In cases of breech presentation, planned cesarean delivery is associated with fewer adverse outcomes than vaginal delivery or cesarean delivery during labor, according to a study of 52,671 breech ...

Most babies are born head first. But a minority are born feet, butt or knees first, which doctors call “breech,” from the Middle English word “breeches” for trousers. Doctors have long known that a ...

Halfway through her pregnancy, Katie had an ultrasound that showed her baby in the frank breech position. This is when the baby's bottom is facing the birth canal and their legs are sticking straight ...

From her home near Asheville, Laura Bingaman Lackey has for years kept the North American studbook on giraffes, tracking their lives and deaths for the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. As the ...

Many babies in breech position are still delivered vaginally, which increases their risk for complications, a new report warns. Fewer breech babies are now born vaginally than 15 years ago, when a ...

YOU’RE PREGNANT, BUT YOU FIND OUT YOUR BABY IS BREECH. AND THAT MEANS THE BABY’S HEAD IS FACING UP RATHER THAN DOWN. BUT COULD THE BABY CORRECT ITS POSITION ON ITS OWN BEFORE DELIVERY? 11 NEWS LACEE ...

Implementing universal ultrasound during the third trimester of pregnancy significantly reduced the number of undiagnosed breech presentations, according to a study published on April 6 in PLOS ...

A breech birth (also known as breech presentation) refers to the position of the baby in the uterus such that it will be delivered buttocks first as opposed to the normal head first position. Certain ...

Opponents of a new ban on vaginal-breech delivery procedures at Glendale Adventist Medical Center protested outside the facility Wednesday. The demonstration, organized by the activist group Improving ...

After being in labor for over 20 hours at home, Joy-Anna's midwife determined her baby was breech Joy-Anna Duggar and her husband Austin Forsyth welcomed a healthy baby boy, Gideon Martyn Forsyth, on ...

HBO's "Game of Thrones" prequel, "House of the Dragon," invites us back into the dragon-tinged, political saga a full three years after the original series ended in 2019. Just like its predecessor, ...