboring mother is confined to the bed - Internal Rotation of the Femur You can use internal rotation of the femur, together with sitting on a semi-inflated pilates ball to allow mobility within the sacrum to promote modification of the pelvic opening with internal rotation of the femur. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595680660488-23WL7OER3L99T6261XTZ/IMG_0610.jpg If the laboring mother is confined to the bed - Arching her Back You can use internal rotation of the femur, together with sitting on a semi-inflated pilates ball to allow mobility within the sacrum to promote both change in orientation of the pelvis by arching her back, and modification of the pelvic opening with internal rotation of the femur. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595739209015-T6EOEBFGIWAUZA8PHJPV/Screenshot+2020-07-26+at+12.51.59+PM.png If the laboring mother is confined to the bed - 90 degrees Flexion In a side-lying positions using a peanut ball https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595739319678-2BBM552WIGNS63C7X3PJ/Screenshot+2020-07-26+at+12.52.18+PM.png If the laboring mother is confined to the bed - External Rotation In a side-lying positions using a peanut ball https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595739270844-J5Z35X7YE1N0NEKYHU77/Screenshot+2020-07-26+at+12.52.10+PM.png If the laboring mother is confined to the bed - Internal Rotation In a side-lying positions using a peanut ball https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595739555540-DLT9YA3ZB009ARUPCB1O/valerie.jpg If the laboring mother is confined to the bed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595648012010-0P98SREVEUAUEJDAKNWA/confined+to+the+bed.jpg If the laboring mother is confined to the bed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595680567340-ZGZ217QKUFRPHZT40Q3P/image-asset.jpeg If the laboring mother is confined to the bed - Internal Rotation of the Femur You can use internal rotation of the femur, together with sitting on a semi-inflated pilates ball to allow mobility within the sacrum to promote modification of the pelvic opening with internal rotation of the femur. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595680660488-23WL7OER3L99T6261XTZ/IMG_0610.jpg If the laboring mother is confined to the bed - Arching her Back You can use internal rotation of the femur, together with sitting on a semi-inflated pilates ball to allow mobility within the sacrum to promote both change in orientation of the pelvis by arching her back, and modification of the pelvic opening with internal rotation of the femur. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595739209015-T6EOEBFGIWAUZA8PHJPV/Screenshot+2020-07-26+at+12.51.59+PM.png If the laboring mother is confined to the bed - 90 degrees Flexion In a side-lying positions using a peanut ball https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595739319678-2BBM552WIGNS63C7X3PJ/Screenshot+2020-07-26+at+12.52.18+PM.png If the laboring mother is confined to the bed - External Rotation In a side-lying positions using a peanut ball https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595739270844-J5Z35X7YE1N0NEKYHU77/Screenshot+2020-07-26+at+12.52.10+PM.png If the laboring mother is confined to the bed - Internal Rotation In a side-lying positions using a peanut ball https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595739555540-DLT9YA3ZB009ARUPCB1O/valerie.jpg If the laboring mother is confined to the bed https://www.optimalmaternalpositioning.com/abdominal-lift-tuck daily 0.75 2023-08-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595650323133-NFUQR0RY8OX2MJHBDXMO/Abdominal+Lift+and+Tuck Abdominal Lift & Tuck https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595753770089-NPRBXB1HFNN7URKLLDPR/Lift+and+Tuck Abdominal Lift & Tuck - Standing using a rebozo Standing with a birth supporter also standing behind her, best leaning against a wall for support or the mother leans her back against the wall with the birth supporter standing in front of her lifting her belly either with a rebozo or manually. