Keynote Presentation
GOLD Midwifery is pleased to share a free Keynote Presentation open to the general public. We are pleased to present this free Keynote Presentation which offers valuable education from a leader in the midwifery field. Attend live and experience our interactive platform that allows participants to get to know one another and pose questions to the speaker or listen to the recording at your convenience. Invite your friends and colleagues and listen together! It's a great way to generate discussion, new ideas or perspectives and reinvigorate passion and inspiration.
We're thrilled to have Nicole Morales, LM CPM, present "Shoulder Dystocia: Beyond Biomechanics" to kick off our 12th Annual Midwifery Online Conference on February 2, 2026. We invite you to join us live for either of our two live sessions or access the public recording of this talk until February 28. Simply reserve your seat to receive exclusive access. A Certificate of Attendance will be provided.
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Feb 2, 2026 17:00 UTC
or Feb 2, 2026 23:00 UTC
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Keynote Speaker & Presentation Info
Nicole Morales, LM CPM
Biography:
Nicole Morales is a homebirth midwife with a midwifery practice in San Diego, California. After the breech birth of her third baby in 2005, she began a journey to understand more about breech birth alongside advocating for families who were breech in the third trimester. Nicole has taught breech birth at Nizhoni institute of Midwifery, has been in a mentorship with Gail Tully, and continues her work by teaching Breech Basics with her current project called ReStory Birthwork. She is co-author of The Breech Release, Restorative Midwifery, and The Breech Birth Quick Guide, 2nd Edition. You can find more information about her and her work at ReStoryBirthwork.com.
Abstract: Shoulder Dystocia: Beyond Biomechanics
Fear of Shoulder dystocia is one of the leading causes of cesarean birth. From big babies to long pushing phases, or even worries about post dates, fear can overshadow learning the practicalities for solving this emergent complication. In this presentation, Nicole Morales addresses normal rotations of the fetal shoulders while highlighting the places in the pelvis that the shoulders are most likely to get caught. We will review timing for action and introduce skills, resources, and maneuvers, including Gail Tully's FlipFLOP that could save a baby.
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Shoulder Dystocia: Beyond Biomechanics
Fear of Shoulder dystocia is one of the leading causes of cesarean birth. From big babies to long pushing phases, or even worries about post dates, fear can overshadow learning the practicalities for solving this emergent complication. In this presentation, Nicole Morales addresses normal rotations of the fetal shoulders while highlighting the places in the pelvis that the shoulders are most likely to get caught. We will review timing for action and introduce skills, resources, and maneuvers, including Gail Tully's FlipFLOP that could save a baby.
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Continuing Education Certificates:
Educational Credit for this presentation is available for conference-registered participants only. Attendees that are registered for the conference will be able to confirm attendance at the Keynote Presentation on their Attendance Record once the GOLD Midwifery Conference gets underway.
*Free access to the general public is only available at the live online presentation or on our website as a recording until February 28, 2026.
*Only participants registered to the full conference will be awarded educational credit for this presentation.
*A Certificate of Attendance will be provided.
*Please be aware that the Handouts to this presentation are for use only by individuals who have attended the live or recorded version of this presentation; and that they are for personal use only and are not to be shared with other non-attending individuals. Thank you.