Challenging Births - MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA

Challenging Births: Preventing and solving childbirth difficulties

Birth is a physiological event for which all beings are usually well prepared (in body, mind and spirit, of both mother and baby), however, in a small percentage of cases (10-15% according to the World Health Organization), it becomes essential to deliver special expert and wise care by the midwife or other professional assisting the birth. In these potentially critical situations, there are special techniques and practices upon which the mother's and baby's survival and health can depend. Vital, healthy and thriving mothers and babies are always a joyous celebration and, even though it is not always in our hands to control the outcome of a birth, it is of vital importance to count on knowledge and tools to invite life to stay and flourish. The 'Challenging Births' workshop created and taught by Naoli Vinaver, stems from her long experience as a home birth midwife. The workshop is designed for all birth practitioners to open up their scope of understanding on birth physiology and to review, practice and upgrade their skills in the prevention and resolution of birth challenges.

• Understanding birth as a physiological process within the scope of Midwifery
• The symbiotic relationship of mother and baby before, during and after birth.
• Debunking obstetrical myths regarding ' normalcy'
• Understanding the fine line between normalcy and dysfunction
• When ' extraordinary' also means normal
• Understanding birth as a dynamic process
• Conventional vs. Active attention, expanded protocols for safe birth outcomes
• Assessing birth risks realistically
• Preventing childbirth complications: When to wait and when to act to promote change
• The rebozo as an extension of our hands
• The role of fetal and maternal movement in birth
• The pregnant female body on the last trimester
• Assessing fetal positioning in utero and her/his active role in birth
• Anatomy of the birthing woman
• Traditional Rebozo techniques for correcting fetal mal-positioning: posterior, asynclitic, deflexed, disengaged
• Traditional Rebozo techniques for stimulating fetal descent and improving labor
• Naoli's Rebozo Pelvic Expanding Maneuver
• Naoli's Breech-turning 3-step Protocol
• Naoli's Rebozo Fetal Centralizing Maneuver
• Naoli's Rebozo Oblique to Cephalic Maneuver
• Naoli's Double Rebozo Shake-down Fetal Engaging Maneuver
• Naoli's Rebozo Pubic Bone Engaging Maneuver
• Naoli's Rebozo Fetal Disengaging Maneuver
• Resolving breech birth maneuvers
• The use of Rebozo in a postpartum hemorrhage
• Preventing and reverting Pre-eclampsia
• Premature Rupture of membranes midwifery protocol
• Prevention and solutions for shoulder dystocia: conventional and Naoli's original maneuvers
• Neonatal resuscitation with baby as a full active participant
• Prevention and treatment of postpartum hemorrhage
• The active participation of mother and family during and after the birth
• The conscious newborn baby: bringing her/him into postpartum calmness