BABY POSITIONS

Most Common Position
Ideally for labor, the baby presents head-down, facing the mother's back, with its chin tucked to its chest and the back of the head ready to enter the pelvis

Frank Breech/Extended Breech
In a frank breech, the baby's buttocks lead the way into the birth canal. The hips are flexed, the knees extended. This increases the chance of forming an umbilical cord loop that could precede the head through the cervix and cause injury to the baby if it is delivered vaginally.

Transverse Lie
The baby lies crosswise in the uterus, making it likely that the shoulder will enter the pelvis first. Most such babies are delivered by cesarean.

Occiput or Cephalic Posterior
Sometimes the baby is presenting head down as it should be, but it is facing the mother's abdomen. This increases the chance of painful "back labor" and prolonged delivery.

Complete Breech/Flexed Breech
This baby presents with the buttocks first; both the hips and the knees are flexed. Like other breech presentations, this increases the risk of forming an umbilical cord loop that could precede the head through the cervix and cause injury to the baby if it is delivered vaginally.

Sometimes, one or both of the baby's feet are pointed down toward the birth canal. This increases the chances of the umbilical cord slithering down into the mouth of the womb, cutting off blood supply to the baby.

   Discovering Breech baby

Its never too early to prepare yourself for the possibility of a breech birth,but it’s definitely early uptill labour begins to resign yourself to one. The babies breech position is something you may discover at one of your regular check-ups. Before term, which is defined as 37 weeks, it doesn't matter if the baby is breech, as there is always a good chance that he or she will turn spontaneously to settle into a head-down position.Some babies do keep their parents and doctors guessing until only a few days before delivery.

What causes a breech position?

The fetus usually takes the breech position when-the fetus is smaller than average and not cradled snugly in the uterus-the uterus is unusually shaped.-when there is an excess of amniotic fluid-when there is more than one fetus-when the uterus is relatively relaxed because of having been stretched during previous pregnancies