Optimal Maternal Positioning

Optimal Maternal Positioning Have the confidence to deliver your baby safely
AND have the birth you really want
A Revolutionary

09/05/2026

Australian OMPers taught me the slang ‘Jesus Bar’ and in return, I introduced them to heated rice socks during labour as a form of comfort measures. Tag me when you try it!

You have seen it … now come embody it! Last call for OMP Melbourne on 5.5.26 8:30am-5:30pm 🔥
28/04/2026

You have seen it … now come embody it! Last call for OMP Melbourne on 5.5.26 8:30am-5:30pm 🔥

25/03/2026

5 polls. 5 cases. And you showed me exactly where we are as a profession.
Not one person voted to focus on turning the baby when the real obstacles were bulimia, a divided household and competing agendas.
That gives me hope.
Because breech is not just about position.
This Friday I’m debriefing all 5 cases live on Zoom — what actually happened, what I did, and what OMP has to do with any of it.
Free. Comment OMP for the zoom link!
🇸🇬 Singapore & 🇦🇺 Perth — 9:30am
🇦🇺 Brisbane — 11:30am
🇦🇺 Sydney, Melbourne & east coast — 12:30pm

You answered 10 polls as a birth unfolded.43 hours. A primip. A prodromal labour that became precipitous.A baby born in ...
19/03/2026

You answered 10 polls as a birth unfolded.

43 hours. A primip. A prodromal labour that became precipitous.
A baby born in the caul.

Here is the full debrief — every screenshot, what the data was showing, and what I did at each step.

A few things the poll results told me:
· At hour 0: only 10% identified the non-progressive pattern.
· At hour 27: 0% knew the intent of the technique they were watching.
· At hour 31: 100% said ‘more OMP’ — when the correct move was actually to rest and let the body take over.

This is not a criticism. This is the gap OMP exists to close.

The four things this birth teaches us:
· The rubber band effect — why prodromal labour can become precipitous
· The intent behind each OMP technique — so you know when to use it and when to stop
· How to read duration and frequency separately
· How to turn a prodromal labour into a precipitous labour

5:00am. Home waterbirth. Born in the caul. 10–20 minutes of pushing.
After 43 hours of prodromal labour.

If you want to sit in a room and work through births like this — that is what Day 2 Sydney is for.
April 27. OMP Practice & Integration. Danae, Marya and I will be breaking this birth down in the room.

Link in bio → Sydney registration.

86% of you watched a birth unfold across 10 polls over 2 days.And the pattern in your answers told me everything I neede...
19/03/2026

86% of you watched a birth unfold across 10 polls over 2 days.
And the pattern in your answers told me everything I needed to know about what birth professionals are still missing.
Most of you knew something needed to be done. Very few of you knew what — or why.
At hour 30, I asked: she’s in Open Knee Chest. What are you focusing on?
33% said: I don’t know what to do.
0% identified the actual intent of the technique.
That’s not a criticism. That’s the gap OMP exists to close.
The full debrief is coming. Every screenshot. Every clinical decision. What I did and why.
And if you want to sit in a room with , & myself and work through exactly this kind of birth in real time — that’s Day 2 Sydney. April 27.
Link in bio.

14/03/2026

Australia. We are coming for you.
Ten workshops. Eight cities. April and May 2026.
Swipe or scan — find your city and secure your spot.
🔲 Perth — Intro to OMP for Physiotherapists · 18 April
🔲 Perth — Full Day OMP · 19 April
🔲 Brisbane · 22 April
🔲 Townsville · 24 April
🔲 Sydney Day 1 — OMP Foundations · 26 April
🔲 Sydney Day 2 — OMP Practice & Integration · 27 April
🔲 Canberra · 29 April
🔲 Newcastle · 1 May
🔲 Hobart · 3 May
🔲 Melbourne · 5 May
🔲 Bendigo · 7 May
Each city has its own QR code. Screenshot yours. Registration closes when spots fill.
OMP teaches you what each maternal position and movement does to the pelvis during labour — and how to use that knowledge to change the trajectory of a birth.
For midwives, doulas, obstetricians, physiotherapists, yoga & pilates instructors, osteopaths and chiropractors.
Tag a birth professional in your city.
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14/03/2026

