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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

Siobhan’s story – A fast uncomplicated breech VBAC 

Birthing my daughter was, without a doubt, the most powerful experience of my life – my personal celebration of the female body’s strength. It’s incredibly empowering to trust your body’s ability, … [Read More...]

Teddy’s birth – a planned midwife-supported hospital breech birth

I discovered Teddy was breech at a growth scan at 36 weeks- it was completely unexpected as I had three different midwives at three previous appointments all tell me that the baby was ‘definitely head … [Read More...]

Cassie’s birth – nothing like I pictured or planned

I wasn’t sure if I should tell my story as people always say to me you have been though the mill but I did not feel that way at all as I have an amazing beautiful happy baby and I know I made all the … [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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