"If you're interested, you'll do what's convenient. If you're committed, you'll do what's necessary."

With this course you will learn how a baby suffers injuries through the traumas of birth and positional problems of uterine lie.

Instructors: Dr. Dustin Costescu, OB-Gyn & Joanne Lynne, OMP, B.Sc., MALAT (in progress)

Certificate for 3 hours

Ā Birth

  • Normal birth
  • Forces of birth
  • Complications during delivery
  • Medical interventions
  • Practitioner roles during birth

Anatomy

  • Female bony pelvis
  • Soft tissue considerations
  • Fetal positions
  • Fetal presentations
  • Types of breech positions
  • Birth through the pelvis

Medical Procedures

  • External Cephalic Versions
  • Forceps & vacuums
  • Cesarean sections

Types of Injuries to Babies

  • Cephalohematomas
  • Cranial plate compressions
  • Shoulder dystocia
  • Neck injuries
  • Throat injuries & cord wraps
  • Palsies & nerve problems
  • Chronic issues in babies
  • Fetal heart rate decelerations

Understand the forces on baby

  • Bony resistance on the head
  • Soft tissue resistance
  • Contration forces
  • Direction of forces
  • Forceps forces
  • Vacuum forces

Learn the differences between:

  • Planned & unplanned C-sections
  • Midwife & Obstetrician births
  • Normal & "Non-normal" birth
  • Optimal fetal lie vs. Non
  • Optimal fetal head position vs. Non

Hear from a professional medical doctor, first hand

Dr. DustinĀ explains what really happens during birth.

Parents feel a great sense of trust when they are convinced of your understanding of their most recent life-altering event.

New referrals will sky-rocket!