Resolving Shoulder Dystocia

A One-Day Workshop for Confident, Compassionate Baby Catchers

Stay calm. Create space. Restore birth’s natural flow.

Resolving Shoulder Dystocia is an immersive one-day workshop designed for midwives, student midwives, nurses, and doctors who want the inside picture of the why and how of stuck shoulders and their release.

Learn to read anatomy in motion. Create space through this body-informed, hands-on experience. Understand shoulder rotation through the pelvic diameters. Match maneuvers to where the shoulders are, rather than just disembodied memorization. Fear will dissolve!

Together, we’ll explore:

Innovation

The natural patterns of birth and rotation—and what it looks like when they shift.

Expertise

When and how to help, including specific maneuvers for each pelvic level.

Collaboration

Skills for meeting the unexpected with insight and composure.

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Gail Tully

Gail Tully shares five types of shoulder dystocia and introduces the Pelvic Levels Solutions{SM] to match lifesaving maneuvers. “Hands-on” maneuvers, video, illustrations, handouts, even a digital coloring book!

Resolving Shoulder Dystocia arose from Gail’s observations of fetal rotation patterns while she developed Spinning Babies®. From assisting homebirth midwives in the 1980s to the development of Breech Basics in the 2010s, Gail noticed that maneuver memorization was not enough, but rather understanding the pelvic space “like your sock drawer at midnight.” This class is the result. Resolving Shoulder Dystocia is now owned and run by Restory BirthworkTM.

Resolving Shoulder Dystocia Workshop

Date: May 15, 2026
Time: 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Lunch: 12:00-1:00 PM (provided)
Location: M Health Fairview EMS, 799 Reaney Ave., St. Paul. MN 55106

Prices
Only $205 until May 1, 2026
$220 from May 1st-12th
$240 May 13th-15th $240

Bring a doll and pelvis, or a plastic gallon milk bottle and a doll to make your own hand held pelvis. Some will be provided
Please no perfumes
Dress for drills, kneeling on the floor
Vegan, gluten-free lunch option provided for a small class, or if there are enough registrations, we will cater a local lunch. There is a kitchen if you need/want to bring your own food or store breast milk
Free parking

CEs for CPMs
Doctors/Residents (no CMEs);

What You’ll Learn

Restore physiological descent through upright, active birth positions.

Recognize and release five types of shoulder dystocia across three pelvic levels.

Understand the crossover between breech and vertex dynamics.

Learn FlipFLOP—an approach blending mobility and pelvic mechanics for both upright and supine births.

Discover what to do when you don’t know what to do—through gentle, embodied problem-solving.

This workshop goes beyond maneuvers—it’s an invitation to become fluent in birth movement through anatomy, and reinforce your intuition.

7 CE Credits

7 contact hours through both the CA Board of Registered Nursing and MEAC Continuing Professional Development for Certified Professional Midwives (CPMs).

Coloring Workbook

The Resolving Shoulder Dystocia Coloring and Workbook in digital format is included upon registration. A print version will be available for purchase during the workshop, or you can pre-order here.

Companion Cards

Our Resolving Shoulder Companion digital cards are included upon registration. You may print and laminate these cards as a quick reference to bring to births.

Guide Book

Pair your learning with the Resolving Shoulder Dystocia Guide—a beautifully illustrated and complete reference designed to anchor your continued growth after the workshop. A print version will be available for purchase during the workshop, or you can pre-order here.

Additional Trainers

Nicole Morales

Nicole (she/her) is a mother, wife, homebirth midwife, Spinning Babies® Approved Trainer, Breech Advocate, and educator. She has a small homebirth practice in San Diego, California and integrates bodywork in her midwifery practice.

She also works with families presenting breech helping them navigate their changing circumstances later in pregnancy.

Nicole is a Birthing from Within Mentor, Birth Story Listener, and a storyteller who finds guidance in stories for the rite of passage of pregnancy, birth, parenting, and resilience. Nicole also facilitates storytelling classes over Storytelling, Healing, and the Birthworker’s Journey.

Through ReStory Birth, Nicole also teaches Resolving Shoulder Dystocia Workshops.

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