Dr Rachel Reed
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Top Posts
- Amniotic Fluid Volume: too much, too little, or who knows?
- The Anterior Cervical Lip: how to ruin a perfectly good birth
- The Curse of Meconium Stained Liquor
- Induction: a step by step guide
- The Effective Labour Contraction
- Induction of Labour: balancing risks
- In Celebration of the OP Baby
- In Defence of the Amniotic Sac
- The Perineal 'Bundle' and Midwifery
- Pre-labour Rupture of Membranes: impatience and risk
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In Celebration of the OP Baby
Updated: February 2018 How many times have you heard “I had to have an epidural/c-section/ventouse/etc. because my baby was facing the wrong way”? An occipito posterior (OP) position occurs when the baby enters the pelvis facing forward with his back … Continue reading
Posted in baby, birth, midwifery practice
Tagged birth, blame, cervix, intervention, labour pattern, occipito-posterior, OP, optimal fetal positioning, positions
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