If the baby doesn't move into a head-down position, it increases the risk of a breech birth. For the majority of your pregnancy, the baby in your womb has been dependent on you for everything.

Hunkered over a plastic tub, she even tugged out a breech baby by herself while her husband was away. This was decades ago, before home births, much less unassisted births, gained popularity.

Frank breech is the most common type of breech position. Learn what this position means for you and your baby. Medically reviewed by Jessie Rubin, MD Medically reviewed by Jessie Rubin ...

In fact, nearly 40% of twins are delivered vaginally. But if one baby has feet or bottom first (breech) or is sideways (transverse), your doctor might deliver the lower twin vaginally and then try ...

Breech births, where the baby is born bottom-first rather than head-first, are no laughing matter. That's even true today, when medical advancements have (nominally) made giving birth a much less ...