Bass Ackward

A few months ago Mothering magazine had a great article written by that midwife supreme, Ina May Gaskin, on breech birth. She had several reasons why vaginal breech birth deliveries must continue to be performed and taught in hospital as well as home settings.

If you enjoy birth photos, here are two different breech birth stories. The first is a home breech birth (graphic photos, so watch it if you pull this up at work). The second is a birth center delivery of a breech baby.

And hey – while we’re on birth photos, here’s one of a twin home birth. The twins’ mother maintains a website, www.breechbabies.com, which is the direct or indirect source for the links above. If you’re a junkie for birth pictures, she has links to many breech births here.

Who knows if the story is true, but friends of ours swear their friends had a baby arrive unexpectedly breech at the hospital. To honor his reversed entry into the world, they reversed the name they’d chosen for him and “Derf” is the name that appears on his birth certificate.