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EXTERNAL CEPHALIC VERSION  

When a mom-to-be faces the difficult decision between a c-section or attempting external cephalic version (ECV), the risks must be weighed and balanced.

Most babies are in a head-down or vertex position just before birth making a vaginal birth usually safe and possible. Sometimes the baby will be in position with the buttocks or feet first in the mother's uterus. This is known as a breech baby or breech birth.

Considerating the causes of the breech presentation, the multiple ways to turn them, and considerations for mode of breech delivery.

Pregnancy complications, such as placenta previa and placenta accreta, following a cesarean section can lead to life-threatening complications.

Many believe that technology, prenatal care, and hospital interventions are the reason why birth is now so safe (and thus that homebirth & freebirth are not safe)...but how true is this really?

Many people worry that something will go wrong during pregnancy, especially if they are going unassisted. Most complications are actually rare and can be managed at home by the mother.

You may be able to deliver multiples or breech babies at home depending on the situation.

This paper discusses the major historical efforts to legislate organ transplantation in the United States. In addition to discussing the problems found within the current system of voluntary donation, this paper will provide an overview of three alternative approaches.