Pregnant? ACA MAKES A GOOD POINT! (but unfortunately...)

The American Chiropractic Association/ACA mentions that:

"[P]regnancy hormones help loosen the ligaments attached to the pelvic
bones..."
--Felicity Feather, MPA, ACA Communications Vice President, Writer
Jerome McAndrews, DC, Consultant
Carol Kline, MA, and Nataliya Schetchikova, PhD, Editors
David Cundiff, MA, Art Director
http://www.amerchiro.org/media/tips/pregnancy.shtml (accessed June 2, 2004)

GOOD POINT!

BUT UNFORTUNATELY...

ACA *fails* to mention that, with pelvic ligaments hormonally loosened...

OBs are knowingly closing birth canals up to 30%. See PROOF below.



PREGNANT WOMEN: For simple instructions on how to allow your birth canal to
OPEN the "extra" up to 30%, see the very end of this post.





PROOF that OBs and CNMwives are routinely closing birth canals up to
30%...

The fact that semisitting and dorsal close the birth canal is simple
biomechanics.

See Gastaldo TD. Letter. Birth 1992;19(4):230.

Here's my source for the 30% figure...

"[T]he outlet increases with moulding by approximately 20-30 per cent."
--Russell JGB. Moulding of the pelvic outlet. J Obstet Gynaec Brit Cwlth
1969;76:817-20.

NOTE: In 1973, Ohlsen verified Russell's 20% figure on
Borell and Fernstrom's 1957 intrapartum x-rays. Ohlsen pointed out that the
authors of Williams Obstetrics were claiming that the pelvic diameters
*don't
change* during delivery (!) - so the authors of Williams Obstetrics decided
(erroneously) that dorsal delivery widens!

Interestingly, early last century, J. Whitridge Williams, MD, the original
author of Williams Obstetrics demonstrated MASSIVE amounts of change in
pelvic outlet diameter change at-term - and the just mentioned 1957
intrapartum x-ray study accorded with the average amount of pelvic outlet
diameter change Williams found clinically...

See: http://home1.gte.net/gastaldo/part2ftc.html

Jason Gardosi, MD, director of the British National Health
Service/NHS West Midlands Perinatal
Institute/WMPI states the grisly biomechanics of the semirecumbent
delivery position (semisitting):

"...the weight of the mother is in part taken on the sacrum which is
therefore pushed upwards, thus decreasing the antero-posterior diameter of
the pelvic outlet..."
http://www.wmpi.net/reviews/oe/oe_shoulder_dystocia.htm

The funny thing is, Jason Gardosi, MD also *recommends* semisitting (closing
the birth canal) - or used to!

"The second stage...You might want to remain in bed with your back propped
up with pillows...As you push, try to let yourself 'open up' below..."
http://www.preg.info/book/chapter11.htm

NOTE: Jason Gardosi, MD and his fellow British OB pal Malcolm Griffiths once
got me censored from an international OB/GYN listserv - but fortunately not
before two of my posts were archived thereon:
http://forums.obgyn.net/forums/ob-gy...9707/0128.html
http://forums.obgyn.net/ob-gyn-l/OBGYNL.9707/0153.html

Anyone interested in some entertaining obstetric reading, check out Jason's
1989 Lancet "randomised controlled trial of squatting" - where nobody
squatted...

See Sarah Key's huge balls (also: Kids can SQUAT motionless for hours)...
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chiro-list/message/2084

MORE PROOF According to the Merck Manual:

"When shoulder dystocia occurs...the mother's thighs are hyperflexed to
increase the diameter of the pelvic outlet..."
http://www.merck.com/mrkshared/mmanu...er253/253g.jsp

WHY are OBs and CNMwives (nurse midwives) waiting until the
head is
out and shoulders get stuck before giving the baby maximum pelvic outlet
diameter?

WHY are OBs and CNMwives forcing babies' heads through birth canals
senselessly closed up to 30%?

WHY are OBs and CNMwives KEEPING birth canals closed when babies' shoulders
get stuck?

(Merely hyperflexing the thighs does NOT get the woman off her sacrum. This
is BAD McRoberts maneuver. ON A POSITIVE NOTE: Gardosi et al.'s WMPI site
(quoted above) recommends a version of GOOD McRoberts
if the shoulders get stuck...
http://www.wmpi.net/reviews/oe/oe_shoulder_dystocia.htm)

LADIES: HELP PROTECT YOUR VAGINAS...

OBs and CNMwives are slicing vaginas (euphemism "routine episiotomy") -
surgically/FRAUDULENTLY inferring everything possible is being done to OPEN
birth canals - even as they CLOSE birth canals - up to 30%!

See Criminal medical CAM at Hawai'i's John A Burns School of
Medicine
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group...t/message/2256

Sorry to be repetitive but...

WEIRD: In 1993, the authors of Williams Obstetrics published the correct
biomechanics at my request but they left in their text (in the same
paragraph!) the "dorsal widens" bald lie that first called my attention to
their text.

The "dorsal widens" bald lie was created when Ohlsen informed the authors of
Williams Obstetrics in 1973 that they were still claiming that the pelvic
diameters *don't change* at delivery!

