Course Module

Breech Birth  - Google Doc

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Practice Guidelines Guidance

Online Resources

Websites

• Spinning Babies - Midwife Gail Tully

• Practice Guidelines - AOM Ontario, Canada

• Practice Guidelines CPGs vs Protocols - AOM Ontario

• Management of Breech Presentation at Term, Journal of Obstetrics & Gynacology Canada

• Singleton breech presentation at term: Review of the evidence and international guidelines for application to the New Zealand context.

• New algorithm to increase breech birth safety, Kings College London

• Management of breech presentation, RANZCOG, AU

• Mechanisms of upright breech birth, Breech Birth UK

• Mechanics of breech birth, Breech Without Borders

• Vaginal breech maneuvers, Breech Without Borders

• The story that got midwives and obstetricians talking together - Homebirth midwife Maggie Banks PhD, RM, RGON, New Zealand, March 15, 2014.

• Birth Spirit - Birthspirit website with Dr. Maggie Banks, homebirth midwife and midwifery educator. Use website search engine for commentary and discussion on breech birth. Search “breech”. Several excellent resources within her posts. Be sure to read her Term Breech Trial Commentary, Breech, Posterior, and a Deflexed Head! An Active Birth Solution?

• Is planned vaginal delivery for breech presentation at term still an option? Results of an observational prospective survey in France and Belgium.

• Birthing Instincts with Dr. Stu - Home birth with an obstetrician, Dr. Stuart Fischbein. Blog, video, resources.

• Mode of delivery and term breech presentation in the PREMODA cohort Abstract - in English, article in French. J Gynecol Obstet Biol Reprod (Paris). 2004 Feb;33(1 Suppl):S37-44

• Is planned vaginal delivery for breech presentation at term still an option? - Results of an observational prospective survey in France and Belgium

• The risks of planned vaginal breech delivery versus planned Caesarean section for term breech birth - a meta-analysis including observational studies by Y Berhan and A Haileamlak (2015)

• Review - The case for and against vaginal breech delivery, by Charlotte L Deans and Zoe Penn

• Cephalic version by moxibustion for breech presentation - Coyle ME1, Smith CA, Peat B., School of Nursing and Midwifery, Monash University,Churchill, Australia Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2012 

• Cephalic version by postural management for breech presentation - First published: October 17, 2012

• Acupuncture Research - Debra Betts

• Acupuncture and Acupressure in Pregnancy and Childbirth - Debra Betts

Podcasts

• Vaginal Breech Birth x3

• More Breech Confusion: Dr Stuart Fischbein

• Heads Up! The disappearing art of breech delivery: Dr Stuart Fischbein

Videos

There are many videos on breech birth online. We strongly encourage you to watch as many as you can so you can begin to “know normal” and see how breech works as well as when it is time to intervene.

Breech Water Birth at Home

This is a midwife attended breech at home in New Zealand where breech is considered normal out of hospital. The midwife patiently waits for the delivery of the head. Great learning video

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