Fw: Fw: [Birth-Support-Network] ripening ideas?

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Ysha, I was wondering what you thought of this technique, below, for starting

an " overdue " labor. A local woman wrote this. Vicky

>> Vicky York, IBCLC, CPD

>Postpartum Care Services

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> >I taught yoga, childbirth ed, and attended births in a birthing center in CT

for several years and occasionally one of my clients would go over their due

date. Once they had gone over, if they were interested in stimulating labor and

everything else seemed normal, I taught them a breathing (pranayama) technique

that sometimes worked to get labor going--sometimes on the spot--sometimes

within hours. It involves " locks " (bandhas) using the diaphragm, the abdominal

muscles, the pelvic floor diaphragm muscles and the breath in unison to increase

pressure in the abdominal cavity. This pranayama is not recommended for women

during any stage of pregnancy, as it can potentially stimulate miscarriage or

premature labor. But once they have gone past their due date and are showing

signs of impending labor (i.e. the cervix is in position, dilating, effacing,

baby is in a good position, etc), and the continuance of the pregnancy causes

threats of impending medical

> intervention, it may be worth a try. There are also a few simple positions and

some of them use opposition. But it needs to be done under the guidance of

someone who knows how to do it and can monitor the intensity as it can also

cause the water to break (which may be okay if they are past term and it causes

labor to ensue--but I prefer that the water not break during the exercise--and

none of the women I worked with experienced spontaneous breaking of water during

the exercise). So if your client is still waiting and you think this may be an

option for her, you can pass along the info.

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>Vicky York, IBCLC

>Portland, Oregon

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[Guest guest]

Sometimes I feel I have responded too quickly to some of the questoins on this

forum, as there are many quiet listeners with much more experience and training

than I even probably with this.

 

IN this case, I can only share a story I had just heard earlier this week - Dr.

Lad's experience when he was told his wife had cerebro-pelvic disproportion and

needed to have surgical intervention, her labor would not succeed. He asked how

much time they had and was given an hour.

 

He taught her then the yogic breath practice called kapalabhati and then the

so-hum meditation. She did it and then went into a deep meditative silence

before expanding quickly to give birth to their son, to the doctor's surprise!

That and the one your friend described are commonly contraindicated in pregnancy

just because they can increase the apana vayu or downward subdosha of vata which

governs childbirth (and other functions for us).

 

Let us know any such stories, please!

 

Warmly,

Ysha

 

> Ysha, I was wondering what you thought of this technique, below, for starting

an " overdue " labor. A local woman wrote this. Vicky