Perth has one of the highest caesarean rates in Australia. You are working in that reality every shift.
OMP doesn’t change the system. It changes what you can do within it.
Perth is also my second home. Andrew’s family is here. I have been teaching Perth birth professionals since 2017 — seven workshops alongside Vicki Hobbs, who has believed in the power of maternal positioning before most people knew what it meant.
We brought the methodology to Perth together. This visit we bring OMP.
The Perth birth community has been on this journey from the beginning. The questions got sharper over the years. The practice got deeper. The births changed.
This is the continuation of something that started here eight years ago.
Full day OMP workshop · Perth · 19 April 2026
For midwives, doulas, obstetricians, physiotherapists, yoga & pilates instructors, osteopaths and chiropractors — any professional working with pregnant and labouring women in Perth and Western Australia.
Registration link: https://www.ibirthprofessionals.com/offers/DQk2Evvt/checkout
Tag a Perth birth professional who has been in this room before — or who should be.

14/03/2026

Physiotherapists do extraordinary work preparing women’s bodies for birth.
But most physio training stops at pregnancy.
You reduce pain. You correct misalignment. You prepare the pelvis. And then your client walks into that birth room — and you’re no longer there.
What needs to happen during labour, and how to make it happen, is the piece that’s missing from most physio education.
The surest way to help a woman avoid the cascade of interventions in hospital is a fast birth. A fast birth happens when a woman’s body is ready — when the pelvis is aligned and mobile and the baby can navigate through with ease.
That’s the butter slide birth. OMP teaches you how to make it possible.
This dedicated Intro to OMP session for physiotherapists was driven by Perth physio Alison Worth — ex-APA committee member — who attended a full day OMP workshop and immediately pushed for a physio-specific session through the APA.
Because she recognised what was missing.
Perth · 18 April 2026 For pelvic floor physios, women’s health physios and exercise physiologists. Registration link in bio.
Tag a physio who works with pregnant women. https://australian.physio/pd/pd-product?id=13381

09/03/2026

Most labouring women move between contractions and freeze when one hits.
It’s instinct. But it’s the wrong way around.

The contraction is the force that drives the baby through the pelvis. That’s exactly when we want her moving — in the right position, with the right movement — not resting and waiting for the next one.
This is the foundation of Optimal Maternal Positioning (OMP).

OMP is built on one core concept: dynamic equilibrium — bringing alignment and mobility to the mother’s pelvis so the baby’s cardinal movements can facilitate labour progress.

In practice this means knowing:
→ Which maternal position opens which part of the pelvis
→ Which movement to use and when
→ How to read a labour that isn’t progressing and respond with intention

Whether you’re a midwife, doula, obstetrician, physiotherapist, yoga or pilates instructor, osteopath or chiropractor — if you work with pregnant and labouring women, this methodology will change how you see birth.
OMP workshops are coming to 8 cities across Australia in April and May 2026.

Perth · Brisbane · Townsville · Sydney · Canberra · Newcastle · Hobart · Melbourne
Registration link: https://www.ibirthprofessionals.com/omp-live-australian-priority

Tuppence Rock

25/02/2026

OMP was never meant to be just a workshop.

It’s a way of thinking in pregnancy and birth.

A way of responding when labour isn’t straightforward. A way of staying steady when families are looking to you for clarity.

This Friday, we launch the OMP Practice & Integration Circle — a monthly live space to unpack real scenarios, real questions, and real application.

I’ll also be announcing some updates to OMP.

For this first session, I’m opening it beyond our OMP community.

If you’re considering attending OMP for Professionals this year — come and observe how we integrate.

Comment OMP CIRCLE and I’ll send you the details.

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