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 ...

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%) ...

Types of Breech: Complete and Incomplete Variants The baby may either be in a complete breech presentation, where its arms and legs are completely flexed, or it may be in an incomplete breech with ...

The incidence of Breech presentation in all pregnancies is about 3-4%. The percentage of breech deliveries decreases with advancing gestational age from 25% of births prior to 28 weeks' gestation to 7 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Quantifying the cost and effectiveness of ECV for breech presentation compared to scheduled cesarean is complicated because ECV does not always result in a cephalic presentation and subsequent vaginal ...

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 ...

Although several previous studies have assessed the economics of ECV, investigators did not incorporate quality of life as outcome measures in their findings. [31,32,39] Adams et al determined that if ...