The Breech Birth Training
Breech Birth Network provides training to over 2000 health care professionals every year, throughout the UK and internationally. Our Physiological Breech Birth training is underpinned by the largest evidence base underpinning any available breech training programme. This includes research into: the normal parameters of progress and mechanisms of breech births; standards for professionals who attend planned breech births; the principles underpinning a physiological approach; and how professionals learn breech skills; and significant changes in confidence, knowledge and clinical behaviour following training.
The training day covers:
9.00 Sign-in & Registration
9.30 How do we develop breech expertise from the ground up?
10.30 ‘Normal for breech’ : Understanding the mechanisms is the key to safety
11.30 Morning Break
11.45 Evidence and guideline update
12.15 Recognising and assisting complications (Part 1)
1.00 Lunch
2.00 Recognising and assisting complications (Part 2)
4.30 Questions, Feedback & Finish
Following completion of the training day, attendees will have free access to our online training.
The training day will be run by Emma Spilane.
Emma is a midwife working in the NHS for over 15 years. Qualifying as a midwife in 2011 she worked at Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford completing her preceptorship and having her first introduction to breech birth. In 2012 she moved to St George's NHS Foundation Trust, London to gain more experience in complex maternity care. Here she worked in all areas of midwifery but keeping physiological birth at the core of her practice. She worked as a labour ward coordinator and following this in 2015 she became the Lead Midwife for the Birth Centre.
It was around this time Emma attended Dr Shawn Walkers Physiological Breech Birth Training Day recognising a need for further training in this area and underpinning her interest and passion in supporting women's choice. Following attendance at the training Emma began working with Shawn supporting her training and beginning to teach herself with Breech Birth Network. In 2017 she became the Training Coordinator for Breech Birth Network, CIC and set up a breech birth service at St George's Hospital.
I n 2020 Emma joined Kingston NHS Foundation Trust as the Consultant Midwife. As part of her role she developed a breech birth service which is now a well established service within Kingston Maternity. Emma is now the Deputy Director of Midwifery at Kingston Hospital but still leads the breech service regularly counselling women and birthing people as well as going on-call supporting mothers in their choice to have a vaginal breech birth. Emma also continues to deliver training and supports her team to develop their own breech skills and deliver training through in house and external training days.
