Rixa Freeze has a PhD from the University of Iowa and is a researcher, professor, and mother of four children. Her current research specialization is vaginal breech birth. She is the president of Breech Without Borders, a 501(c)3 nonprofit and teaches at a private liberal arts college. She blogs at Stand and Deliver.
Listen and Learn:
- A lack of research may impede the view of breech birth as a normal life event
- Training for delivering singleton breech babies is not very common in US medical schools
- Research on breech birth outcomes is more available in other countries and some is now happening in the US also
- Many of the studies present conflicting information
- Not everyone with a breech baby is a good candidate for a breech vaginal birth
- Those that are good candidates may be able to avoid a cesarean with the right healthcare provider
- More breech vaginal births would likely be done if more healthcare providers were knowledgeable in the techniques, risks, and safety considerations.
- Breech Without Boarders is doing grassroots training for practitioners to relearn the skills here in the US and abroad
Resources & Mentions:
- Breech Without Borders
- Vaginal breech workshops
- Reteach Breech fundraiser
- Stand and Deliver Blog
- Breech Without Borders Vimeo page
- Instructional breech birth videos (showing the normal mechanisms of breech)
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