Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Chiropractic care for pregnant moms and babies
Last night we had our monthly doula meeting. The guest speaker was Dr. Jenn of Hands-On Healthcare. We learned all about chiropractic care for pregnant moms and babies and let me tell you, it was fascinating! I'm a fan of chiropractic care, but to hear a presentation specifically geared for my client audience (and myself!) was great. And since I was there with my son (still under 4 months and nursing all evening), he got to be the demo doll. I'm excited to have some information that I can share with my clients about the availability of chiropractic care specifically for expectant moms, especially the Webster Technique for allowing breech babies the best opportunity to turn. I'm excited to move my care from the collection of chiropractors I've previously seen over to Dr. Jenn. And if I can convince Keith it is safe for kids, I'll be taking Ava and Alder over there too.
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I found got a back pain relief from a chiropractor during my pregnancy, but even with 3 months of trying, he wasn't able to turn my breech baby using the Webster Technique. A ECV did the trick, though.
I think the high success rates chiropractors claim for the Webster Technique is due to the fact that most babies turn on their own eventually, anyway.
I think you are right about the high success rates, as 50% of 37-week breech babies will flip on their own with no interventions by the 40 week mark. But heck, the chiro success rate is so much higher and less interventive than ECV rates, I would (as you did) certainly pick that first. I'll bet many chiros would argue your ECV was successful and stuck because you were well aligned, and I could buy that rationale.
No matter what got Baby A to turn, I'm really glad it did. :)
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