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breech birth
noun[ C ]
medical specializeduk /ˈbriːtʃ ˌbɜːθ/ us /ˈbriːtʃ ˌbɝːθ/
the birth of a baby in which the lower part of its body comes out first instead of the head coming out first:
Toby was born during a difficult breech birth.
The study of breech births was designed to answer whether a caesarean or vaginal delivery was safer for mother and baby.
As was often common after breech births, the afterbirth had not come away as it should have done.
Multiple births and breech births are often performed via caesarean.
This may be necessary if you're having a breech birth, where the baby is being born with their bottom or feet first.
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Synonym
breech delivery
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