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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...