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Table 3 Location of birth and mode of birth for breech & cephalic mothers, categorized by parity

From: Breech birth at home: outcomes of 60 breech and 109 cephalic planned home and birth center births

 

Breech primip

n = 41

Breech multip

n = 9

Total breech

n = 50

Cephalic primip

n = 60

Cephalic multip

n = 42

Total cephalic

n = 102

Birth location

 OOH

31 (75.6%)

9 (100%)

40 (80.0%)

50 (83.3%)

41 (97.6%)

91 (89.2%)

 Hospital (TOC)

10 (24.4%)

0

10 (20.0%)

10 (16.7%)

1 (2.4%)

11 (10.8%)

Mode of birth

 Cesarean

8 (19.5%)

0

8 (16.0%)

3 (5.0%)

0

3 (2.9%)

 Vaginal

33 (80.5%)

9 (100%)

42 (84.0%)

57 (95.0%)

42 (100%)

99 (97.1%)

  SVD

27 (65.9%)

9 (100%)

36 (72.0%)

37 (61.7%)

42 (100%)

79 (77.5%)

  Forceps/vacuum

6 (14.6%)

0

6 (12.0%)

20 (33.3%)

0

20 (19.6%)