Frank breech is the most common type of breech position. Learn what this position means for you and your baby. If your baby is in a frank breech position, that means that their bottom is facing down ...

Halfway through her pregnancy, Katie had an ultrasound that showed her baby in the frank breech position. This is when the baby's bottom is facing the birth canal and their legs are sticking straight ...

Around 3 per cent of all deliveries are breech deliveries, which means that the baby is positioned either buttocks down with legs near the head (frank breech) with legs crossed and near the buttocks ...

Q: What is breech presentation? A: By around 8 months, most babies settle down in head down position, known as a cephalic presentation. A baby is said to be in breech presentation when the buttocks of ...

Q: My friend just found out her fetus is breech, and she is going to have the doctor try and turn it around. Why is this done? A: Early in pregnancy the fetus may do "somersaults," and sometimes be ...

To evaluate the impact of management of childbirth (external cephalic version (ECV) plus planned vaginal delivery (PVD)) of breech presentation at term (⩾37 weeks of gestation). We attended 2377 ...

An External Cephalic Version (ECV) or manually turning the baby from outside the mother's abdomen may be attempted to turn a breech to headfirst. Women with breech presentation, reassuring fetal heart ...

Data on breech deliveries at our hospital has been prospectively collected in a comprehensive 'breech database' since 2001 to the present (variables listed below). Maternal delivery data as well as ...

To determine whether congenital anomalies are associated with breech presentation at the time of birth. At least one congenital anomaly was more likely present among infants breech at birth (11.7%) ...

Being pregnant can be the most fun and the most scary time of a woman's life. Here is a post on a particular problem that some women can face. Around 3 per cent of all deliveries are breech deliveries ...