Breech Births: What Are Your Options and What Are the Risks with Rixa Freeze, PhD

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🗓️ 9 July 2024

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Dr. Freeze is the founder and president of Breech Without Borders, which is dedicated to breech training, education, and advocacy. We talk about what mamas can do if they are coming up to birth and baby is breech, what the risks are, and what having a breech birth looks like. Where to find Rixa: WebsiteInstagramLinks Mentioned: My Essential Birth CourseMy Essential Birth Postpartum CourseMy Essential Birth Instagram3 Free ExercisesGET IN TOUCH! 🤩 Reach out at any time to hello@myessentialbi...

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0:00.0	part of, I think, accepting the risks of a vaginal breach birth, which aren't much different than a
0:04.7	head-down birth, just slightly higher in some areas, is just coming to terms with the fact that
0:10.0	we have to accept a risk. We have to accept that we can't control. We can't guarantee outcomes. We can't
0:15.5	expect perfection. But that's a really good attitude to take for any birth, really, not just a breach birth.
0:22.0	It's just a little more pronounced because our culture has so much of a stigma and scare,
0:26.9	a fear surrounding breach birth that you have to be a little more explicitly willing to face risks
0:32.5	because everyone around you is going to be talking about risk.
0:35.5	Even though there's benefit, there's a lot of other things.
0:37.5	Risk tends to dominate the conversation.
0:44.2	Getting pregnant and giving birth are two of the most exciting things you can ever hope to
0:49.2	experience in this life.
0:50.9	The moment you think you could be pregnant, you're frantically searching for all the
0:54.4	best information, which is why you're here today. I'm Stephanie King and with my many years of
0:59.7	experience as a professional childbirth educator, doula, and lover of all things, pregnancy, birth,
1:05.4	and postpartum, I'm here to make preparing for your birth enjoyable, empowering, and totally easy.
1:12.1	Each week, I'll cover different topics, interview professionals, and get into the nitty-gritty
1:16.7	birth stories from mamas just like you.
1:19.3	And when you're ready for more, you can join me in the My Essential Birth course at myessentialbirth.com,
1:25.3	where I take you step by step through exactly how to prepare your mind,
1:29.5	body, spirit, and partner for a birth you love. So let's get started.
1:38.2	This week's review of the week is Carolyn 0523.
1:44.5	She says, Best Birth Podcast.
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