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595753795693-OC1F0PPTYL0KUK35F0HU/Lift+and+Tuck+with+Optimal+Maternal+Positioning Abdominal Lift & Tuck - Sitting with a rebozo Sitting in a 90 degree neutral flexion, ideally on a birth stool or gym ball instead of a flat surface. Her birth supporter can stand or sit in front or behind her to lift her belly either with a rebozo or manually. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595650802336-YQ1GJVAALYG69A81RLFK/practising+Babies+Parent+Class Abdominal Lift & Tuck https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595650323133-NFUQR0RY8OX2MJHBDXMO/Abdominal+Lift+and+Tuck Abdominal Lift & Tuck https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595753770089-NPRBXB1HFNN7URKLLDPR/Lift+and+Tuck Abdominal Lift & Tuck - Standing using a rebozo Standing with a birth supporter also standing behind her, best leaning against a wall for support or the mother leans her back against the wall with the birth supporter standing in front of her lifting her belly either with a rebozo or manually. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595753795693-OC1F0PPTYL0KUK35F0HU/Lift+and+Tuck+with+Optimal+Maternal+Positioning Abdominal Lift & Tuck - Sitting with a rebozo Sitting in a 90 degree neutral flexion, ideally on a birth stool or gym ball instead of a flat surface. Her birth supporter can stand or sit in front or behind her to lift her belly either with a rebozo or manually. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595650802336-YQ1GJVAALYG69A81RLFK/practising+Babies+Parent+Class Abdominal Lift & Tuck https://www.optimalmaternalpositioning.com/omp-pelvic-mobility-protocols daily 0.75 2023-08-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595645787425-IO7A8OIMZ8QC5ZBS7895/Aized+%26+Gino+-+Aden%27s+Birth+Story_29Jan2015_0067.jpg OMP Pelvic Mobility Protocols https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595736379165-3O6UXK3RR4CM06T68NIP/L%26B+Standing.jpg OMP Pelvic Mobility Protocols - Standing OMP Active Birth Positions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595736518680-UQ94QRC4DIQFJ44TS5W5/image-asset.jpeg OMP Pelvic Mobility Protocols - Kneeling or ‘all-fours’ OMP Active Birth Positions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595736459956-VWKSPPUXQG17RIBYBBC1/L%26B+Sitting.jpg OMP Pelvic Mobility Protocols - Sitting OMP Active Birth Positions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595736566468-ELUB3R4RI9TAMRKW84KI/L7B+Side+Lying+2.jpg OMP Pelvic Mobility Protocols - Side Lying OMP Active Birth Positions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595736622469-URG8Q9APXM9W8UUGEU6S/image-asset.jpeg OMP Pelvic Mobility Protocols - Squatting OMP Active Birth Positions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595645787425-IO7A8OIMZ8QC5ZBS7895/Aized+%26+Gino+-+Aden%27s+Birth+Story_29Jan2015_0067.jpg OMP Pelvic Mobility Protocols https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595736379165-3O6UXK3RR4CM06T68NIP/L%26B+Standing.jpg OMP Pelvic Mobility Protocols - Standing OMP Active Birth Positions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595736518680-UQ94QRC4DIQFJ44TS5W5/image-asset.jpeg OMP Pelvic Mobility Protocols - Kneeling or ‘all-fours’ OMP Active Birth Positions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595736459956-VWKSPPUXQG17RIBYBBC1/L%26B+Sitting.jpg OMP Pelvic Mobility Protocols - Sitting OMP Active Birth Positions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595736566468-ELUB3R4RI9TAMRKW84KI/L7B+Side+Lying+2.jpg OMP Pelvic Mobility Protocols - Side Lying OMP Active Birth Positions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595736622469-URG8Q9APXM9W8UUGEU6S/image-asset.jpeg OMP Pelvic Mobility Protocols - Squatting OMP Active Birth Positions https://www.optimalmaternalpositioning.com/frog-maneuver daily 0.75 2020-07-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595651050614-K5U7PS04JCLJ9948JJQ2/Screenshot+2020-07-25+at+12.23.23+PM.png Frog Maneuver https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595651050614-K5U7PS04JCLJ9948JJQ2/Screenshot+2020-07-25+at+12.23.23+PM.png Frog Maneuver https://www.optimalmaternalpositioning.com/kabyle-position daily 0.75 2020-07-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595645942042-0CWAKWDM5I94Q4JG8Q5W/Kabyle+Aized.jpg Kabyle Position https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595646257868-KCXQIK56WNBI8D3KIA65/Screenshot+2020-07-25+at+11.03.42+AM.png Kabyle Position - Kabyle Squat This can be done with the mother starting in a squat position, holding on to a birth support, or better still, a birth rope or squat bar and she bends her knees into a greater than 90 degree flexion whilst arching her back. