Birth and its Injuries

1. Course Introduction

   5 lessons

   1. Please read before starting
   2. Welcome to the Course
   3. About Your Instructor
   4. Course Outline
   5. About Dr. Dustin Costescu

2. The Bony Pelvis & Normal Birth

   8 lessons

   1. Anatomy and Structural Relationships
   2. Variations in Anatomy: Structure and Function
   3. The Cervix
   4. The Normal Birth
   5. Stages of labour and pushing, briefly explained by Dr. Dustin
   6. The Normal Birth Forces
   7. Forces as described by Dr. Dustin
   8. Predicting how a birth may go, by Dr. Dustin

3. Complications and Their Impacts on Baby and Mum

   9 lessons

   1. Things That Complicate Birth
   2. Malpositions
   3. Malpresentations
   4. Some insight on occiput posterior births, by Dr. Dustin
   5. Different fetal presentations as explained by Dr. Dustin
   6. Breech Babies
   7. External Cephalic Versions - a medical procedure explained by Dr. D
   8. How OBs determine when to move to a medical intervention
   9. Drops in fetal heart rate make medical interventions a necessity

4. Medical Interventions

   9 lessons

   1. Forceps
   2. Ventouse (Vacuum) Extractions
   3. Comments about forceps & vacuums from the doctor himself
   4. Dr. Dustin: Choosing which medical intervention to use
   5. Cesarean Sections
   6. How C-section incisions are made, by Dr. Dustin
   7. Moving from C-sections to inductions. Dr. Dustin explains why.

   1. Birth Trauma

      1. Midwives in the hospital setting, from an OB's point of view
      2. Birth Injuries and Uterine-Lie Problems

5. Course Recap & Clinical Application

   7 lessons

   1. Clinical Application & Technique (24 mins)
   2. Wrapping Things Up, Goodbye from Dr. Costescu and me!
   3. Parting words and encouragement from Joanne
   4. Intake and Birth History Form
   5. IJOM Article - Osteopathic Intervention for Infants with Feeding Issues
   6. IJOM - Positional Plagiocephaly Article (Italy)
   7. Certificate of completion - how to get it