Women's health · Explanation & counselling

Breech baby options

Medium

10 min station · 2 min reading · Recommended for Curtin Year 5 students

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Instructions

You are an intern in the antenatal clinic. Georgia Ashton, 30, is 36 weeks pregnant with her first baby. The baby is breech on ultrasound. The obstetrician has offered external cephalic version (ECV).

  1. Explain the options and obtain informed consent for external cephalic version

  • You do not need to take a history or examine the patient

36-week scan

Frank breech. Normal growth and liquor. Placenta posterior, upper segment. Blood group O positive.

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