5 (4-10) Clinician decision for
breech delivery on admission, n (%) None: breech presentation not detected 26 (28.
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.
However, with potential risks to mothers in future pregnancies being identified, it seems reasonable to offer women the option of a planned vaginal
breech delivery at term provided strict selection criteria are met.
Even though the study was done at medical centers where clinicians were experienced in vaginal
breech delivery, the fetuses in the vaginal delivery group were three times more likely to die or to have poor outcomes than those in the cesarean group.
Unfortunately, the experience needed or desired to support a woman with a vaginal
breech delivery is becoming harder to find as doctors and obstetricians rely on cesarean sections to be the only option available for breech babies.
Tracie was warned she faced a
breech delivery - and was then told her baby had turned when she hadn't.
Those boys who suffered birth complications (induction of labor, irregular position, the use of forceps,
breech delivery, and umbilical cord prolapse) and rejection in home were significantly more likely to become violent criminals.
These include maternal pelvic size, size of the fetus, the type of breech position and the experience of the physician with vaginal
breech delivery.
The mode of delivery of first twin was spontaneous vaginal delivery in 25(50%), vacuum delivery in 8(16%), spontaneous
breech delivery in 3(6%), assisted
breech delivery in14(28%).
Neonatal encephalopathy is an uncommon complication of unplanned
breech delivery.
It then covers complications such as recurrent spontaneous abortion, preeclampsia and eclampsia, postpartum hemorrhage, emergency care, blood group alloimmunizations, multiple gestations, prevention and management of preterm birth, placental disorders, prolonged pregnancy, cesarean and
breech delivery, analgesia and anesthesia, and neonatal encephalopathy and cerebral palsy, ending with amniocentesis and chorionic villus sampling procedures and fetal surgery.
