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footling breech |
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Footling breech A position of the fetus while in the uterus where the feet of the fetus are nearest the cervix and will be the first part of the fetus to exit the uterus, with the head of the fetus being the last part to exit the uterus. Mentioned in: Abortion, Partial Birth footling breech Etymology: AS, fot + ME, brech an intrauterine position of the fetus in which one or both feet are positioned below the buttocks at the inlet of the maternal pelvis. One foot presents in a single footling breech , both in a double footling breech. Compare frank breech. See also breech birth. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| One said she had a safe and successful home birth with the same complication as Koberstein - a footling breech delivery where the baby emerges feet first. While considered not as easy to deliver vaginally as a flank breech (butt first, legs straight up), this was certainly a less risky position than a footling breech, in which the first part of the baby to be born is a single foot. Shanley describes her own four unassisted births, including one footling breech and a 5 week premature birth where the baby dies (which she says was a manifestation of her desire to miscarry). |
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