Obstetricians doing Vaginal Breech

Posted by Brenda Lane Oct 17, 2007

In the October issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology, researchers wanted to see if more providers would be interested in offering their services as providers of vaginal breech deliveries once they became certified.

The study included a survey that was mailed to over 300 Australian obstetricians. All of the obstetricians were being trained over a four year period in doing vaginal breech deliveries. 53% of the doctors trained in this type of delivery reported feeling confident in performing vaginal breech births, however only 11% of the group surveyed reported that they would be offering vaginal breech services as a specialist to their patients.

One has to wonder why this could be occuring? Is it because there continues to be less familiarity on behalf of consumers to ask for this type of delivery? Is it due to the fact that performing a cesarean generates more revenue for health care providers.

For more information, see the articles in Vaginal Breech and Turning a Breech Baby.

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Brenda