Fetal presentation

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Most women only tend to care about how far they've dilated when they're in labor. But there is a bit more going on with your body and baby 'down there.'

Cephalic (head first) presentation is considered normal, but a breech (feet or buttocks first) delivery can be very difficult, even dangerous for the mother and the baby.

Nikitha Crasta on Instagram: “✨BREECH FETUS✨ . . A fetal presentation when the buttocks or the legs of the foetus occupies the pelvic brim. Breech presentation is more…”

There are ways for you to prepare and “stack the deck” in your favor for an uncomplicated vaginal delivery. One of those is to help baby be in an optimal birth position before labor starts. How do you know? And how do you do that? Great questions! Let's ta

‘Optimal Fetal Positioning’ (OFP) is a theory developed by a midwife, Jean Sutton, and Pauline Scott, an antenatal teacher, who found that the mother’s position and movement could…

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