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2022 Articles
A Blue Baby With a Wrapped Umbilical Cord
“I told all the doctors that she was never right from birth. Every one told me what happened at birth…
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2022 Articles
The History of the Work at Birth
In 1978 I noticed that children did well with my work. My interest was spurred in 1980 when some children…
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2022 Articles
Change a Life at Birth
I believe that for some children the work directly at birth could have made a world of difference. This story…
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2021 Articles
The Importance of the Diaphragm
Two new babies to the office recently reminded me of the critical importance of the diaphragm. When the first baby…
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2021 Articles
Preterm Births and Low Birth Weight
A 14-week-old low-weight infant presented recently with plagiocephaly, torticollis, and failed tie revisions. This is a hypothetical progression of events…
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2021 Articles
Wet Lung Syndrome
By Barbara Chambers and Dr. Barry Gillespie Soon after my son’s birth in 1975, doctors diagnosed him with wet lung…
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2021 Articles
The Many Diverse Infant Conditions of the Gillespie Approach
In his poem “The Divine Comedy” Dante describes his travels down the nine circles of the inferno. We are going…
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2020 Articles
The Newborn Stress of Motherhood
“So many people have told me the nursing issue is because of me and my tension/stress. While I get that…
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2019 Articles
My Journey
I was not supposed to be. When my mother at 34 could not get pregnant after three years of trying,…
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2019 Articles
A Typical Morning at My Office
Her pediatrician notes Baby One is doing great with her legs, but mom noticed she still has some bowing in…
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