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9 cze 2024 · This article discusses the different types of breech presentations, risk factors that might make a breech presentation more likely, treatment options, and complications associated with a breech delivery.
Term breech birth risks have been analysed according to two possibilities: Vaginal delivery and caesarean delivery risks. Caesarean had high rates of postpartum maternal morbidity. Also, there is no evidence of reduced child perinatal morbidity or mortality.
Most children who were breech at delivery are healthy without health complications due to their presentation at birth. Pediatricians will examine your breech baby’s hips after delivery and make follow-up recommendations if needed.
Breech presentation occurs in 3–4% of term deliveries and is more common in preterm deliveries and nulliparous women. Breech presentation is associated with uterine and congenital abnormalities, and has a significant recurrence risk.
While a successful vaginal birth carries the least risks for you, it carries a small increased risk of your baby dying around the time of delivery. A vaginal breech birth may also cause serious short-term complications for your baby.
Risks of Vaginal Breech Delivery. While all vaginal breech deliveries involve some degree of increased risk, footling breech deliveries are the most dangerous. They are notably associated with an increased risk of: Umbilical cord prolapse, and. Delivery of the feet through an incompletely dilated cervix, leading to arm or head entrapment.
Both vaginal birth and cesarean birth carry certain risks when a fetus is breech. However, the risk of complications is higher with a planned vaginal delivery than with a planned cesarean delivery. What complications can occur during a vaginal birth of a breech fetus?
