The 20-year-old was rushed to the hospital for an emergency C-section after discovering her baby was breech — but that’s not the first time a Duggar woman has faced challenges bringing a child ...

The low position of the placenta results in placental tissue covering the internal cervical os, or the inside the opening of ...

Frank breech is the most common type of breech position. Learn what this position means for you and your baby. Medically reviewed by Jessie Rubin, MD Medically reviewed by Jessie Rubin ...

Hunkered over a plastic tub, she even tugged out a breech baby by herself while her husband was away. This was decades ago, before home births, much less unassisted births, gained popularity.

If the baby doesn't move into a head-down position, it increases the risk of a breech birth. For the majority of your pregnancy, the baby in your womb has been dependent on you for everything.

If the fetus remains in breech presentation several weeks before the due date, your doctor may attempt to turn the baby into the correct position. One option typically offered to women after 36 ...

Breech babies who are born naturally are twice as likely to die as those delivered by planned Caesarean section, doctors warned yesterday. Women who try for a natural birth when their baby is in ...

He said the risk of a breech baby suffering oxygen starvation increases tenfold if it is born naturally. 'If a woman insists on a vaginal birth, we recommend it is medically managed in hospital ...