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595737992106-LKMHC4A0IQ4YWQTS59FF/Kabyle+ginny+gail.jpg Kabyle Position - Kayble Stand This can be done with the mother starting in a standing position, holding on to a birth support, or better still, a birth rope or squat bar and she bends her knees into a 90 degree or greater than 90 degree flexion whilst arching her back. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595645942042-0CWAKWDM5I94Q4JG8Q5W/Kabyle+Aized.jpg Kabyle Position https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595646257868-KCXQIK56WNBI8D3KIA65/Screenshot+2020-07-25+at+11.03.42+AM.png Kabyle Position - Kabyle Squat This can be done with the mother starting in a squat position, holding on to a birth support, or better still, a birth rope or squat bar and she bends her knees into a greater than 90 degree flexion whilst arching her back. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595737992106-LKMHC4A0IQ4YWQTS59FF/Kabyle+ginny+gail.jpg Kabyle Position - Kayble Stand This can be done with the mother starting in a standing position, holding on to a birth support, or better still, a birth rope or squat bar and she bends her knees into a 90 degree or greater than 90 degree flexion whilst arching her back. https://www.optimalmaternalpositioning.com/arch-back-squat-lunge daily 0.75 2020-07-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595646955228-G0LMJH8I7611IB25M2CF/Screenshot+2020-07-25+at+11.15.20+AM.png Arch Back Squat Lunge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595646955228-G0LMJH8I7611IB25M2CF/Screenshot+2020-07-25+at+11.15.20+AM.png Arch Back Squat Lunge https://www.optimalmaternalpositioning.com/duck-walk daily 0.75 2020-07-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595646649853-P1SQRCTZSGVDLYLE2NF2/Duck+Walk.png Duck Walk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595646649853-P1SQRCTZSGVDLYLE2NF2/Duck+Walk.png Duck Walk https://www.optimalmaternalpositioning.com/hip-extensions-during-labor daily 0.75 2023-08-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595679267833-KSG03XR9QFJMGRWGWGCK/Poses+for+Easier+Labor Hip Extensions during Labor - Praying Mantis Hip Extension whilst kneeling or on ‘all-fours’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595652921680-19LVGHLZXPV2CO014R1Q/Labor+%26+Delivery Hip Extensions during Labor - The “Titanic” Hip Extension whilst standing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595653038441-UL0FAF21KOFMPWF9DZJI/Easier+Labor+%26+Delivery Hip Extensions during Labor - Supported Back Arch Hip Extension whilst using a gym ball https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595653329182-KRAS6L3WJJUHNFGMGTOM/Pelvic+Poses+for+Easier+Labor+%26+Delivery Hip Extensions during Labor - Flying Cowgirl Hip Extension in a side-lying position https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595653395308-4GIE6ODM2DAKT060ENQE/transverse+baby Hip Extensions during Labor - Walchers Hip Extension in a supine position https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595679846991-N7JTFBQPIW7XI17TOIA4/walchers+position Hip Extensions during Labor - Hospital Setting Hip Extensions using stirrups https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595679267833-KSG03XR9QFJMGRWGWGCK/Poses+for+Easier+Labor Hip Extensions during Labor - Praying Mantis Hip Extension whilst kneeling or on ‘all-fours’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595652921680-19LVGHLZXPV2CO014R1Q/Labor+%26+Delivery Hip Extensions during Labor - The “Titanic” Hip Extension whilst standing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595653038441-UL0FAF21KOFMPWF9DZJI/Easier+Labor+%26+Delivery Hip Extensions during Labor - Supported Back Arch Hip Extension whilst using a gym ball https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595653329182-KRAS6L3WJJUHNFGMGTOM/Pelvic+Poses+for+Easier+Labor+%26+Delivery Hip Extensions