Giving pregnant women routine third trimester ultrasound scans could reduce rates of undetected breech pregnancy by 71%, enabling better care before and during labor and improved outcomes for newborns (IMAGE)

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Giving pregnant women routine third trimester ultrasound scans could reduce rates of undetected breech pregnancy by 71%, enabling better care before and during labor and improved outcomes for newborns

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Researchers found that giving pregnant women a third trimester scan reduces the rate of undetected breech in labor by over two thirds, which reduces the chances of harm to the baby.

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St George's, University of London (CC-BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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