KST A to Z
Breech baby - posterior presentation
Terry Murphy, DC
Hastings, New Zealand
I turned a breech baby and later adjusted the mother for posterior presentation.
Before I started, I did ask if it was OK to adjust and if it would be right to tap (through the mother's belly) at the foot end of the baby and then at the head to induce a somersault so to speak. With the posterior presentation, I asked again if it would be OK to adjust and then tapped on one side of the torso area.
In both cases the baby turned immediately (confirmed by next ultrasound scan.) In both cases the mother was lying supine on the bench.
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