Did you know if your baby is breech, you can book an appointment into a hospital breech clinic? It can be challenging to find midwives and doctors supportive in vaginal breech birth. Also, you may want to find a health service to attempt to turn your baby head down. In other words, perform a

If you have recently learned that your baby is presenting breech (when the buttocks or the feet are at the bottom of the uterus rather than the head), you are likely to be feeling upset and confused. Regardless of how straightforward your pregnancy has been to date, your maternity care providers are likely to

Reviewed by Jane Palmer Breech Birth Woman Wise is written by Maggie Banks (a wonderful, passionate Midwife in New Zealand). First published 1998 has had it's third printing 2004. Published by Birthspirit Ltd.includes 109 gloss pages, 34 black & white photographs and 41 diagrams. This is the must have book encompassing all aspects of

Breech babies are present with their bottoms down and their heads up. When a woman is 28 weeks pregnant, her baby has a 25% chance of being in the breech position. As the pregnancy progresses, the likelihood of a baby staying in the breech position gets smaller. At 33 weeks of pregnancy, there is

The ‘Term Breech Trial’ and its aftermath is a prime example of how evidence itself can be put on trial. Ten years ago not, Hannah and colleagues’ published the so-called ‘term breech trial’ (TBT). We still practise in its shadow. Many experienced clinicians urged caution in accepting the study’s initial outcomes; data from the

Vaginal breech birth at Westmead Hospital. I’ve recently joined the maternity staff at Westmead Hospital as the new Clinical Midwifery Consultant. I remember at interview discussing the role as being integral to achieving the objectives of Maternity – Towards normal birth in NSW (TNB) (NSW Health, 2010). We discussed how collaboration between midwives and

In around 4% of pregnancies, the foetus will present in the breech (head-up) position that's why they do procedures of turning breech babies. While vaginal birth is still possible with the assistance of midwives or doctors skilled in vaginal breech birth, the majority of babies reaching term in the breech position will be delivered