Pricing options

Pay in full or in installments. Discounts offered for students, indigenous people, or people of color. Please inquire about group rates (25+ and 50+). Approved for 15 contact hours with ACNM, MEAC, Midwifery Council of New Zealand, and the Australian College of Midwives.

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Getting started

    • A message from the instructor

      FREE PREVIEW

    • How to use this course

    • Breech Without Borders community

    • Continuing education instructions

    • Media agreement

    • Pre-course survey

    • Pre-training knowledge assessment: please answer without consulting outside sources
  • 2

    Course handouts

    • 10 steps of physiological breech birth & vaginal breech decision tree

    • Which way to rotate? Front to Back, Side to Side, and Løvset

    • The Bottom Line On Breech (Midwifery Today 2019)

    • Breech Birth At Home (Fischbein & Freeze 2018)

    • Louwen 2017: Does upright breech improve outcomes?

    • Reitter & Bisits Vaginal Breech Delivery

    • Hands-on instructions & checklist
  • 3

    Optional live sessions

    • Live session schedule

    • Live session recordings
  • 4

    Evidence on term breech

    • Evidence on term breech since the Term Breech Trial (Rixa Freeze, PhD)

    • Q&A videos

    • Test your learning: Evidence on term breech

    • Session evaluation: Evidence on Term Breech
  • 5

    Outcomes of community breech

    • Outcomes of community breech birth (Rixa Freeze, PhD)

    • Test your learning: Outcomes of community breech

    • Session evaluation: Community breech birth
  • 6

    Maneuvers & mechanics

    • Breech maneuvers part 1: obstetric maneuvers from 1609-present

    • Breech maneuvers part 2: physiological breech birth

    • Breech maneuvers part 3: (mostly) upright maneuvers

    • Test your learning: Maneuvers & mechanics

    • Session evaluation: Maneuvers & Mechanics
  • 7

    Clinical aspects of physiologic vaginal breech birth

    • Introduction

      FREE PREVIEW

    • Part 1: Normal breech birth (David Hayes, MD)

    • Part 2: Breech guidelines & selection criteria (David Hayes, MD)

    • Part 3 : VBB management & maneuvers (David Hayes, MD)

    • Part 4: Abnormal breech birth (David Hayes, MD)

    • Test your learning: Clinical aspects

    • Session evaluation: Clinical aspects of physiological VBB

    • Part 3b (bonus lesson): Fundal pressure with Betty-Anne Daviss
  • 8

    Nomenclature

    • Breech nomenclature and the risks/outcomes of various leg presentations

    • Test your learning: Nomenclature

    • Session evaluation: Nomenclature
  • 9

    Simulations with Rixa Freeze, PhD

    • Doll & pelvis simulations, part 1

    • Doll & pelvis simulations, part 2

    • Sophie & Ivory with Dr. Freeze

    • Sophie & Ivory with Floriane Zitouni

    • Las Vegas workshop simulations

    • Test your learning: Simulations with Rixa Freeze

    • Session evaluation: Simulations with Rixa Freeze
  • 10

    Simulations with David Hayes, MD

    • Clinical scenarios intro

    • Clinical scenarios part 1

    • Clinical scenarios part 2

    • Clinical scenarios part 3

    • Test your learning: Simulations with David Hayes

    • Session evaluation: Simulations with David Hayes
  • 11

    Share your breech birth videos, photos, and stories with us!

    • How to share videos, photos, and birth stories with Breech Without Borders

    • Video & photo release form
  • 12

    Data collection

    • Breech data collection project

    • Singleton breech data collection form

    • Twin breech data collection form
  • 13

    Evaluations

    • Thank you

    • Post-training knowledge assessment: please answer without consulting outside sources

    • Post-course survey

    • Course review

    • CEU/CE/CPD instructions
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