Do you have a breech baby in utero?

Breech baby is a baby that has have their buttock toward the cervix and head toward the rib cage. I.e. they are 180 degrees out of the head down position.

By 37 weeks gestation babies should be head down ready for birth.

 

Breech baby the three main breech positions:

1) Frank Breech: The baby’s bottom sits over the woman’s cervix, and the head towards the rib cage, the baby’s feet are usually placed on either side of their head, near their ears.

2) Complete Breech: the baby sits with their legs crossed, therefore both their feet and buttocks sit close to the woman’s cervix.

3) Footling breech or incomplete breech: The baby’s foot sits over the woman’s cervix, leading the way, whilst the other foot is up toward the head.

For Images:
http://www.google.com.au/search?q=images+of+breech+presentation&hl=en&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=vgoiT6_jAoKZiQfovIneBA&sqi=2&ved=0CCIQsAQ&biw=1024&bih=685

 

REFERENCES:

(1). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12183701

(2). http://icpa4kids.org/Chiropractic-Research/the-webster-technique-results-from-a-chiropractic-practice-based-research-program.html