EBB 165 - Fetal Position During Labor with L&D Nurse, Ann Marie Gilligan

On today's podcast, we talk with L&D nurse, Ann Marie Gilligan, about perinatal positioning during labor. Ann is a labor and delivery nurse in Minnesota, who is trained in high-risk obstetrics and advanced fetal monitoring, certified through Waterbirth International and also, certified as a sexual assault nurse examiner. Ann has 30 years of labor and delivery experience, ranging from the start-up team for an independent birth center to working at a level three high-risk labor and delivery unit to working as a legal nurse consultant and prenatal yoga instructor. Ann has extensive experience caring for families who want an unmedicated birth as well as caring for people with high-risk conditions, such as pre-eclampsia, uncontrolled diabetes, postpartum hemorrhage, and sepsis. Ann has also traveled to Bolivia and Tanzania, where she taught high-risk obstetrics and maternal positioning for optimal fetal positioning. More recently, Ann became an Evidence Based Birth® Instructor in 2020 and is a Spinning Babies® Aware Practitioner. We talk about maternal positioning and its effect on fetal positioning during labor. We also talk about Ann's vast experience as an L&D nurse and her web-based resource, Gilligan's Guide , where Ann teaches physicians, nurses, and families the importance of infant positioning for birth. Learn about Ann Marie Gilligan and Gilligan's Guide here ( www.gilligansguide.com ). Follow Ann on Instagram here ( www.instagram.com/gilligansguide ). Learn about EBB instructor, Rhonda Fellows, Learn about Oily Doula MN here ( https://www.oilydoulamn.com/ ) and follow Oily Doula MN on Facebook ( https://www.facebook.com/oilydoulamn/ ) and Instagram ( https://www.instagram.com/oilydoulamn/). Learn more about Spinning Babies® here ( https://www.spinningbabies.com/ ). For more information and news about Evidence Based Birth®, visit www.ebbirth.com. Find us on Facebook ( https://www.facebook.com/EvidenceBasedBirth/ ), Instagram ( https://www.instagram.com/ebbirth/ ), and Pinterest ( https://www.pinterest.com/ebbirth/ ). Ready to get involved? Check out our Professional membership (including scholarship options) ( https://evidencebasedbirth.com/become-pro-member/ ). Find an EBB Instructor here ( https://evidencebasedbirth.com/find-an-instructor-parents/ ), and click here ( https://evidencebasedbirth.com/childbirth-class/ ) to learn more about the Evidence Based Birth® Childbirth Class.