Today we explore one of the most powerful tools in childbirth: movement. When considering movement during labor and delivery, it raises questions such as: Does the shape and size of your pelvis affect the birthing process? How does the pool open? Can you move effectively if you have an epidural? Join us to explore the importance of movement (and advocate for it!) in birth.
To have this conversation with me today Yoga | Birth | BabiesI’m joined by Brittany Sharpe McCollum. Brittany is a perinatal pelvic biomechanics educator, labor support doula, and childbirth educator. She is also the owner of Blossoming Bellies Wholistic Birth Services, based in the greater Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area.
Brittany is a wealth of knowledge, so you can rest assured that you will learn valuable lessons from this episode. Ultimately, I hope this discussion instills in you a new level of confidence in your body’s ability to bring baby into the world.
In this episode you will learn:
- About Brittany and How She Got Into Birth Labor
- Her thoughts on pelvic shape and size, and whether it’s common during childbirth
- The benefits of movement during labor
- How our bodies can guide us to follow instinctive movements and how a person giving birth can find the confidence to listen to their instincts
- Instinct vs. social conditioning when it comes to labor and birth
- Brittany’s Suggestions for Promoting Exercise in a Hospital Setting
- Some tips for working with a posterior baby, or if the baby’s chin is elongated or asynclitic
- How the support person can help the person giving birth to keep labor going and keep the baby in a favorable position
- How the support team can help you get into position with an epidural
- Brittany’s 5/4/3 movement rule
- One final tip or advice Brittany would like to offer to new and expectant parents.
- Where to find your job
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About Brittany:
Brittany Sharpe McCollum, CCE (BWI), CPLD, CLC is a perinatal pelvic biomechanics educator and owner of Blossoming Bellies Wholeistic Birth Services, based in the greater Philadelphia, PA area, which offers childbirth education classes, birth doula services and dynamic labor support. Training workshops in pelvic biomechanics for perinatal professionals and future parents. She has been providing birth-related support to expectant parents since 2007 with an approach focused on developing advocacy skills for effective communication, using movement in all labs to support progress and understanding the importance of an individualized, person-centered approach to childbirth. Brittany also creates and facilitates continuing education workshops for clinical and non-clinical laboratory support providers on evidence-based fetal positioning, pelvic biomechanics, and laboratory physiology and is honored to be a sought-after speaker at training and conferences, notably those of the International Chiropractic Pediatric Association. Summit in 2018, Evidence Based Birth Conference in 2019, NNEPQIN Winter 2022, the ACNM Midwifery Day Conference, the New Jersey Midwifery Education Project, Somos Raices: Maternal and Child Well-Being Conference, and more. She is also the author of the book “Baby Got VBAC: An Inspiring Collection of Wisdom for Better Births After Cesarean,” the creator of the ICEA Childbirth Educator Training Anatomy and Reproductive Structure program. and the facilitator of pelvic biomechanics and work. labor and delivery staff positioning training for Vermont Medical Center in Burlington, Vermont.
Connect with Brittany:
Website: www.blossomingbelliesbirth.com
IG: @blossomingbelliesbirth
FB: Blossoming Bellies Holistic Birth Services
TikTok: Birth of a flowery belly
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