I am a Birthing From Within mentor, and will be teaching my first series of classes on September 18th. One of the best teaching supplies that most all childbirth educators should utilize in their classes is the fetal doll and pelvis model. However, finding a set at an affordable price can be almost impossible!
When I first started looking, I found a few different places that sold the fetal model set (two different models): Childbirth Graphics, Cascade, and BirthSource (pelvis sold separately here). I had my heart set on the model sold at Childbirth Graphics and Cascade over the one at BirthSource mainly because the placenta had membranes, and the set came with a perineal model, as well. However, funds were severely lacking, and I didn't think I'd ever be able to afford any of them.
People kept recommending ebay, but search as I might, I couldn't find the complete set. Mostly all I ever found was just pelvises, which really wouldn't do me any good without the baby and placenta.
A week before I was going to order the one off Childbirth Graphics, one popped up on ebay! It was the fetal doll model, the placenta, and the pelvis sold on BirthSource. Not my ideal set, but the price was so absolutely worth it that I just couldn't turn it down. I bid...and won the auction. :)
I am very happy with the set. I do wish the placenta had membranes, but I don't miss the perineal model, as I have heard it is extremely hard to get the baby through the perineum. It would also be nice if the baby's hands had a snap or velcro so they could be bound together around the folded legs to better show fetal position, but I suppose if I get really desperate, I could always sew on some velcro myself. I am currently in the process of knitting a uterus to go with the set, and then it will be complete!
I can't wait to use it in my classes! :)
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