Quantifying the cost and effectiveness of ECV for breech presentation compared to scheduled cesarean is complicated because ECV does not always result in a cephalic presentation and subsequent vaginal ...

Q: My friend just found out her fetus is breech, and she is going to have the doctor try and turn it around. Why is this done? A: Early in pregnancy the fetus may do "somersaults," and sometimes be ...

To determine whether congenital anomalies are associated with breech presentation at the time of birth. At least one congenital anomaly was more likely present among infants breech at birth (11.7%) ...

Vaginal delivery of twins is associated with less neonatal morbidity and mortality than cesarean delivery, and should be the birth method of choice when the first twin has a cephalic presentation, the ...

The authors suggest that there is room for improvement by all pregnancy care providers. The position of a baby in the womb in late pregnancy is important because if it is not lying in the normal ...

This was a retrospective cohort study of outcomes following successful external cephalic version in 411 women at an Australian tertiary maternity unit between November 2008 and March 2015. The study ...