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Breech position

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Breech position
When a child is oriented feet first in the mother's uterus just before delivery.
Mentioned in: Antenatal Testing


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As someone who gave birth naturally at home to a baby in a footling breech position, I was saddened to read Kelsie Koberstein's story (Register-Guard, Sept.
When I told her I felt it in the middle, Nancy told me she was 98% sure the baby was in a breech position and then helped me feel the difference between the baby's head and bottom.
Other doctors have preferred C-sections because infants in the breech position tend to get stuck in the birth canal.
 
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