OB Susie®

Features

• Versatile
• Portable
• Normal or breech deliveries
• Leopold maneuvers
• Intrauterine manipulation
• Cord prolapse
• Placenta previa
• Fundal massage
• Postpartum care
• Normal or breech delivery
• Demonstrate internal rotation, expulsion and external rotation
• Inflatable cushion lifts fetus for Leopold maneuver
• Practice intrauterine manipulation to convert breech or transverse to vertex delivery
• Adaptive birth canal to demonstrate dystocia and deal with its relief
• 3 dilating cervices
• 1 one piece fetus for “version” exercises
• 1 padded stomach cover
• 3 vulval inserts
• 2 placentas
• 3 umbilical cords
• Silicone lubricant and talcum powder
• Instructions
• Carrying bag

Palpation for Leopold Maneuvers
• Place fetus in vertex, transverse or breech position
• Lower cushion raises fetus for palpation
• Soft stomach cover facilitates palpation or fetal manipulation

Normal Vaginal Delivery
• Birth from ROA or LOP positions
• Demonstrate rotation / expulsion
• Cervix dilates as labor progresses
• Position placenta to simulate placenta previa
• Practice reduction of nucal cord

Breech and Vacuum Delivery
• Place fetus on birthing mechanism in normal or breech position
• Teach Pinard “leg flip” during breech
• Pause normal delivery to create need for vacuum augmentation

Postpartum Activity
• Practice fundal massage to firm a “boggy” uterus
• Modules feature medial episiotomy with tears in the labia minora, mediolateral tears, and standard medialateral episiotomy