Complete Breech: Baby is tucked into a ball with the butt pointing down
Frank Breech: Baby is situated with his or her hips flexed and knees extended (pike position) ...
Complete breech where the thighs are flexed on the abdomen and both legs are flexed at the knee.
Footling breech where one or both legs are extended below the level of the buttocks.
Complete breech is when both of the baby's knees are bent and his feet and bottom are closest to the birth canal.
Incomplete breech is when one of the baby's knees is bent and his foot and bottom are closest to the birth canal.
Complete Breech
This baby presents with the buttocks first; both the hips and the knees are flexed.
Complete Breech - A type of breech presentation in a fetus. This type of presentation occurs in 5% to 10% of infants that are breech. The fetus's hips are flexed and the knees are flexed as well.
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Complete Breech
A position of the fetus in the womb in which the baby's buttocks and feet are toward the birth canal. The posture of the fetus is the same as in a normal head-first position, but upside down.
If your baby is in the incomplete breech position (one or both of your baby's knees or legs is the part of him closest to your vagina) or complete breech positions (the baby is sitting cross-legged) it will make vaginal delivery all but impossible.
A Complete Breech Presentation means the baby’s buttocks are presenting at the cervix, but the legs are crossed or folded “Indian style,' making vaginal delivery impossible.
Complete Breech where your baby is sitting cross-legged and comes out bottom first
Footling Breech where your baby's bottom is higher in the uterus, but his feet are at the opening of the pelvic bone, set to come out first ...
Complete Breech: A fetal position in which the baby's hips and knees are bent, with feet and buttocks near the cervix.
Frank Breech: A position in which the baby is lying with its buttocks at the cervix, hips bent and legs extended.
Others include Frank breech, much like full breech but the babies legs are extended toward his ears, and footling or incomplete breech, in which one or both legs are extended and the foot or feet are the presenting part.
Complete breech. The buttocks are down near the birth canal. The knees are bent, and the feet are near the buttocks.
Footling breech. One leg or both legs are stretched out below the buttocks.
The three types of breech presentation are frank breech (flexed at hips with extended knees-legs above buttocks), footling breech (one or both hips extended-leg(s) extended below buttocks), and complete breech (flexed hips and knees-no limbs ...
however, there are more risks to the mother and baby, and today, most breech babies that are not turned, are delivered by c-section. There are different types of breeches- a frank breech presents with the buttocks first, the complete breech sits ...
 See also: Pregnancy, Uterus, Delivery, Vagina, Frank Breech
  
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