during Labor - Flying Cowgirl Hip Extension in a side-lying position https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595653395308-4GIE6ODM2DAKT060ENQE/transverse+baby Hip Extensions during Labor - Walchers Hip Extension in a supine position https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595679846991-N7JTFBQPIW7XI17TOIA4/walchers+position Hip Extensions during Labor - Hospital Setting Hip Extensions using stirrups https://www.optimalmaternalpositioning.com/omp-bottom-of-sacrum daily 0.75 2023-08-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595735950293-1GOV0DS86X5BM3WZ0O0C/L%26B+3.1.jpg 3.1 Comfort Measures: Manual Pressure on the bottom of the sacrum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595759946450-5823KO41BCOZQHAK8PFG/Screen+Shot+2020-07-26+at+6.38.05+PM.png 3.1 Comfort Measures: Manual Pressure on the bottom of the sacrum - Manual pressure on the bottom of the sacrum So when the baby is still high, one of the comfort measures used would be to place our hand on the lower sacrum and apply counter pressure which will in turn ‘push’ the outlet pelvis to close, causing the inlet pelvis to open. This is modification of the pelvic opening that creates more space for baby to enter the pelvis and may relieve the pressure she is experiencing on her upper sacrum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595735950293-1GOV0DS86X5BM3WZ0O0C/L%26B+3.1.jpg 3.1 Comfort Measures: Manual Pressure on the bottom of the sacrum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595759946450-5823KO41BCOZQHAK8PFG/Screen+Shot+2020-07-26+at+6.38.05+PM.png 3.1 Comfort Measures: Manual Pressure on the bottom of the sacrum - Manual pressure on the bottom of the sacrum So when the baby is still high, one of the comfort measures used would be to place our hand on the lower sacrum and apply counter pressure which will in turn ‘push’ the outlet pelvis to close, causing the inlet pelvis to open. This is modification of the pelvic opening that creates more space for baby to enter the pelvis and may relieve the pressure she is experiencing on her upper sacrum. https://www.optimalmaternalpositioning.com/top-of-sacrum daily 0.75 2023-08-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595735816978-5X07IQYMSNFHLBSNN57V/L%26B+3.2.jpg 3.2 Comfort Measures: Manual Pressure on the top of the sacrum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595759673431-Q03I5S7JT4ZHF6OKZ4RD/Screen+Shot+2020-07-26+at+6.33.39+PM.png 3.2 Comfort Measures: Manual Pressure on the top of the sacrum - Manual pressure on the upper sacrum So when the baby is low, one of the comfort measures used would be to place our hand on the upper sacrum and apply counter pressure which will in turn ‘push’ the inlet pelvis to close, causing the mid pelvis to outlet pelvis to open. This is modification of the pelvic opening that creates more space for baby to go through and may relieve the pressure she is experiencing on her lower sacrum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595735816978-5X07IQYMSNFHLBSNN57V/L%26B+3.2.jpg 3.2 Comfort Measures: Manual Pressure on the top of the sacrum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595759673431-Q03I5S7JT4ZHF6OKZ4RD/Screen+Shot+2020-07-26+at+6.33.39+PM.png 3.2 Comfort Measures: Manual Pressure on the top of the sacrum - Manual pressure on the upper sacrum So when the baby is low, one of the comfort measures used would be to place our hand on the upper sacrum and apply counter pressure which will in turn ‘push’ the inlet pelvis to close, causing the mid pelvis to outlet pelvis to open. This is modification of the pelvic opening that creates more space for baby to go through and may relieve the pressure she is experiencing on her lower sacrum. https://www.optimalmaternalpositioning.com/front-of-tubucles daily 0.75 2023-08-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595736201888-5EZ1U1RHLSVUILZJOTRN/L%26B+3.3.jpg 3.3 Comfort Measures: Manual Pressure on the front of tubercles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595757702589-DJ2X0VLUKJH1ADPI64AL/Screen+Shot+2020-07-26+at+6.00.17+PM.png 3.3 Comfort Measures: Manual Pressure on the front of tubercles - Manual Pressure on the Front of the Tubercles The iliac tubercles are the