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 ...

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 ...

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 your baby is in a frank breech position, that means that their bottom is facing down towards the birth canal instead of their head. The part of the baby that is nearest to the cervix is called ...

Mums-to-be could be routinely offered an ultrasound scan at 36 weeks to help spot risky breech deliveries, when a baby's bottom or ... to attempt a vaginal breech birth, which is possible but ...

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.