Vacuum-Assisted Birth
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2022 Articles
Sustained Fetal Compression
A mother recently asked a great question, “How do you know that my baby’s strain is from fetal life?” I…
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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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Allergy
I believe that birth trauma can be a possible cause of allergy for some patients. A nine-year-old girl presents with…
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Forceps
In 1980 I saw clinically that the misuse of forceps could be devastating. A retired nurse had forceps with her…
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Bilateral Pigeon-toed or Intoeing Fetal Birth Trauma
For years I have discussed the negative effects of sustained fetal compressive strains. The most damaging strain may be the…
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The Feeling of Coming Out of Zero-Second Brain Cycle
I work with many people who come out of zero-second brain cycle in therapy. I asked this perceptive patient, who…
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Patient Feels As If He Were ‘Being Reborn’
A 32-year-old new patient presented today with back, neck, and head pain. He had a zero-second brain cycle with a…
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What Is Birth Trauma?
A reader asks, “What is birth trauma?” Good question. My answer: Were the fetus experiences forces that strain the fascial…
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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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