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breech baby

American  

noun

Obstetrics.
  1. a baby whose buttocks or feet are presented first during the birth process.


Etymology

Origin of breech baby

First recorded in 1965–70

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In a police report reviewed by The Times, the patient described going to a gynecologist in 2020 to have him “flip” a breech baby.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 14, 2024

Arthur Trott was an undiagnosed breech baby, born after a planned home birth in Burgess Hill on 24 May 2021.

From BBC Mar. 14, 2023

Breech of promise: It’s conventional wisdom that a breech baby calls for a C-section.

From Slate Oct. 16, 2019

“My husband delivered a breech baby in a car in the middle of the night. “You just don’t have time to think about it,” she said.

From Washington Post Mar. 26, 2015

The couple, Judy and Brad, had traveled to the Farm from another state because their midwife couldn’t deliver their breech baby vaginally.

From New York Times May 23, 2012

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