To evaluate the impact of management of childbirth (external cephalic version (ECV) plus planned vaginal delivery (PVD)) of breech presentation at term (⩾37 weeks of gestation). We attended 2377 ...

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 ...

An External Cephalic Version (ECV) or manually turning the baby from outside the mother's abdomen may be attempted to turn a breech to headfirst. Women with breech presentation, reassuring fetal heart ...

When Vanessa Fisher's baby was breech (feet facing down) at 38 weeks, she tried "a number of other methods to turn the baby naturally" before his birth, but to no avail. Wanting to avoid a C-section ...

During pregnancy, the delivery process is probably the most worrisome part, especially when your doctor tells you that your baby is likely to be born breech. Dr Vaishali Joshi, OBGYN at Seven Hills ...

Breech presentation is common in about 15% of pregnancies at 29 to 32 weeks gestation. Although the breech position is common in the first two trimesters of pregnancy when the baby is more mobile, it ...

This blog discusses events in Call the Midwife Season 13 Episode 3. The opinions expressed in this blog post are solely those of the author. Episode 3 has several storylines to highlight, but I want ...

A key difference in their protocol as compared with usual care was using the regional anesthesia at the 36- to 37-week trial of ECV. A strategy commonly observed in the United States is to do a trial ...

Background: External cephalic version (ECV) is recommended by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists to convert a breech fetus to vertex position and reduce the need for cesarean ...