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 ...

The risk for perinatal mortality was 1 in 300 for planned vaginal breech deliveries, or about a 4.6-fold heighted risk compared with a perinatal mortality risk of 1 in 2000 for planned cesarean ...

Breech presentation, in which the fetus lies buttocks or feet first, occurs in approximately 3–5 per cent of term pregnancies and poses unique challenges for safe delivery. Management strategies ...

At least one congenital anomaly was more likely present among infants breech at birth (11.7%) than in those with cephalic presentation (5.1%), whether full-term (9.4 vs 4.6%) or preterm (20.1 vs 11.6% ...

While a rise in cesarean section (C-section) delivery rates due to breech presentation has improved neonatal outcome, 40% of term breech deliveries in the Netherlands are planned vaginal deliveries.

Many babies in breech position are still delivered vaginally, which increases their risk for complications, a new report warns. Fewer breech babies are now born vaginally than 15 years ago, when a ...

A breech vaginal birth is when a woman gives birth to a baby that does not emerge through the vagina head-first. Instead, they'll emerge either feet or buttocks-first. This can be dangerous because it ...

Berlin In the U.S., a breech baby is normally a sure ticket to a C-section delivery. But here in Germany, more women are asking to have their breech babies delivered vaginally and doctors increasingly ...

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Katie captioned the video, "This is what a Frank breech baby looks like LOL this is why I had a c-section she was in my belly like this." I had never heard of a frank breech baby before, so I decided ...

I saw my baby's butt first. He backed his way into this world with his purple, un-oxygenated bottom leading the way. He was folded in two, in a perfect pike dive position. I was in the midst of the ...