Frank breech is the most common type of breech position. Learn what this position means for you and your baby. If your baby is in a frank breech position, that means that their bottom is facing down ...

In the U.S. today, about 4 percent of babies are breech at full term, which means they’re in position to exit the uterus feet- or butt-first rather than headfirst. Before 1959, virtually all such ...

Q: My friend just found out her fetus is breech, and she is going to have the doctor try and turn it around. Why is this done? A: Early in pregnancy the fetus may do "somersaults," and sometimes be ...

A breech baby is when your little bundle of joy is positioned head-up in the womb instead of head-down at around 36 weeks of pregnancy. Most babies naturally turn head-first before birth, but ...

Routinely offering all pregnant women an ultrasound scan in their third trimester could reduce rates of undetected breech presentation by more than two-thirds, according to a new study led by St ...

Quantifying the cost and effectiveness of ECV for breech presentation compared to scheduled cesarean is complicated because ECV does not always result in a cephalic presentation and subsequent vaginal ...