Pelvic Biomechanics for an Easier Birth
This is our crash course on understanding the ways in which the pelvis can move in labor, how the baby navigates their way down and out, and the relationship between the two! Designed for both the labor and delivery nurse and the doula, this course is a MUST for perinatal professionals looking to enhance their skills, bring up to date evidence based knowledge to their clients, and get creative with positioning and movement in labor for better birth outcomes.
In this course, we will:
Compare changes in space of the pelvic planes based on femur rotation, sacral/iliac nutation/counternutation, and asymmetry
Identify fetal rotation and dynamics in relation to the pelvic planes
Shift perspective from focusing on progress based on dilation to progress based on fetal descent
Recognize research-based benefits to incorporating movement in labor
Explore parental positions for encouraging fetal descent and rotation at different fetal stations in labors both with and without pain medication
Participants in this online course learn at their own pace, with access for three months, having the ability to review the course along the way and/or after course completion. Learning in one's own environment means that the course material can be completed at any time day or night and can be divided into short increments and spaced out over the course of a few weeks or divided into longer viewing sessions and completed in just an afternoon. This pelvic biomechanics course is intended to build confidence, develop skills, and provide immediate use of creative and effective labor positions with clients.
Your Instructor
Brittany Sharpe McCollum, CCE(BWI), CPLD, CLC is a Perinatal Pelvic Biomechanics Educator and the owner of Blossoming Bellies Wholistic Birth Services based out of the greater Philadelphia PA area, providing childbirth education classes, birth doula services, and dynamic labor support and pelvic biomechanics training workshops for perinatal professionals and expectant parents. She has offered birth-related support for expectant parents since 2007 with an approach focusing on developing advocacy skills for effective communication, utilizing movement in all labors to support progress, and understanding the importance of an individualized person-centered approach to childbirth.
Brittany also creates and facilitates continuing education workshops for clinical and non-clinical labor support providers on evidence-based fetal positioning, pelvic biomechanics, and labor physiology and is honored to be a sought after speaker at trainings and conferences, including the International Chiropractic Pediatric Association Summit in 2018, Evidence Based Birth Conference in 2019, NNEPQIN Winter 2022, the ACNM Midwifery Day conference, the New Jersey Midwifery Education Project, Somos Raices: Maternal and Child Well-Being Conference, and more. She is also a contributing author to the book “Baby Got VBAC: An Inspiring Collection of Wisdom for Better Births After Cesarean,” the creator of the anatomy and reproductive structure curriculum of the ICEA childbirth educator training, and the facilitator of pelvic biomechanics and labor positioning training of the labor and delivery staff orientation for Vermont Medical Center in Burlington VT.
Brittany's goal in all the work she does is to provide families and professionals with evidence based information in a way that inspires excitement, confidence, and collaboration. She believes firmly that all deserve to come out of birth recognizing that they did something amazing and having the support to make that a reality!