Breech birth - where the baby arrives feet or bottom first - are unusual. Most babies turn themselves around in time to be born - in fact, only around 3% don't - and in many cases, due to ...

If your baby is in a frank breech position, that means that their bottom is facing down towards the birth canal instead of ...

Breech babies who are born naturally are twice as likely to die as those delivered by planned Caesarean section, doctors warned yesterday. Women who try for a natural birth when their baby is in ...

If you are 36 weeks or more, the ultrasound will be used to confirm whether your baby is breech or not so that you have time to discuss and plan your options before the birth. Many women will have ...

Dr Sharma, who delivered baby Troy. also gave evidence and told the inquest he accepted the birth was high risk due to the prematurity of the birth and the breech position. Dr Sharma said a ...

Hunkered over a plastic tub, she even tugged out a breech baby ... cannot catch a baby except in an emergency," Shanley confirms. "We strongly recommend that a home birth be attended by someone ...

If a baby is breeched it means they are lying bottom or feet first. Another obstetrician told the inquest that women giving birth to breech babies would normally be encouraged to lie on their backs.