David Hayes is an OB/GYN with an academic background and a passion for
science and its proper application to clinical medicine. He has worked for Medecins San Frontieres and trained in critical
care obstetrics. He is passionate about physiologic breech birth and training breech birth attendants. He works
at Harvard Moon Women's Health (harvestmoonwomenshealth.com)
Rixa Freeze has a PhD from the U of Iowa and is a researcher, professor, and mother of 4 children.
Her current research specialization is vaginal breech birth. She is the president of the 501(c)3 nonprofit Breech Without
Borders (breechwithoutborders.org) and teaches at a small, private, liberal arts college.
Thursday, September 3
9 am: Evidence on term breech, Dr. Freeze
11 am: Breech
maneuvers, Dr. Freeze
1 pm: Lunch
2-6 pm:
Methods and mechanics of physiologic vaginal breech birth, Dr. Hayes
Friday, September 4
9 am: Breech nomenclature and risks/ outcomes,
Dr. Freeze
10:30 am: Outcomes of breech birth at home and in birth centers, Dr. Freeze
12 pm: Lunch
1-6 pm: Recognizing and correcting abnormal
breech labor (hands-on training with Dr. Hayes
