Upside Down...

Even though E was a breech baby, I realized one day that B had no idea exactly what that meant. We have since corrected the problem, but in looking around on the internet I learned some new things about it as well. I thought I would share with you:

Normal baby position at full-term

(presentng "head first" or cephalic...aka vertex)

(Our baby is in a frank breech position, just like big sister E)

Interesting facts:

• More than 95 percent of full-term babies are positioned "head down" in the uterus
• 3-4 percent are breech
• a few lie crossways or tranverse

Some situations make a breech presentation at the time of labor more likely. These might include:

• preterm labor and birth - if labor starts when the baby is still small enough to move rather freely in the uterus.
• a placenta in the fundus - the placenta takes up some of the space in the top of the uterus.
  an unusual shape of the mother's uterus, or fibroids in the lower part of the uterus.
• more than one fetus (such as twins)
• a very relaxed uterus from many previous children
• too much or too little amniotic fluid

Consider yourself educated.