Breech Baby

What happens if my baby is breech?

If your baby is head down or ‘cephalic’, your care will continue as normal. If your baby is bottom-down or ‘breech’, your care will follow the pathway for breech babies in your hospital. Your healthcare provider will discuss your options with you, but these may include:

• External Cephalic Version (ECV)
• Planned Caesarean section
• Vaginal breech birth

There may be reasons why some of these options may not be safe or appropriate for everyone – your midwife/doctor will discuss these with you and help you to make a plan that is best for you and your baby.

You can read more about the above options at the following links:

Breech Baby: Causes, ECV & Delivery | Tommy’s (tommys.org)

Breech baby at the end of pregnancy | RCOG