BREECH BiRTH

WHAT IS IT?

• When your baby is positioned to come out feet first or bottom first
• Can tell how baby is positioned by third trimester
• Other exams like internal or pelvic may be done to test for positioning

WHAT IF MY BABY IS BREECHED?

• ECV: External Cephalic Version
• The procedure in which pressure is applied to the abdomen to manipulate the baby to clip

STATISTIC ON BREECH BIRTH

• 97% of babies are flipped by 36 weeks
• Nearly a quarter of all babies are breeched in the first trimester

DOWNSIDES OF ECV

• It works 58% of the time
• Babies may flip back to being breeched after procedure
• Doesn't work if you have triplets
• Doesn't work if you've had more thsn one previous c-section

BIRTH

• If you have twins, and one is not breeched, you'll still have the delivery
• If you're already in labor when you arrive at the hospital, you'll have the delivery
• C-Section is the safest and most common way to have the baby when breeched