BREECH PRESENTATION DELIVERY

BREECH DELIVERY FIRST STAGE OF LABOUR: VAGINAL BREECH AT TERM  involves a longitudinal lie of the fetus,  with the buttocks in the lower pole of the maternal uterus.  The presenting diameter is the bitrochanteric (10 cm) and the denominator is the sacrum.  As pregnancy progresses, the incidence of breech presentation reduces: being around 15% at 28–32 weeks to around 3–4% by term as a result of spontaneous version (MIDIRS 2008b).  It is worth considering, th...