August 09, 2019 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, CD/BDT(DONA), LCCE, FACCE, CLE
A few weeks ago, I shared information on The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC) newly updated guidelines for the Management of Breech Presentation at Term (No. 384) in a post on Connecting the Dots. One of the key takeaways was the underlying principle that shared decision making and informed consent is key in order for families to make decisions that feel right for them.
I recently came across some visuals created by Rixa Freeze, PhD that I thought would be useful as a brief follow up to SOGC’s recent statement.
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July 26, 2019 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC) has just released new guidelines for the Management of Breech Presentation at Term (No. 384). These new guidelines were last updated more than 10 years ago. The updated guidelines center informed consent shared decision making and appropriate provider trainer in order to be able to safely and routinely offer vaginal breech births for appropriate candidates.
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January 03, 2017 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
An External Cephalic Version (ECV) is one option open to people whose babies are breech. However, if a person has had a prior cesarean, they may be told that this is not an option for them. The evidence does not support excluding those with a prior cesarean from an ECV.
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November 04, 2013 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
By Rebecca Dekker, PhD, RN, APRNOccasional Science & Sensibility contributor Rebecca Dekker of www.EvidenceBasedBirth.com examines the practice of Moxibustion to help turn breech babies head down. Rebecca looks at what the current research shows on this ancient treatment for turning babies
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October 20, 2009 | by: Amy M. Romano, RN,CNM
Since we launched six months ago, Science & Sensibility has become a multidisciplinary hub for analysis of research in maternity care. I'm proud that we have a childbirth educator, a consumer advocate, and two clinicians among our regular contributors. We also regularly have consumers
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