widest point of the ilium. It’s about 2-5 cm posterior to the ASIS (the front bony protruding bone that most people can easily feel). When we place both our hands on the front of the tubercles and also apply pressure from front to back of the mother’s pelvis, we are causing the pelvis to flare open at all levels of the pelvis, opening inlet, mid and outlet pelvis, so this is a good and safe manual pressure to use throughout labor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595736201888-5EZ1U1RHLSVUILZJOTRN/L%26B+3.3.jpg 3.3 Comfort Measures: Manual Pressure on the front of tubercles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595757702589-DJ2X0VLUKJH1ADPI64AL/Screen+Shot+2020-07-26+at+6.00.17+PM.png 3.3 Comfort Measures: Manual Pressure on the front of tubercles - Manual Pressure on the Front of the Tubercles The iliac tubercles are the widest point of the ilium. It’s about 2-5 cm posterior to the ASIS (the front bony protruding bone that most people can easily feel). When we place both our hands on the front of the tubercles and also apply pressure from front to back of the mother’s pelvis, we are causing the pelvis to flare open at all levels of the pelvis, opening inlet, mid and outlet pelvis, so this is a good and safe manual pressure to use throughout labor. https://www.optimalmaternalpositioning.com/top-of-tubercles daily 0.75 2023-08-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595735673813-MYXVG0YA8DOLTO7ZMRZA/Counter+pressure.jpg 3.4 Comfort Measures: Manual Pressure on the top of tubercles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595757226200-LM0RR4OL51NE2AZ4PITH/Screen+Shot+2020-07-26+at+5.53.08+PM.png 3.4 Comfort Measures: Manual Pressure on the top of tubercles - Manual Pressure on the Top of the Tubercles The tubercles of the iliac crests are the highest point of her pelvis when looking at the mother from a frontal plane. When we place both our hands on the top of the tubercles and apply pressure inwards from both sides towards the mother’s pelvis, we are causing the pelvis to flare open at mid pelvis to outlet pelvis, providing comfort as well as creating even more space within the mother’s pelvis as baby is making its way through the pelvic cavity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595735673813-MYXVG0YA8DOLTO7ZMRZA/Counter+pressure.jpg 3.4 Comfort Measures: Manual Pressure on the top of tubercles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595757226200-LM0RR4OL51NE2AZ4PITH/Screen+Shot+2020-07-26+at+5.53.08+PM.png 3.4 Comfort Measures: Manual Pressure on the top of tubercles - Manual Pressure on the Top of the Tubercles The tubercles of the iliac crests are the highest point of her pelvis when looking at the mother from a frontal plane. When we place both our hands on the top of the tubercles and apply pressure inwards from both sides towards the mother’s pelvis, we are causing the pelvis to flare open at mid pelvis to outlet pelvis, providing comfort as well as creating even more space within the mother’s pelvis as baby is making its way through the pelvic cavity. https://www.optimalmaternalpositioning.com/recognising-pain-discomfort-during-pregnancy daily 0.75 2024-11-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595746098777-QORL9DE6KQYIDTLTYF9S/neck.jpg Recognising Pain & Discomfort during Pregnancy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595748008048-KHIGE87XJW1U8M342O9P/Screenshot%252B2020-07-26%252Bat%252B3.17.18%252BPM.jpg Recognising Pain & Discomfort during Pregnancy - Uterus tipped backwards When the uterus is tipped backwards, a mother can potentially experience lower back pain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595747681119-5NV95WU30MM6MVOM1KHC/Screenshot+2020-07-26+at+3.14.10+PM.png Recognising Pain & Discomfort during Pregnancy - Uterus tipped forward Otherwise known as a pendulous belly, when the uterus is tipped forward, a mother can potentially experience groin pain, shooting pain down her legs and/or ligament pain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595747886730-SXIGFYSE2VG0FJBTQYSW/Screenshot%2B2020-07-26%2Bat%2B3.10.59%2BPM.jpg Recognising Pain & Discomfort during Pregnancy - Uterus tipped sideways When the uterus is tipped sideways, a mother can