breech
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This is known as a breech birth and is rare.
From BBC • Oct. 9, 2025
Caesareans are seen as essential for preventing obstructed labour in cases where a woman’s pelvis is too small, the baby is in a breech position, or is too large to exit the birth canal.
From BBC • Nov. 8, 2024
The baby was breech, which upped the anguish and the risk during delivery.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2023
In a quick response, the U.S. team member told the Ukrainian to remove the gun’s breech at the rear of the howitzer and manually prime the firing pin so the gun could fire.
From Washington Times • Jan. 28, 2023
If I can’t quite get the hang of poverty-chastity-and-obedience, I can learn instead about vermifuges, breech deliveries, arrow wounds, gangrene, and elephantiasis.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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