
05/16/2023
Stories like this motivate and empower me as a doula!
With my first daughter, we had a bit of a scare when her heart rate dropped and I was induced with oxytocin. I was hooked up to many machines, I couldn’t walk around but I could stand. When the nurses checked on me, I kept asking where the baby was in my pelvis, one of the nurses was confused, but another nurse had followed Spinning Babies® lessons and knew exactly why I was asking. It was my first baby, I was about 5 hours into labour, when the nurse told me where the baby was, I was at about 5cm dilated. I did side lunges until I felt more pressure, 20 minutes later—I was 10cm dilated and ready to push! It was incredible, one nurse was on break and by the time she came back-I had the baby!
My midwives were so supportive and made sure I knew all my options, Spinning Babies® empowered me. What started as powerless, being rushed into a room, poked and prodded—ended up as a successful, healthy, empowering situation. I can’t say enough about Spinning Babies®!
– Danielle Robidoux