breech baby

noun

, Obstetrics.

1. a baby whose buttocks or feet are presented first during the birth process.

Word History and Origins

Origin of breech baby¹

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

In a police report reviewed by The Times, the patient described going to a gynecologist in 2020 to have him “flip” a breech baby.

From Los Angeles Times

A mother has been reunited with the medics dispatched to her home when she started to deliver her breech baby.

From BBC

Grant said one of the more challenging, if less bloody, scenes involved an effort to rotate a breech baby by applying manual pressure to a pregnant belly.

From Los Angeles Times

Arthur Trott was an undiagnosed breech baby, born after a planned home birth in Burgess Hill on 24 May 2021.

From BBC

But a few weeks before delivery, they found out she was going to be a girl, which was the same time they found out she was a breech baby, coming out feet first instead of headfirst.

From Literature