On average, we probably take care of somewhere between 5 to 10 moms every week that are expecting, and they come in in different states and different conditions. Some moms come in very late, they’re at week 37. They’ve been told that their baby’s breech, and the moms are nervous and they’re scared. But we take them through the Webster protocol.
It doesn’t matter when the moms come in. We always start the same. We always make sure that the mom has a clear understanding of what we’re trying to do and how it’s going to improve the overall situation in the pelvic floor and allow the baby to be delivered by just relaxing some of the ligaments and muscles that surround it, making sure the sacroiliac joints are lined up. And it makes a difference, because I’ve had moms come in at 37 weeks with no hope, and we give them hope.
Many moms actually have the baby get into the right position and then deliver the baby and have a happy birth. Sometimes it does go to the C-section. We’re not 100% effective, but our success rates are somewhere in the 90%. And that makes a big difference too.
When the mom is more calm and collected, she knows what she’s doing. She makes better choices during the birth. And that’s important because a lot of moms want to have a very specific birth.
Webster technique is awesome in providing moms an alternative way to stack the deck in their favor, basically ensuring that there’s less pain during pregnancy, less pain during delivery, shorter delivery times, and most importantly, less need for interventions, particularly Pitocin, epidurals, and C-sections.
When a mom has the birth that she so wants, and we can stack the deck in favor to make sure that she has that safer, more natural vaginal birth, that means the world to the mom, and it means the world to us. That’s what we’re here to do, to assist these moms in having natural, healthy pregnancies, in having natural, healthy deliveries, and in raising natural, healthy drug-free children. And that’s what we hope for every day.
Dr. Gregg D. Rubinstein, D.C., is a Midtown Manhattan chiropractor with over 30 years of experience providing customized chiropractic treatment services to a wide range of clients in the Midtown Manhattan/West New York City area. Dr. Gregg Rubinstein and 57th Street Chiropractic can be reached at (212) 977-7094 and is located at 119 West 57th St. in New York, NY.
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