“I named this ‘circuit’ after my friend Megan Miles, who shared and discussed it with me when I was working with a client whose labor seemed to be stalled out and no longer progressing… This circuit is useful to help get the baby lined up, ideally, in the “Left Occiput Anterior” (LOA) Position, both before labor begins and when some corrections need to be done during labor. Prenatally, this position set can help to rotate a baby. As a natural method of induction, this can help get things going
THE MILES
CIRCUIT
How to use simple positions and movements before
and during labor to help the baby move into an ideal
LOA (Left Occiput Anterior) position for birth.
Sharon Muza
sharonmuza.com
I am a Seattle-based Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator
and Certified Birth Doula (DONA) and as well as a DONA
Approved Birth Doula Trainer and Lamaze Certified CBE
Trainer serving Seattle and virtually/traveling.
I named the Miles Circuit after my friend, Megan Miles, a
doula and student midwife, who first shared it with me, as I
brainstormed ideas to help a client have a successful VBAC.
It has worked so many times both pre-labor and during labor
that I now teach it in doula trainings, childbirth classes and
share with my clients!
Sharon Muza
sharonmuza.com
The Miles Circuit positions can help to rotate a baby during the
final weeks of pregnancy. As a natural method of “induction”, it
can also help get things going if baby just needed a gentle
nudge of position to set things off.
sharonmuza.com
WHEN TO USE THE
MILES CIRCUIT
In labor, I often suggest the Miles Circuit positions when labor
seems to not be progressing, (i.e., contractions are not getting
longer, stronger, and closer together) the pregnant person has
back labor, or the position is determined to be not LOA, either
by vaginal exam or external palpation or ultrasound.
To the best of my knowledge, this group of positions will not
“hurt” a baby that is already lined up correctly.
PREGNANCY + INDUCTION
DURING LABOR
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