title: Breech presentation: increasing maternal choice.
abstract: Pregnant women with a third trimester breech presentation are almost invariably offered Caesarean section as the mode of delivery of first choice, especially when external version has failed to turn the fetus to cephalic. However, increasingly women are resorting to alternatives, to avoid either operative delivery or manipulative intervention in late pregnancy. This paper reviews some of the options for women with breech presentation, focusing especially on integrating these options into conventional maternity care.
authors.affiliation: Expectancy Ltd - Expectant Parents' Complementary Therapies Consultancy, London, UK. info@expectancy.co.uk
authors.forename: Denise
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tiran
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001946:Breech Presentation; D002585:Cesarean Section; D002755:Choice Behavior; D000529:Complementary Therapies / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing*; D005260:Female; D020939:Zingiber officinale; D006705:Homeopathy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D006990:Hypnosis / Q000379:methods; D026882:Manipulation, Chiropractic / Q000451:nursing; D008429:Maternal Welfare; D008880:Midwifery / Q000592:standards*; D009071:Moxibustion / Q000451:nursing; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D011263:Pregnancy Trimester, Third; D015013:Yoga