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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

A mother has been reunited with the medics dispatched to her home when she started to deliver her breech baby.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2023

When Dr. Christine Henneberg found herself pregnant with a breech baby, she knew the data and her body, and she wanted to make that choice on her own terms.

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

That’s why, Gaskin said, in 2006 when a breech baby she delivered became temporarily stuck and suffered permanent neurological problems, the parents did not sue.

From New York Times May 23, 2012

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