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Every once in a while I stay up late looking at birth videos on Youtube. Yeah... probably to torture myself. Anyway, here is one that actually has shoulder dystocia and uses the McRobert maneuver to deliver.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVkRrkMdU4c

Sure wish my midwife would have tried something other than just tugging and twisting...

Kate

Good YouTube find; thanks for sharing!

Hi...
I read that a midwife delivered your baby??? Did u have a dr present???I too only had a nurse/midwife there

I just went to the video and it has been deleted from Youtube!
Wow I guess someone does not want a good delivery on Youtube. Why would this be taken down when it give good example of SD delivery?

The only SD delivery tape I watched was one where the baby was injured. It was such an emotional experience for me. I guess I just never realized how hard the delivery was on me, even though I know how bad my injury is. I some how was disconnected from the actual event. I cried so hard when I saw it and felt so very sad for my Mom that she had to go through this and discover that I was injured after release from the hospital. They managed to hide it from her the two weeks we were in after birth. They claimed I was scratching my face! I still can't do that.

Tuckersmommy wrote:Hi...
I read that a midwife delivered your baby??? Did u have a dr present???I too only had a nurse/midwife there

Yes, just a midwife. It was a home water birth (yes, dystocia can happen even if you aren't resting on your tailbone). I wish I'd had a midwife who was more pro-active in getting me onto all fours or squatting or SOMETHING other than just pulling and twisting on my baby to dislodge him. I used to blame myself because it was a home birth, but from everything I've read, it had a high likelihood of being even worse if I'd been in a hospital.

Kate