On your marks, get set, bake!

Over Thanksgiving weekend our kids watched several episodes of The Great British Baking Show. This inspired a round of baking today. We made a party bread stuffed with pesto, roasted butternut squash & onions, pine nuts, & sheep cheese feta.

Then we had a judging contest with Eric filling in for Paul Hollywood.

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My interview with Tracy Donegan of Gentlebirth

Listen to my interview about breech birth with Tracy Donegan! Tracy trained as a midwife in Ireland and currently runs GentleBirth.

The podcast is also available here on iTunes.

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Breech birth at home: BMC series guest blog

Dr. Stuart Fischbein and I were invited to write a guest blog about our recent article in BMC Pregnancy & Childbirth, Breech birth at home.

Here is an excerpt from my part of the blog:

We are doing women enormous harm by taking away their bodily autonomy when their baby is breech. In theory, state and federal laws support the principle of informed consent and informed refusal, and nearly every hospital has a patient’s bill of rights that ensures consent before medical procedures. Yet we throw these legal and ethical rights away when a baby turns bottom-first.

We can do better. We owe it to the women we care for. Women should not be forced to leave the hospital in order to exercise their right to informed consent. Every woman with a breech baby deserves access to skilled providers in her own community who can support her, whether she chooses a planned cesarean section or a vaginal breech birth.

Read the rest of the blog post here.

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Dr. Stu's Podcast discusses our article on breech at home

Come listen to Dr. Stuart Fischbein discuss our recent paper Breech birth at home.

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Asheville NC breech workshop (Dec 1-2)

A 2-day workshop on vaginal breech birth with Dr. Rixa Freeze, PhD and Dr. David Hayes, OBGYN of Harvest Moon Women's Health.

ACNM & MEAC CEUs available (7 contact hours / 0.7 CEUs)

If you are on call or cannot come in person, the event will be livestreamed and recorded.

Saturday, Dec 1:

• 9 am: Evidence on Term Breech Since the 2000 Term Breech Trial (Dr. Freeze)
• 11 am: Breech Maneuvers from 1609 to the Present (Dr. Freeze)
• 1 pm: Lunch
• 2:30-6 pm: Breech skills and hands-on simulation training (Dr. Hayes)

Sunday, Dec 2:

• 9 am: Breech Nomenclature (Dr. Freeze)
• 10:30 am: Discussion/Q&A (Dr. Hayes & Dr. Freeze)
• 12 pm: lunch
• 2-4 pm: Breech birth at home (Dr. Freeze)

Drinks & snacks provided.

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