Shoulder Dystocia Delivery

The need for Obstetrical training is enormous because both mother and neonate are at risk. An OB crisis requires a team of specialists who are prepared to handle the delivery. The ultimate goal of training is to improve clinical outcomes thereby improving neonatal outcomes.

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Education

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• Obstetrics
• birth
• dystocia
• delivery
• hybrid simulation
• hybrid
• outcomes
• neonatal
• newborn
• mother

[KatsyFGA]

The McRoberts maneuver gives "an extra centimeter" -- squatting or hands-and-knees positions routinely give a couple of centimeters and perhaps more. Maybe a better move would be the preventive step of having mothers be upright or squatting while giving birth instead of on their backs.

[danischmell]

um... anyone think of trying the Gaskin maneuver? Way less invasive.

[COULDNTthinkNAMEOFa]

@Sprakle347 not really docs are just impatient...it will come out on its own.Ive had 3 1 on the way.Midwives dont rush things docs do...they wanna get home and eat or move onto the next "patient"

[sprinklefriend]

i was a shoulder dystocia baby even though i was premature. my Mom is on the smaller side at 5'3" but that's certainly usually big enough to deliver a baby, especially a premature one. i was born in 1986 and she said they used the mcroberts to get me out. no lasting harm to me, and my sister was born 2 years later at full term with no dystocia or any other problems.

[Sprakle347]

u need to push to get the placenta out?

[kenjahsmom]

Ok so I have to ask how many of these comments came from doulas, CBE's or other birth-workers? I think all our comments are too harmonious for a you tube video.:)

[kenjahsmom]

@NatureTrumpsGMO That response is so shockingly bad but I can't help but laugh at it. You know they say even doctors with C averages can practice but that statement makes me think he might have done worse than that in high school.

[kenjahsmom]

@KatsyFGA yep, squat and hands and knees both can produced up to 3 extra centimeters while reducing the likely hood of a BP injury.

[kenjahsmom]

@danischmell My thoughts exactly. Sadly managing dystocia as describes can cause brachial plexus injury. At times this can make the babies entire arm motionless for the rest of his life.

[NatureTrumpsGMO]

YES YES....thank you Leslie....read, read and inform yourself of what we do to poor unsuspecting and uninformed mothers in the name of progress and medical heroics...it is sad to the extreme.

a quote from a leading OBGYN at a conference—a midwife asked why not let gravity do the work—his response still gets me laughing—FOR REAL HE SAID: "gravity doesn't work on all women"—wow—who would have thunk it? I guess that is why we see so many flying around like Mary Poppins...Get a MIDWIFE - be happy!

[NatureTrumpsGMO]

ya think...what gave it away...the plastic...hospital birth is fake...we create the drama so we can ride in on our white horses and save the day...."you are lucky we got it in time, or we could have lost you and the baby"...."OH thank you DOCTOR...we will never forget what you have done for us."...you want to see a real birth check out Monty Python's Sketch...you will both laugh and cry at the same time....they tell it like it is.

[NatureTrumpsGMO]

The Sad reality is that we teach OBYGNs more about litigation, insurance and leasing a Lexus than turning a baby...the old midwives have been kept out of the melee to the consternation of happy and harmonious outcomes that portend a life of health. The end result is 1 out of every 3 births in the USA end up with a c-section because of dystocia by default, design and dumbing down. This does create a healthier economy as we create clients and pension plans for medical professionals in the process.