EBB 267 - Debunking Myths about Fundal Massage with Barbie Christianson, RN
Evidence Based Birth®
Rebecca Dekker
4.6 • 978 Ratings
🗓️ 10 May 2023
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
On this episode of the Evidence Base Birth® Podcast, we talk with Barbie Christianson, RN all about fundal massage. We discuss what the evidence actually says about this routine procedure versus what happens in everyday practice, and why this practice continues to persist in routine preventative care.
Barbie Christianson is a nurse, community educator and advocate, as well as a parent of four young children. Their mission is to communally dismantle oppressive structures specifically in reproductive/perinatal healthcare while contributing to the expansion of existing Black and/or Indigenous led community-based care structures. Barbie’s special focus is on addressing and eliminating obstetric violence using trauma informed perinatal advocacy, care, and education.
Barbie shares her passion and skills in trauma informed care with our audience by sharing useful scripts for obtaining informed consent, explaining how to guide patients in their own assessments and massage, and offers many ways to maintain a calm and compassionate nature to a procedure known as the “devil’s massage.”
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| 0:00.0 | Hi everyone on today's podcast we're going to talk with Barbie Christensen, a |
| 0:04.4 | nurse community educator and advocate to debunk myths about fundal massage |
| 0:10.1 | after birth also known as uterine massage. |
| 0:14.0 | Welcome to the Evidence-Based Birth Podcast. |
| 0:16.0 | My name is Rebecca Decker, and I'm a nurse with my PhD and the founder of Evidence |
| 0:21.2 | Base Birth. |
| 0:22.2 | Join me each week as we work together to get evidence-based information |
| 0:26.0 | into the hands of families and professionals around the world. |
| 0:30.0 | As a reminder, this information is not medical advice. |
| 0:33.4 | See Eviebirth.com slash disclaimer for more details. |
| 0:38.7 | Hi everyone, my name is Rebecca Decker, |
| 0:40.9 | pronouns she her, and I will be your host for today's episode. |
| 0:45.1 | I wanted to let you know that we will be talking about uterine massage which can be a traumatic |
| 0:49.8 | experience for some and we will also be talking about eccentric violence. |
| 0:54.0 | If there are any other detailed content or trigger warnings we'll post them in the |
| 0:57.6 | description or show notes that go along with this episode. |
| 1:00.4 | And now I'd like to introduce our honored guest. |
| 1:04.0 | Barbie Christensen pronouns they she is a nurse, community educator, and advocate, |
| 1:09.0 | as well as a parent of four young children. |
| 1:11.0 | Their mission is to communally |
| 1:13.8 | dismantle oppressive structures specifically in a |
| 1:16.8 | reproductive perinatal health care while contributing to the expansion |
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