The Anatomy of the Baby's Journey is a collection of popular sessions from the Spinning Babies® 2021 World Confluence, together providing an in-depth exploration of pregnancy and birth anatomy. This course provides birth professionals with over four hours of instruction from Spinning Babies® creator Gail Tully and Approved Trainers Rachel Shapiro and Claire Eccleston, with a bonus session by Spinning Babies® Aware Practitioner Dr. Kristen Hosaka. Topics include soft tissue anatomy, pelvic structure, ligaments, and compound presentations, as well as techniques for ligament balance and conducting vaginal assessments.
Continuing Education:
This course provides four and a half (4.5) continuing education contact hours with the American Nurse Credentialing Center (ANCC). Maternity House Publishing dba Spinning Babies® is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
*This course is recommended for providers and birth workers.
Your purchase includes lifetime access, meaning you can return to this course for as long as Spinning Babies® continues to offer it on our learning platform or a successor platform.
“Lifetime access” refers to the lifetime of the course, not the lifetime of the purchaser. Access is available for as long as Spinning Babies® continues to offer the course on its current learning platform or a successor platform. Spinning Babies® reserves the right to update, modify, replace, retire, or discontinue a course or learning platform at its discretion.
Learning Objectives:
- Match at least one soft tissue anatomy to each of the three pelvic diameters.
- List three anatomical structures in the pelvis that influence fetal rotation or descent.
- Match at least one soft tissue anatomy to each of the three pelvic diameters.
- Define the uterine ligament attachments to the bony pelvis.
- List three anatomical structures in the pelvis that influence fetal rotation or descent.
- Distinguish the uterosacral ligaments by their fibers, function, and anatomical origin and insertion.
- Categorize the various uterosacral ligament insertion sites and their accompanying symptoms of imbalance in pregnancy.
- Categorize the various uterosacral ligament insertion sites and their accompanying symptoms of imbalance in birth.
- Correlate the type of fibers and receptors on the uterosacral ligaments to the type of technique needed to restore physiological balance.
- Evaluate the efficacy of the Three Balances℠ – Forward Leaning Inversion technique for restoring balance to the uterosacral ligaments in pregnancy.
- Identify techniques to restore physiological balance for the uterosacral ligament in birth.
- Define nuchal hand and compound presentation.
- Recall the rationale for anatomy and physiology of the birth giver and baby in the context of vaginal assessments.
- Demonstrate informed embodied consent and holistic communication when practicing vaginal assessments in labor.
- Facilitate improved practical application of vaginal assessments.
- Develop easy mnemonics to support recall of anatomy and babies’ position in vaginal assessment findings.
- List other methods for gathering information on ‘Where’s the baby?’ when vaginal assessments are not an option.
- Consider the Spinning Babies® techniques that best support physiology in relation to the findings of vaginal assessments.
- List three effects of nuchal hands and/or compound presentations.
- Identify three indicators of nuchal hands or compound presentations.
- Name three techniques that can be used to facilitate a change in fetal position.
*This course is recommended for providers and birth workers.
