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Continuous Cyclic Pushing in Vaginal Breech Births


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Blog: Continuous Cyclic Pushing: a non-invasive method of optimising descent in vaginal breech births


References for optimal time intervals in vaginal breech births:

  • Reitter A, Halliday A, Walker S. Practical insight into upright breech birth from birth videos: A structured analysis. Birth. 2020;47(2):211-219. doi:10.1111/birt.12480
    • Spillane E, Walker S, McCourt C. Optimal time intervals for vaginal breech births: a case-control study. NIHR Open Res. 2022;2:45. doi:10.3310/nihropenres.13297.2

    • Birth video in which we began to encourage pushing following slower-than-expected descent, with no underlying concerns about fetal well-being prior to the birth of the pelvis: Adventures of the 'Dropped Foot' Baby


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