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>TREATMENT OF TWIN COMPLICATED FETAL MALPRESENTATION

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>TREATMENT OF TWIN COMPLICATED FETAL MALPRESENTATION

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>A 35 old multipara contacted me asking if i could help her with the

>malpresentation of the twins she was carrying in her belly.

>Sha was in the 36th week of her pregnancy, carrying twins in separate

>amniotic sacks.

>Twin no. 1, the female, was well sited in breech position.

>Twin no. 2, the male was high in head position. the situation is known as

> " locked twins " making vaginal delivery impossible.

>As she wanted to have the babies at home, and avoid the almost inevitable

>Caesarean Section she asked me to help her.

>At the beginning of her 37th week of pregnancy we started with Moxibustion

>of BL 67 Zhiyin, bilateral, once a day for 10 minutes on each side.

>The Moxibustion was performed by the Ladies' husband at evenings. After a

>week she reported, that according to the UltraSound examination, twin no. 1

>hadn't moved, but Twin No. 2 had changed to Transverse presentation. The

>Ladies' Doctor was satisfied, but as Twin No. 2 was high, he was afraid it

>might turn back to head presentation.

>I summoned the lady to my clinic and did once Acupuncture on BL 67 Zhiyin,

>instructing her to continue with the home Moxibustion and asked her to

>report daily.

>After 4 more days of home moxibustion Twin No. 2 turned to Breech

>presentation, while twin No. 1 didn't move.

>I asked the lady to stop all treatments, 2 days later, at 04:00 she had a

>rupture of the membranes and started Labour at her home, after twin No. 1

>was delivered in complete breech presentation, twin no 2 CHANGED FROM

>BREECH TO HEAD in utero (as reported by the doctor and the midwife) and

>delivered normally.

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>We couldn't assess, while performing moxibustion and acupuncture, whether

>there was a difference in the effect of the right-leg BL 67 or the left

>one. according to the ladies' report, usually it was the male (no. 2) baby

>that moved, no matter which side was treated.

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>Reuven Barak, MD

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