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Breech presentation

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breech presentation
n.
Presentation of the fetus during birth with the buttocks or less commonly the knees or feet first.

Breech presentation
The condition in which the baby enters the birth canal with its buttocks or feet first.

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The cesarean rate for diagnosed breech presentation is more than 95 percent, and it's increasingly unusual to meet women of childbearing age who have given birth to a breech baby vaginally.
Support for intrauterine malpositioning as a cause comes from the high incidence of breech presentation at birth (17%[3]-40%[11] of CMT cases) compared with that reported for the general population Support also comes from the incidence of congenital hip dysplasias (10%[3]-20%[14] of CMT cases) compared with that reported for the general population (1.
Women with the following conditions should undertake exercise only under the supervision of their doctor: (1) high blood pressure; (2) anemia; (3) thyroid disease; (4) diabetes; (5) irregular heart rhythms; (6) a breech presentation in the last three months; (7) excessive obesity; (8) bleeding during pregnancy; and (9) a history of short labor.
 
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