Ep223: What You Need To Know About Shoulder Dystocia

Birth With Power

Dr. Nicole C. Rankins

Parenting, Kids & Family

4.9 • 637 Ratings

🗓️ 5 September 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Some of you may have heard about the tragic incident in Atlanta involving a case of shoulder dystocia during childbirth. In light of this case, I thought I’d take the opportunity to explain exactly what shoulder dystocia is, how likely it is to occur, and what makes it so dangerous.

I delve into this topic in more detail in the episode, but essentially shoulder dystocia occurs when a baby’s shoulder gets stuck behind the pelvic bone during delivery. Nine times out of ten the situation will resolve with no harm to the birthing person or baby. However, there’s no way to predict when it might happen so maternity care providers like myself need to stay prepared to handle it during childbirth.

In this Episode, You’ll Learn About:

What shoulder dystocia is
How likely is it to occur
What some of the common risk factors are
Why addressing dystocia needs to happen as quickly as possible
What hospitals and medical providers do to stay prepared to handle it
What maneuvers are used to deal with shoulder dystocia
Which injuries are most common
How to reduce complications
How care decisions should be made
What to do after baby comes out

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0:00.0	In this episode, you are going to learn all about shoulder dystosia.
0:11.0	Welcome to the All About Pregnancy and Birth Podcast.
0:15.5	I'm Dr. Nicole Calloway Rankins, a board certified OBGYN who's been in practice for nearly 15 years.
0:22.2	I've had the privilege of helping over 1,000 babies into this world,
0:26.7	and I'm here to help you be calm, confident, and empowered to have a beautiful
0:32.2	pregnancy in birth.
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1:14.1	Dr. Nicole Rankins.com forward slash email. Hello there. Welcome to another episode of the
1:21.1	podcast. This is episode number 223, whether you are a new listener or returning listener,
1:27.1	I'm grateful that you are spending some
1:29.1	of your time with me today. So in today's episode, you're going to learn about shoulder
1:34.2	dystosia. And I wanted to talk about this after that recent tragic case in Atlanta where
1:40.8	a baby died after what happened in a shoulder dissocistoia birth. And there was just a lot of
1:46.8	information circulating about shoulder dystotia. So I want to give you the accurate information today.
1:54.1	So you're going to learn what exactly is shoulder dystosia. You'll learn how often shoulder
1:59.9	dystosia occurs. You will learn risk
2:02.6	factors for those who may be at risk for shoulder distosia. You'll learn how shoulder
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