BREECHBIRTH

Breech birth

A breech birth is the birth of a baby from a breech presentation, in which the baby exits the pelvis with the buttocks or feet first as opposed to the normal head-first presentation. In breech presentation, fetal heart sounds are heard just above the umblicus.

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breech birth

Noun

  1. A birth in which the fetus comes through the birth canal posterior (buttocks), feet or knees first, instead of the more usual head first.


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