potentially experience pain in the hip or rib cage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595746098777-QORL9DE6KQYIDTLTYF9S/neck.jpg Recognising Pain & Discomfort during Pregnancy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595748008048-KHIGE87XJW1U8M342O9P/Screenshot%252B2020-07-26%252Bat%252B3.17.18%252BPM.jpg Recognising Pain & Discomfort during Pregnancy - Uterus tipped backwards When the uterus is tipped backwards, a mother can potentially experience lower back pain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595747681119-5NV95WU30MM6MVOM1KHC/Screenshot+2020-07-26+at+3.14.10+PM.png Recognising Pain & Discomfort during Pregnancy - Uterus tipped forward Otherwise known as a pendulous belly, when the uterus is tipped forward, a mother can potentially experience groin pain, shooting pain down her legs and/or ligament pain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595747886730-SXIGFYSE2VG0FJBTQYSW/Screenshot%2B2020-07-26%2Bat%2B3.10.59%2BPM.jpg Recognising Pain & Discomfort during Pregnancy - Uterus tipped sideways When the uterus is tipped sideways, a mother can potentially experience pain in the hip or rib cage. https://www.optimalmaternalpositioning.com/pelvic-girdle-pain daily 0.75 2024-11-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595746013681-0G449RUSFKY7F7HJEO3L/chiro+mirror+janelle.jpg Pelvic Girdle Pain https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595746013681-0G449RUSFKY7F7HJEO3L/chiro+mirror+janelle.jpg Pelvic Girdle Pain https://www.optimalmaternalpositioning.com/lower-back-and-sciatica-pain daily 0.75 2023-08-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595745943925-52GLND00MY41VEJ4KGOD/back.jpg Lower back and Sciatica Pain https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595745943925-52GLND00MY41VEJ4KGOD/back.jpg Lower back and Sciatica Pain https://www.optimalmaternalpositioning.com/ligament-pain daily 0.75 2024-11-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595748869778-T0J2N897AAI3QOV36PQ9/neck+2.jpg Ligament Pain https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595748869778-T0J2N897AAI3QOV36PQ9/neck+2.jpg Ligament Pain https://www.optimalmaternalpositioning.com/what-needs-to-happen-to-have-a-successful-vaginal-birth daily 0.75 2023-08-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595572855224-M58YI8HFZ4XBTZC72324/Greater+%26+Lesser+Pelvis.png What needs to happen to have a successful vaginal birth - Greater & Lesser Pelvis Within the pelvis itself, we have the “Greater Pelvis” and the “Lesser Pelvis”. The greater pelvis is where the baby resides during pregnancy, and when the baby reaches full-term pregnancy and is ready to start its journey through the ‘keyhole’, it will need the force of contractions to push it through the ‘lesser pelvis”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595573195028-8HT0PYKRUZGXN0E8HHS6/Revised+3+levels+of+the+lesser+pelvis.png What needs to happen to have a successful vaginal birth - Three levels of the Lesser Pelvis Within the ‘lesser pelvis’, there are 3 levels of the pelvis - inlet pelvis (superior pelvis), mid-pelvis (middle pelvis) and outlet pelvis (inferior pelvis). Within the pelvis itself, there are 2 landmarks that are essential in facilitating cardinal movements, that being the sacropromontory and the infamous pelvic floor. When the pelvis opens at the inlet pelvis - this is called iliac and sacral contranutation. When the pelvis opens at the outlet pelvis - this is called iliac and sacral nutation. A full term baby needs the force of the contractions in order for baby to complete its cardinal movements through the pelvis. As long as this baby is enable to complete its cardinal movements, the mother will have a successful vaginal delivery. Hence, cardinal movements facilitate labor progress. