Frank breech is the most common type of breech position. Learn what this position means for you and your baby. Medically ...

If the baby doesn't move into a head-down position, it increases the risk of a breech birth. For the majority of your pregnancy, the baby in your womb has been dependent on you for everything.

If the fetus remains in breech presentation several weeks before the due date, your doctor may attempt to turn the baby into the correct position. One option typically offered to women after 36 ...

Breech babies who are born naturally are twice as likely to die as those delivered by planned Caesarean section, doctors warned yesterday. Women who try for a natural birth when their baby is in ...

Hunkered over a plastic tub, she even tugged out a breech baby by herself while her husband was away. This was decades ago, before home births, much less unassisted births, gained popularity.

From society's perspective, ECV trial is cost-effective when compared to a scheduled cesarean for breech presentation provided the probability of successful ECV is > 32%. Improved algorithms ...