Introduction Antenatal detection of non-cephalic presentation—comprising breech presentation and transverse or oblique lie—in late pregnancy is important for timely management and clinical decision ...

Hello. Had my 34 week appointment today. Found out that I am measuring 36 weeks and baby's presentation is oblique. Baby is trying to engage but can't which is why I am getting a lot of pain. If my ...

Fetal Presentation Fetal presentation indicates the body part closest to the birth canal, also called the presenting part. The ideal presentation is the cephalic or vertex position.

In a ‘breech presentation’ the baby is bottom-down instead of head-down. External cephalic version (ECV) is a technique for turning the unborn baby so it lies head-down. This review looked at the ...

In case of breech presentation after 35 weeks, health care providers often try to manually guide the fetus into the right position for birth or the head-down position. This procedure of turning a ...

During the research period, researchers found 1,271 women with breech presentation. They’d had a median of five (range 2–7) ultrasound exams. The external cephalic version was tried in 684 women (53.8 ...

JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vol.4 No.6, April 15, 2014 ABSTRACT: Incidence of caesarean section for breech presentation has increased markedly. External cephalic version ...

Babies born in the breech position (bottom first) are at increased risk of complications at birth because of a delay in birth of the head. Turning a breech baby to head first in late pregnancy may ...