Last month I started posting questions that I receive on a regular basis from chiropractors worldwide concerning pregnancy and chiropractic. This month I will do the same as so many of you have emailed me privately or through Facebook or LinkedIn to tell me how much you have enjoyed it so far. Please don't be shy if you'd like to ask a question or comment on one that I'll be posting here. Be sure to also join my
LinkedIn Group Pregnancy Chiropractic. It's a group where docs from all over are asking and answering questions as it pertains to natural, prenatal chiropractic care. I hope to see you there.
So, without further adieu here's the Q&A...and it doesn't come from a doctor, it
comes from one of the dozens of mothers-to-be who
e-mail me every week. I feel her question is vitally
important to moms and their chiropractors, so I
decided to share it with all of you reading
today
Hi there,
I will be 38 weeks pregnant with boy/girl twins
Monday, 7/18 & have been referred to your website
by Gail Tully from the spinning babies website. I am
presently seeing a chiropractor who
studied under Dr. Webster & have been receiving
acupuncture as well as craniosacral & myfacial
release massage at his office. He is doing symphysis
pubis adjustments, but Baby A is still in the breech
position. She flipped at 30 weeks & I believe is still in
the complete breech position, bottom side closest to
my pelvis. Baby B is head down, but not as low as
Baby A, so my dr. believes that Baby A will engage
1st & thereby cause us to have a c-section.
We are holding off as long as we can as we have
studied the Hypnobirthing technique & hired a doula
for what we hoped would be a completely natural,
drug-free birth. I am hoping that perhaps someone on
your staff & my chiropractor or myself can work
together to see if his techniques will be successful in
getting Baby A to flip for us. The acupuncturist is
working on both my kidney & bladder chi's as they
were deficient just after she flipped. (a problem I also
faced prior to becoming pregnant)
Anything you can do or recommend would be so
greatly appreciated as our dr. has asked us to
schedule a c-section for week 41 just in case. I'm
not feeling like either baby has engaged yet, however
I am fearful that this might be the last week I can try
any manuevers due to space issues for the babies. I
truly appreciate you taking the time to read this e-
mail & am hopeful that Gail's recommendation will be
exactly what I need to accomplish our
intentions.
Have a most wonderful day!
Pam & Mark C.
Hi Pam,
Thanks so much for contacting me. I appreciate your
thoughtful e-mail. It is not unusual for one twin to
be breech and the other vertex. For reasons of
space in-utero, it makes perfect sense. Most often
once the first baby is delivered, the second flips head
down and is delivered shortly after the first. This
may also happen in your case...as you stated
depending on who engages first. But we have had
cases where the twins have turned both in our office
and in other docs' offices. It's a lot less likely
because of the physical crowding, but our technique
has worked on twins.
You are doing wonderful things by getting adjusted,
pubic bone adjustments are vital. Craniosacral,
myofascial release and acupuncture are also
excellent! Congratulations on choosing such healthy
and natural care for you and your babies. You may
want to discuss the homeopathic remedy called
pulsatilla with your chiro. It has been known to make
a "stubborn" baby a little more cooperative. I have
recommended it for several of my practice members
with great success. But, since you are not my
patient, I can't recommend it you for obvious
reasons, but I do recommend that you discuss it with
your doctors.
I recommend that your chiro e-mail me to get some information regarding my technique. Also be sure to forward the following link to an article I
wrote for Today's chiropractic magazine. This article should give your doc the basics of what
we do. It may offer some new info that could be
implemented to help you out.
Please don't hesitate to let me know if I can be of
further service to you. Good Luck with everything. I
hope this information is helpful to you. Until next
time....
Love & Gratitude
Dr. Karen Gardner
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