In normal pregnancies, the baby's head is positioned near the mother's cervix, and it comes out first during delivery. This is called vertex presentation and applies to approximately 96 percent of ...

Are you experiencing motherhood for the first time? A mixed feeling of joy and anxiety to nurture the new life at its best. Here's a breakdown of everything that you should know about breech ...

Breech presentation during pregnancy means that the buttocks of the fetus are presenting first at the bottom of the uterus, and the head is in the upper part or fundus of the uterus. The uterus is ...

USUALLY, right before birth, most babies will turn inside the womb into the ideal birth position, which is head down, to get ready for birth. In approximately four per cent of all pregnancies, which ...

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 ...

Routinely offering all pregnant women an ultrasound scan in their third trimester could reduce rates of undetected breech presentation by more than two-thirds, according to a new study led by St ...

Improved neonatal outcome is seen in rates of cesarean section delivery due to breech presentation, and 40% of term breech deliveries in the Netherlands are planned vaginal deliveries. A new Dutch ...

Breech presentation occurs in 3%–4% of deliveries. The optimal method for delivering these babies has been a controversial issue in obstetrics. The Term Breech Trial compared the efficacy of planned ...

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 ...