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breech delivery

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breech delivery
n.
Delivery of a fetus with the buttocks or feet appearing first. Also called breech birth.

breech delivery Obstetrics Extraction or expulsion of the fetus feet or buttocks first


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Little did I know, when I witnessed my first vaginal breech delivery at a small county hospital in middle Tennessee in 1972, that I was seeing a physiological process that was being rapidly phased out in the US.
A woman in labor, waiting at home for her husband to take her to the hospital, delivered the baby herself after her contractions progressed quickly and she realized it was a breech delivery.
The few exceptions are those who study in nonindustrialized countries, where the art of breech delivery has been preserved.
 
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