External cephalic version, or ECV, is a maneuver your doctor may use when your unborn baby is set up to come out bottom first or feet first. Those positions are called a breech birth, and they can ...

The size of the amniotic fluid pocket preceding the fetal presenting part (fore-bag), as objectively measured by ultrasound, is the most predictive of three variables in determining the likely success ...

The Cochrane review conducted in 2001 re-established the usefulness of external cephalic version (ECV). The success rate for ECV using epidural anesthesia or spinal anesthesia is reported to be 35 to ...

When you give birth, your baby usually comes out headfirst, also called the vertex position. In the weeks before you give birth, your baby will move to place their head above your vagina. Your baby ...