Every time one of our children decides they are done nursing, we have a nursing party. We make or buy a cake, we nurse one last time, and th...

These are my hours. Let them be hard. I’ll ask for what I need. This is one of the few lines of narration in the entire documentary The...

Come to the Aug 18-19 Breech Workshop in Auburn, WA sponsored by Dr. Rixa Freeze, Breech Without Borders , and the Washington Alliance for ...

Obstetric violence is a real thing. It's a form of physical and sexual assault. It comes in many forms--from little things like clamping...

I'm excited to announce a new nonprofit initiative called Breech Without Borders (www.breechwithoutborders.org). Breech Without Borde...

This textbook by Farabeuf and Henri V is over a century old, but the illustrations are still some of the best I've ever seen. The atten...

This short video shows 10 key mechanisms of a normal upright breech birth. 1. Buttocks/feet emerge sacrum-transverse 2. Body restitutes t...

I have an idea for a breech-related nonprofit organization. I think it's an amazing idea, and it dovetails nicely into the work I've...

We got back from a week skiing in Vialattea, an inter-connected group of ski resorts in Italy & France (Sestriere, Sauze d'Oulx, Pra...

A smile full of new teeth coming in, boundless energy and enthusiasm, solitary at times, talkative at other times--that's our Inga. ...

I'm wading through obstetrical literature of the 1980s & 1990s to discover information relating to type of breech presentation and t...

Severe acute maternal morbidity (SAMM) is a maternal life-threatening event shortly before or after childbirth, often referred to as a ...

How likely is a woman to have a cesarean when she is in labor with a breech baby? Is there any way to predict her chances of a vaginal birth...

Recent studies do not support the findings of the 2000 Term Breech Trial, a randomized controlled trial that enrolled 2,088 women. Two lar...

Each year around 6,490 women in the Netherlands (40%) still plan a vaginal breech birth. This number is significantly lower than it was befo...

Last Saturday we hiked the Circuit du Mont Alban . So many stairs!

Making a decision about how to birth a breech baby involves a complex risk calculus. Women have to weigh the short- and long-term benefits t...

In preparation for my Jan 24th Indie Birth webinar-- Is vaginal breech birth safe? --I wanted to share this series of graphics I have create...

On January 24, I will be giving a webinar about term breech: Is vaginal breech birth safe?  Come join me! This presentation reviews res...

I recently did a podcast with Maryn Green of Indie Birth: Restoring women's choice for vaginal breech birth: My chat with researcher Dr....