Re: [ozmidwifery] helpful tip

[Jen Semple]

Interesting!  I'm not sure if I've heard of direct
Sims (or maybe I have & can't remember-  wouldn't come
as a surprise considering I'm on holidays!).  Is it a
yoga pose or something else?  Where can I find out
more?

Cheers, Jen

 --- Meaghan Moon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 
> The position sounds a lot like exaggerated Sims,
> with some 
> pressure/manipulation used to exaggerate it even
> more.  I have used this 
> and had a 10 and half pound persistant direct
> posterior born almost 
> immediately after using it. with the same look
> of surprise (on 
> everyone's faces!) described in the tip.
> 
> Meaghan Moon
> 
> At 06:38 PM 1/7/05, you wrote:
> >I read this too in the Midwifery Today forum.  For
> the
> >life of me, I can't get a picture in my head of
> what
> >this manipulation might look like!  Have any of you
> >tried this or somethingsimilar before?
> >
> >Jen
> >
> >  --- Mary Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > The Art of Midwifery
> > > To turn a posterior baby: Have the woman lie on
> her
> > > left side with her left leg straight down and in
> > > line with her body and her right leg raised and
> > > brought up toward her face, head curled down
> toward
> > > knee. [I am short so having her place her knee
> on my
> > > shoulder is the right height and position.]
> During a
> > > contraction, push down and back on bottom leg
> and up
> > > and abducted with top leg. That seems to open
> pelvis
> > > and allows baby to turn with the contraction. I
> > > usually see a funny look on mom's face, and baby
> is
> > > on perineum immediately.
> > >
> > > - Claudia Toms
> > > Midwifery Today Forums
> > > www.midwiferytoday.com/forums/

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Re: [ozmidwifery] helpful tip

[Meaghan Moon]

The position sounds a lot like exaggerated Sims, with some 
pressure/manipulation used to exaggerate it even more.  I have used this 
and had a 10 and half pound persistant direct posterior born almost 
immediately after using it. with the same look of surprise (on 
everyone's faces!) described in the tip.

Meaghan Moon
At 06:38 PM 1/7/05, you wrote:
I read this too in the Midwifery Today forum.  For the
life of me, I can't get a picture in my head of what
this manipulation might look like!  Have any of you
tried this or somethingsimilar before?
Jen
 --- Mary Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The Art of Midwifery
> To turn a posterior baby: Have the woman lie on her
> left side with her left leg straight down and in
> line with her body and her right leg raised and
> brought up toward her face, head curled down toward
> knee. [I am short so having her place her knee on my
> shoulder is the right height and position.] During a
> contraction, push down and back on bottom leg and up
> and abducted with top leg. That seems to open pelvis
> and allows baby to turn with the contraction. I
> usually see a funny look on mom's face, and baby is
> on perineum immediately.
>
> - Claudia Toms
> Midwifery Today Forums
> www.midwiferytoday.com/forums/
>
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Re: [ozmidwifery] helpful tip

[Debbie Slater]

It sounds very like one of the stretches that my personal trainer uses at 
the end of a training session :-)

Debbie
Perth, WA
- Original Message - 
From: "Jen Semple" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: 
Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 8:38 AM
Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] helpful tip


I read this too in the Midwifery Today forum.  For the
life of me, I can't get a picture in my head of what
this manipulation might look like!  Have any of you
tried this or somethingsimilar before?
Jen
--- Mary Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
The Art of Midwifery
To turn a posterior baby: Have the woman lie on her
left side with her left leg straight down and in
line with her body and her right leg raised and
brought up toward her face, head curled down toward
knee. [I am short so having her place her knee on my
shoulder is the right height and position.] During a
contraction, push down and back on bottom leg and up
and abducted with top leg. That seems to open pelvis
and allows baby to turn with the contraction. I
usually see a funny look on mom's face, and baby is
on perineum immediately.
- Claudia Toms
Midwifery Today Forums
www.midwiferytoday.com/forums/
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Re: [ozmidwifery] helpful tip

[Jen Semple]

I read this too in the Midwifery Today forum.  For the
life of me, I can't get a picture in my head of what
this manipulation might look like!  Have any of you
tried this or somethingsimilar before?

Jen

 --- Mary Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 
> The Art of Midwifery
> To turn a posterior baby: Have the woman lie on her
> left side with her left leg straight down and in
> line with her body and her right leg raised and
> brought up toward her face, head curled down toward
> knee. [I am short so having her place her knee on my
> shoulder is the right height and position.] During a
> contraction, push down and back on bottom leg and up
> and abducted with top leg. That seems to open pelvis
> and allows baby to turn with the contraction. I
> usually see a funny look on mom's face, and baby is
> on perineum immediately.
> 
> - Claudia Toms
> Midwifery Today Forums
> www.midwiferytoday.com/forums/
>  

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