Addressing a long-simmering controversy, a large new study has shown that in pregnancies where the baby has positioned itself to emerge feet or buttocks first, the delivery safest for mother and child is a planned cesarean section, or C-section, rather than a vaginal birth.
In 3 to 4 percent of all pregnancies, the babies end up in the so-called breech position.
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