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Welcome to the Breech Babies Club

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“When I was pregnant with my own breech baby, it was a great support to me that my close friend was also pregnant and breech. Our daughters both resisted all encouragement to turn, and were eventually born breech 2 weeks apart.”
Amy

The Breech Babies’ Club aims to help parents of breech babies by providing a friendly ear to listen and share experiences.

Featured breech birth stories

Arlo’s story : a footling breech freebirth

By Tess Bell Here's my story about Arlo Herbie Bell 6lb 6oz born feet first at home on 29th November 2019 at 4.08am. A bit of history about me - I have the biggest hospital and needle phobia ever. … [Read More...]

Ada’s Birth: A Hospital Breech Vaginal Delivery

By Lizzie Johnson Even before I became pregnant, I always knew I wanted to give birth at home. Home births seemed safe and familiar because my mother had me in her own bed thirty-four years ago. … [Read More...]

Sarah and Michael’s breech birth story

So after a lot of thinking I have decided to share my pregnancy story in the hope it helps other mummies and daddies to be. I found out I was pregnant with my sixth child and me and my husband were … [Read More...]

General information

Bottom first! What to expect if your baby is breech

What is a breech baby? A breech baby is one that is born bottom first rather than the usual head first. Most breech babies will have straight legs going up past their ears (a “complete breech”), or … [Read More...]

A birth plan for a natural breech birth

A sample birth plan for a physiological midwife-led breech birth on all-4s (also referred to as an "upright" breech birth). http://homebirthersandhopefuls.com/preparation/breech-birthplan/ … [Read More...]

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Publications

A perspective on breech water birth

By Maggie Banks, Birthspirit Midwifery Journal 2009; 3:15-19 "The use of deep water immersion with mal-presentation (read: breech) is contraindicated in hospital clinical guidelines on waterbirth, … [Read More...]

Recurrence of breech presentation in subsequent pregnancies

A question that comes up a lot is about recurrence of breech pregnancies. So here is some research carried out in New South Wales, Australia. Overall occurrence of breeches for first pregnancies is … [Read More...]

Hands off that Breech! (by Mary Cronk)

"But what I want to discuss is not the necessary and proper use of surgery to deliver babies, but what I and many others consider unnecessary surgery, electively performed simply because of breech … [Read More...]

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