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Re: to push or not to push From: Ina May Gaskin (midwifeim@earthlink.net) Wed Jul 29 10:58:01 2009 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: art fougner, md: "Re: Health Care" Previous message: Andrew Folley: "Re: Health Care" In reply to: Dr Eberhard Lisse: "Re: to push or not to push" It can be pretty dramatic how much this can help to release an impacted shoulder to draw one knee forward. Women who have a shoulder dystocia while sitting or squatting in a tub of water often find that stepping out of the tub will release the problem shoulder. It's simple body mechanics plus the effect of gravity. :-) Ina May On 29 Jul 2009, at 03:52, Dr Eberhard Lisse wrote: > I have very few shoulder dystocias, which makes every one occurring > even more frightening, but I also feel that the Gaskin Maneuver works > better for me than the corkscrews or McRoberts. Didn't know about > the "step", will remember that :-)-O > > el > > on 7/28/09 11:22 PM Ina May Gaskin said the following: >> I've only worked with women who were able to move and support their >> own >> weight. Step 1: get the mother to turn to hands and knees. Most will >> then have the urge to push. If not, I'll splint my first two fingers >> across the posterior armpit (it's usually the easier to get) and >> deliver >> the shoulder. If that's not possible, it may be possible to grasp >> one of >> the hands and deliver whichever shoulder it's attached to. The rest >> should be easy. >> >> Another variation is to have the mother take a "step" forward with >> first >> one knee, then the other to free an impacted shoulder. >> >> Ina May > > -- > Dr. Eberhard W. Lisse \ / Obstetrician & Gynaecologist (Saar) > el@lisse.NA el108-ARIN / * | Telephone: +264 81 124 6733 (cell) > PO Box 8421 \ / Please do NOT email to this address > Bachbrecht, Namibia ;____/ if it is DNS related in ANY way Next message: art fougner, md: "Re: Health Care" Previous message: Andrew Folley: "Re: Health Care" In reply to: Dr Eberhard Lisse: "Re: to push or not to push"

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