
Photo by Sinitta Leunen
Posterior Labor: A Pain in the Back
I have become increasingly frustrated and angry that posterior position and its ensuing complications in labor and delivery account for an inordinate number of caesareans.
Photo by Sinitta Leunen
I have become increasingly frustrated and angry that posterior position and its ensuing complications in labor and delivery account for an inordinate number of caesareans.
Valerie El Halta is co-director of The Garden of Life Birth Center in Dearborn, Michigan. She has assisted with more than 2,200 births during her 20-year career as a midwife.
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