Research by Topic 

Breech Birth in Practice

Morales, Nicole, Gail Tully, and Jamie Mossay. (2024) Breech Birth Quick Guide, 2nd Ed. Self-published.

Dasgupta T, Hunter S, Reid S, Sandall J, Shennan A, Davies SM, Walker S. (2022) Breech specialist midwives and clinics in the OptiBreech Trial feasibility study: An implementation process evaluation. Birth. 2023 Sep;50(3):596-605. doi: 10.1111/birt.12685. Epub 2022 Oct 26. PMID: 36288483.

Evans, Jane. Joined-up Knowing. (2012) “The final piece of the breech birth jigsaw?” Essentially MIDIRS March 2012 Volume 3 Number 3, pp 46-49.

Hamlaci Baskaya, Yasemin et al. (2024) Assessment of Efficacy of Two Different Simulation Techniques Used in Breech Birth Management Training: A Randomized Controlled Study. Clinical Simulation In Nursing, Volume 87, 101499.

Morris S, Geraghty S, Sundin D. (2024) Consensus-based recommendations for the care of women with a breech presenting fetus. Midwifery. 2024 Mar;130:103916. doi: 10.1016/j.midw.2024.103916. Epub 2024 Jan 7. PMID: 38241800.

Experiences in Breech Birth

Lindtveit T, Malin Skeie C, Oommen HL, Eline Ween-Velken M, Sandhaug Nygaard B, Røseth I. (2024) Women’s experiences with planned singleton upright breech birth – A phenomenological study. Sex Reprod Healthc. 2024 Mar;39:100952. doi: 10.1016/j.srhc.2024.100952. Epub 2024 Feb 1. PMID: 38341936.

Roy R, Gray C, Prempeh-Bonsu CA, Walker S. (2023) What are women’s experiences of seeking to plan a vaginal breech birth? A systematic review and qualitative meta-synthesis. NIHR Open Res. 2023 Jan 20;3:4. doi: 10.3310/nihropenres.13329.1. PMID: 37881467; PMCID: PMC10593332.

Schafer R, Kennedy HP, Mulvaney S, Phillippi JC. (2024) Experience of decision-making for home breech birth: An interpretive description. SSM Qual Res Health. 2024 Jun;5:100397. doi: 10.1016/ j.ssmqr.2024.100397. Epub 2024 Feb 16. PMID: 39534852; PMCID: PMC11556396.

Physiological Breech Birth

Evans, Jane. (2012) Understanding Physiological Breech Birth. Essentially MIDIRS; Feb 2012; Volume 3 Number 2, pp 17-21.

Freeze, Rixa, David Hayes, and Kristine Lauria. (2024) A Guide to Physiological Breech Birth, 2nd Ed.

Upright Breech Birth

Louwen, F., Daviss, B. A., Johnson, K. C., & Reitter, A. (2017). Does breech delivery in an upright position instead of on the back improve outcomes and avoid cesareans?. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, 136(2), 151-161.

Vaginal Breech Birth

Buechel J, Obermayer J, Hertlein L, Kolben T, Mahner S, Starrach T. (2025) Vaginal Breech Birth: Learnings from 21 Years of Retrospective Data Analysis. Geburtshilfe Frauenheilkd. 2025 Mar 3;85(11):1150-1168. doi: 10.1055/a-2532-9410. PMID: 41210608; PMCID: PMC12591833.

Kriegs, H., Graf, J., Abele, H. et al. (2025) Comparative analysis of maternal and neonatal outcomes in cases of vaginal breech births versus cases of vaginal cephalic births: a retrospective cohort study. Arch Gynecol Obstet 312, 1237–1245 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00404-025-08126-z.

Malloy E, Hanson L, Oliver K. (2025) Case Report of Vaginal Breech Birth. Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing, 2025; 54, 326-331.