breech deliveries
Babies emerging backwards
Breech deliveries are births in which the baby emerges feet-first or buttocks-first rather than headfirst.
The breech position complicates delivery and often leads to cesarean section.
The hospital had protocols for handling breech deliveries.
Also called breech births.
- midwifeChildbirth assistance professional
- obstetricsChildbirth medicine branch
- fetusGestating offspring
- feet firstLower extremities leading
- parturitionAct of giving birth
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