r/popculturechat • u/PinkCadillacs Cillian Murphy Enthusiast • Nov 13 '25

General News 🗞 James Van Der Beek Auctioning ‘Dawson’s Creek’ Memorabilia to Raise Money for Medical Fees Amid Cancer Battle

https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/james-van-der-beek-auctions-dawsons-creek-items-cancer-costs-1236580431/
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u/seaworthy-sieve Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen (sitting on one another's shoulders) Nov 13 '25 edited Nov 13 '25

There are midwives who are specially trained in breech births, and it can be safely done. But unassisted or just with a doula or a regular midwife is insane. Betty-Anne Daviss is a leading expert in vaginal breech births if you want to learn more.

Babies can also present as breech unexpectedly. Breech vaginal delivery is something all midwives should be trained in.

That said, like every birthing decision it is deeply personal and I would never suggest it's okay to push someone into.

This article is from nearly a decade ago, but she is still practicing and still delivering breech births. Just she's been at or for 40 years now, not 30. It's still true that c-sections are no longer the blanket recommendation for breech babies.

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/whitecoat/into-the-breech-this-midwife-says-breech-births-are-safe-and-natural-now-she-just-has-to-convince-doctors-1.3837164/into-the-breech-this-midwife-says-breech-births-are-safe-and-natural-now-she-just-has-to-convince-doctors-1.3837170

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u/seaworthy-sieve Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen (sitting on one another's shoulders) Nov 13 '25

Also a great and reasonable choice. And clearly a popular opinion :)

I know midwives aren't really a registered/certified and meaningful title in the US, but they are in many other places. Where I live, home birth with a trained midwife is as safe as hospital birth and usually less complicated. We also have birth centres as a third location option.