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595636691912-OXSIT3ZN8N2NFTJQ4TFE/Greater%2BPelvis.jpg What needs to happen to have a successful vaginal birth - Greater Pelvis One of the reasons why research shows that 50-60% of babies start labor in Left-Occiput-Tranverse (LOT) is because when babies are still ‘high’ - naturally so - the sacropromontory is in the way and the space available for baby is mostly LOT. Its only when baby drops deeper into the pelvis which happens spontaneously or when contractions start, that its head would have navigated around the sacropromontory to be able to get into Left-Occiput-Anterior (LOA). When in LOT, babies are working on engagement and descent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595636744039-O5SI3C82QHSI9VSGL78U/Revised%2BInlet%2BPelvis.jpg What needs to happen to have a successful vaginal birth - Inlet Pelvis For babies to make that 45 degree turn from LOT to LOA during labor, the force of the contractions will push the baby’s left parietal bone onto the sacropomontory to signal this baby to go asynclitic on one side, before going asynclitic on the other side - tipping its head to one side before tipping its head to the other side - to move into LOA where baby is now able to enter the inlet pelvis. When babies are presenting in LOA at the inlet pelvis, it now has to chin tuck or flex its chin even more to get the occiput (the smallest diameter of the baby’s head) presenting at the widest diameter for the baby to enter the inlet pelvis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595636785255-92VWRQT5YROZ1R7ISJ8M/Mid%2BPelvis.jpg What needs to happen to have a successful vaginal birth - Mid Pelvis As the contractions continue, the second landmark within the pelvis is the pelvic floor. As the contractions enable this baby to internally rotate from LOA in the inlet pelvis to OA in mid-pelvis - an aligned pelvic floor is essential in ensuring that the baby does not go asynclitic (tip its head to one side which causes uneven pressure on the cervix and within the pelvic cavity) at this stage to cause labor to stall. When labor stalls around 7cm dilation, a common cause is a misaligned pelvic floor that doesn’t give equal pressure on all sides that causes baby’s head to move from presenting occiput to asynclitic. Assuming that labor is progressing well, the pressure of the aligned pelvic floor will facilitate this baby turning to OA at mid-pelvis, and at this stage, first time mothers would usually be anywhere between 6-10cm dilated. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595636830247-GYHQCS63H0HUQFJPXRWT/Outlet%2BPelvis.jpg What needs to happen to have a successful vaginal birth - Outlet Pelvis As labor progresses, the contractions will enable this baby to move from OA at mid-pelvis to OA at outlet pelvis where baby is focusing on extending its head to be born, after which it will ‘restitute’ or externally rotate its shoulders to turn to the widest diameter of the outlet pelvis - front to back and ‘expulsion’ where baby is being born! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595739648390-6GR4JOTRRJOQBUB5N4AI/036.jpg What needs to happen to have a successful vaginal birth - Optimising the Pelvis It is essential to understand where each cardinal movements take place at which level of the pelvis so expectant parents themselves and their birth team will understand which part of the pelvis needs to open and create space for the baby depending on which stage of cardinal movements this baby is at. When a mother knows how to work with her body using maternal positioning otherwise known as OMP Active Birth Positions and maternal movements otherwise known as OMP Pelvic Mobility Protocols, she is able to optimise her pelvis to create space for her baby at every stage of labor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595572855224-M58YI8HFZ4XBTZC72324/Greater+%26+Lesser+Pelvis.png What needs to happen to have a successful vaginal birth - Greater & Lesser Pelvis Within the pelvis itself, we have the “Greater Pelvis” and the “Lesser Pelvis”. The greater pelvis is where the baby resides during pregnancy, and when the baby reaches full-term pregnancy and is ready to start its journey through the ‘keyhole’, it will need the force of contractions to push it through the ‘lesser pelvis”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595573195028-8HT0PYKRUZGXN0E8HHS6/Revised+3+levels+of+the+lesser+pelvis.png What needs to happen to have a successful vaginal birth - Three levels of the Lesser Pelvis Within the ‘lesser pelvis’, there are 3 levels of the pelvis - inlet pelvis (superior pelvis), mid-pelvis (middle pelvis) and outlet pelvis (inferior