ALSO WEIRD: Before Ohlsen stimulated their "dorsal widens" bald lie, the
authors of Williams Obstetrics were ignoring Borell and Fernstrom's 1957
RADIOGRAPHIC demonstration that the diameters DO change - and this MANY
years after (way back in 1911) J. Whitridge Williams, MD - the first author
of Williams Obstetrics - clinically demonstrated 4cm of AP outlet diameter
change!

For details: See my Open Letter to FTC at:
http://home1.gte.net/gastaldo/part2ftc.html


SIMPLE INSTRUCTIONS

PREGNANT WOMEN: It is EASY for you to allow your birth canal to OPEN the
"extra" up
to 30%.
Just roll onto your side as you push your baby out - or deliver on
hands-and-knees, kneeling, standing, squatting, etc.

BUT BEWA "Midwives...encourage...semisitting." (closing the birth canal!)
--Yale CNMwifery Prof. Helen Varney. Varney's Midwifery. Sudbury, MA: Jones
and Bartlett. 4th ed. 2004:839]

Some MDs and MBs will let you "try" "alternative"
delivery positions but will move you back to dorsal or semisitting (close
your birth canal!) as you push your baby out!

If your baby's shoulders get stuck OBs and CNMwives will KEEP your birth
canal closed!

Yale CNMwifery Prof. Varney (just cited) writes:

"In the event of...shoulder dystocia...the woman should be
in a lithotomy position..." (p. 839)

Lithotomy position keeps the birth canal closed! So does semisitting!

Talk to your CNMwife or MD or MB about this TODAY. (For further details see
"Criminal medical CAM," URL above.)

CNMwives/MDs/MBs: If you must push or pull - and sometimes you must - first
get the
woman off her sacrum - off her back/butt.

Thanks for reading everyone.

Sincerely,

Todd

Dr. Gastaldo


Copied to ACA via: James Edwards, DC

ACA - which bills itself as "the largest chiropractic association in the
world" - has been censoring (failing to publish) the information in this
post - possibly because discussing the possibility that spinal manipulation
at birth by *MDs* is causing strokes in babies means discussing the
possibility that spinal manipulation by DCs causes strokes.

See ICA/ACA merger? (also: OBs causing strokes in babies? Attn: FCER and
ABQAURP)
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group...t/message/2513

I am hoping that Prof. Jenny Jamison, MBBCh, PhD, EdD of the School of
Chiropractic at Murdoch University is urging the ACA to create a birth
brochure to warn women that OBs are knowingly closing birth canals, etc...

Jenny is a member of the core committee of the American Chiropractic
Association's/ACA's Wellness Campaign....
http://www.murdoch.edu.au/chiropract...y_Jamison.html

Interestingly, Craig Liebenson, DC - an American affiliated with Murdoch
University - just indirectly indicated to NASM CEO Mike Clark, PT that he's
never heard this info!

See Pregnant? NASM fitness trainers CAN'T (or won't) help make birth easier?
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group...t/message/2574

I will cc Craig and Jenny yet again via: and


ACA asks in the online "brochure" already quoted above:

"How Can Your Doctor of Chiropractic Help?"

ACA answers:

"Before you become pregnant, your doctor of chiropractic can detect any
imbalances in the pelvis or elsewhere in your body that could contribute to
pregnancy discomfort or possible neuromusculoskeletal problems after
childbirth."
http://www.amerchiro.org/media/tips/pregnancy.shtml (accessed June 2, 2004)

WHY aren't ACA doctors of chiropractic detecting OBs knowingly closing birth
canals up to 30%?

ACA continues:

"Many pregnant women have found that chiropractic adjustments provide relief
from the increased low-back pain brought on by pregnancy."

Allowing the birth canal to open maximally can significantly SHORTEN the
most painful part of pregnancy - second stage!

ACA writes:

"Chiropractic manipulation is safe for the pregnant woman and her baby and
can be especially attractive to those who are trying to avoid medications in
treating their back pain."

MEDICAL manipulation is NOT safe with the birth canal closed!

ACA continues:

"Doctors of chiropractic can also offer nutrition, ergonomic, and exercise
advice to help a woman enjoy a healthy pregnancy."

Part of a healthy pregnancy is a healthy delivery. ACA doctors of
chiropractic are not yet telling women how easy it is for them to open their
birth canals up to 30% "extra." (!)

"Chiropractic care can also help after childbirth. In the eight weeks
following labor and delivery, the ligaments that loosened during pregnancy
begin to tighten up again. Ideally, joint problems brought on during
pregnancy from improper lifting or reaching should be treated before the
ligaments return to their pre-pregnancy state-to prevent muscle tension,
headaches, rib discomfort, and shoulder problems."

The ligaments that loosen in pregnancy loosen in vain if OBs place women
dorsal or semisitting!

HERE ARE THOSE SIMPLE INSTRUCTIONS AGAIN...

PREGNANT WOMEN: It is EASY for you to allow your birth canal to OPEN the
"extra" up to 30%.

Just roll onto your side as you push your baby out - or deliver on
hands-and-knees, kneeling, standing, squatting, etc.

BUT BEWA Some MDs and MBs will let you "try" "alternative"
delivery positions but will move you back to dorsal or semisitting (close
your birth canal!) as you push your baby out!

Now, to be sure, allowing the birth canal to open maximally is not going to
solve all birth problems - but why on earth are we letting OBs deny babies
up to 30% of pelvic outlet area?!

WHY is ACA silent?!