PREGNANCY

Incredible photos of vaginal breech birth

Last modified on Thursday 29 November 2018

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A photographer has captured a stunning series of photographs detailing a vaginal breech birth. Please note that due to their nature, the photos are graphic.

These amazing photos were taken by Karyn Loftesness Photography. Karyn, from Vancouver, was the birth photographer for Raychel, who was giving birth to her fourth baby. Raychel had planned a home birth and only found out her baby was breech four days before her due date.

Her midwives were very skilled and experienced in delivering breech births and so Raychel felt comfortable to go ahead with her home birth as planned.

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The stunning photos capture the moments as her baby boy Silas was born.

In this first photo the baby is crowning. You can see the bottom and testes. There is meconium present, which is more normal with a breech birth and caused by the legs being pressed into the abdomen, and not because the baby is in any distress.