pelvis). Within the pelvis itself, there are 2 landmarks that are essential in facilitating cardinal movements, that being the sacropromontory and the infamous pelvic floor. When the pelvis opens at the inlet pelvis - this is called iliac and sacral contranutation. When the pelvis opens at the outlet pelvis - this is called iliac and sacral nutation. A full term baby needs the force of the contractions in order for baby to complete its cardinal movements through the pelvis. As long as this baby is enable to complete its cardinal movements, the mother will have a successful vaginal delivery. Hence, cardinal movements facilitate labor progress. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595636691912-OXSIT3ZN8N2NFTJQ4TFE/Greater%2BPelvis.jpg What needs to happen to have a successful vaginal birth - Greater Pelvis One of the reasons why research shows that 50-60% of babies start labor in Left-Occiput-Tranverse (LOT) is because when babies are still ‘high’ - naturally so - the sacropromontory is in the way and the space available for baby is mostly LOT. Its only when baby drops deeper into the pelvis which happens spontaneously or when contractions start, that its head would have navigated around the sacropromontory to be able to get into Left-Occiput-Anterior (LOA). When in LOT, babies are working on engagement and descent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595636744039-O5SI3C82QHSI9VSGL78U/Revised%2BInlet%2BPelvis.jpg What needs to happen to have a successful vaginal birth - Inlet Pelvis For babies to make that 45 degree turn from LOT to LOA during labor, the force of the contractions will push the baby’s left parietal bone onto the sacropomontory to signal this baby to go asynclitic on one side, before going asynclitic on the other side - tipping its head to one side before tipping its head to the other side - to move into LOA where baby is now able to enter the inlet pelvis. When babies are presenting in LOA at the inlet pelvis, it now has to chin tuck or flex its chin even more to get the occiput (the smallest diameter of the baby’s head) presenting at the widest diameter for the baby to enter the inlet pelvis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595636785255-92VWRQT5YROZ1R7ISJ8M/Mid%2BPelvis.jpg What needs to happen to have a successful vaginal birth - Mid Pelvis As the contractions continue, the second landmark within the pelvis is the pelvic floor. As the contractions enable this baby to internally rotate from LOA in the inlet pelvis to OA in mid-pelvis - an aligned pelvic floor is essential in ensuring that the baby does not go asynclitic (tip its head to one side which causes uneven pressure on the cervix and within the pelvic cavity) at this stage to cause labor to stall. When labor stalls around 7cm dilation, a common cause is a misaligned pelvic floor that doesn’t give equal pressure on all sides that causes baby’s head to move from presenting occiput to asynclitic. Assuming that labor is progressing well, the pressure of the aligned pelvic floor will facilitate this baby turning to OA at mid-pelvis, and at this stage, first time mothers would usually be anywhere between 6-10cm dilated. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595636830247-GYHQCS63H0HUQFJPXRWT/Outlet%2BPelvis.jpg What needs to happen to have a successful vaginal birth - Outlet Pelvis As labor progresses, the contractions will enable this baby to move from OA at mid-pelvis to OA at outlet pelvis where baby is focusing on extending its head to be born, after which it will ‘restitute’ or externally rotate its shoulders to turn to the widest diameter of the outlet pelvis - front to back and ‘expulsion’ where baby is being born! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5edb67cd90f78060f6342da9/1595739648390-6GR4JOTRRJOQBUB5N4AI/036.jpg What needs to happen to have a successful vaginal birth - Optimising the Pelvis It is essential to understand where each cardinal movements take place at which level of the pelvis so expectant parents themselves and their birth team will understand which part of the pelvis needs to open and create space for the baby depending on which stage of cardinal movements this baby is at. 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