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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 ...

Wanting to avoid a C-section if it were possible, Vanessa opted into trying out an external cephalic version (ECV) to manually turn the baby in her womb — and the video is truly wild.

By full-term most fetuses have settled into a cephalic presentation (only about 3% to 4% are breech), so during vaginal delivery, the baby’s head will lead the way through the birth canal.

Breech presentation at term occurs in 3–4% of pregnancies and is managed with elective cesarean, assisted vaginal delivery, or external cephalic version (ECV). [ 1, 2] Approximately 87% of ...

While some breech babies can be manually turned through external cephalic version procedures, success rates vary, and the procedure carries its own risks, leading many doctors to recommend ...

External cephalic version after previous cesarean section—a clinical dilemma. Int J Gynecol Obstet 1994; 45: 17–20. Article CAS Google Scholar de Meeus JB, Ellia F, Magnin G .

External cephalic version induced fetal cerebral and umbilical blood flow changes are related to the amount of pressure exerted. BJOG 2004; 111 (5): 430–435. Article Google Scholar ...

Key words used in our search were: external cephalic version, breech, cesarean delivery, spontaneous reversion, and emergency cesarean section. We supplemented the search with a manual review of ...