Resolving Shoulder Dystocia
Birth From the Inside Out
Restoring physiological descent in mobile and upright birth.
Gain fluency between breech and vertex shoulder dystocia.
Learn five types of shoulder dystocia at three pelvic levels.
Are you prepared to recognize what needs to be done, and when?
Resolving Shoulder Dystocia is a one-day workshop for Midwives, Student Midwives, Nurses or any provider attending births and uses anatomical knowledge for creating space to free a baby where it happens to be stuck. We will cover normal birth and normal rotations, deviation, when to help, maneuvers to help at the various levels, and what to do when you don’t know what to do. We will also cover FlipFLOP to free a baby which utilizes upright, mobile breech solutions as well as solutions for supine birth.
This course was developed by Spinning Babies® creator Midwife Gail Tully using the three levels of the pelvis.
We will also do simulations, review movies and slideshows, discuss case studies, and skills checklists.
Scholarships: A limited number of scholarships are available for each workshop. Please inquire about a scholarship here.
The Resolving Shoulder Dystocia Guide is a companion guide to the Resolving Shoulder Dystocia Workshop.
This unique course includes:
- A compassionate process-focused midwifery model approach
- Anatomy coloring book and creative visual aids
- Opportunities for introspection to cultivate discernment of “when to act”
- Hands-on pelvis-centered learning from the inside out
- Connect anatomy between breech and vertex shoulder dystocia
- Practice meeting the unknown and unexpected in community
- 7 hour course: 7 CE hours through CA Board of Registered Nursing and 7 CE hours through MEAC Continuing Professional Development
Upcoming Workshops
Atlanta, Georgia
Austin, Texas
San Diego, California
Workshop Instructor:
Nicole Morales, LM CPM is a homebirth midwife, Spinning Babies® Approved Trainer, and partner with Restory Birthwork. She is also co-author of The Breech Release and The Restorative Midwifery Series.