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childbirth, emergency childbirth, emergency childbirth, delivery presentations, c-section, shoulder presentation, malpresentations, breech birth, cephalic presentation, fetal lie, fetal attitude, delivery presentation describes the way the fetus is positioned to come down the birth canal, delivery, presentation is defined by fetal attitude, presenting part, maternal, fetal landmarks, the delivery process, delivery process is described in terms of fetal station, lie, attitude, presentation, fetal station, the relationship between the presenting part, whether that be the head, shoulder, buttocks, feet, two parts, the maternal pelvis, the ischial spines, the ischial spines, the narrowest part, the pelvis, a natural measuring point, the delivery progress, presenting part lies, above the ischial spines, station is reported, a negative number from 0 to -3 where each number, centimeter, presenting part lies below the ischial spines, station is reported, a positive number from 0 to 3 where each number, centimeter, baby is said to be "engaged", in the pelvis, it reaches 0 station, fetal lie, the relationship between the head to tailbone axis, the fetus, head to tailbone axis, the mother, two, parallel, fetus is said to be, longitudinal lie, two, at 90-degree angles to each other, fetus is said to be, transverse lie, nearly, 99.5%, fetuses, longitudinal lie, fetal attitude, fetal attitude describes the relationship, the fetus' body parts to one another, normal fetal attitude is commonly referred to, the fetal position, head is tucked down, chest, arms, legs drawn in towards the center, the chest, abnormal fetal attitudes, a head that is extended back, body parts extended, positioned behind the back, abnormal fetal attitudes, increase the diameter, the presenting part, passes, the pelvis, increasing the difficulty of birth, fetal presentation, cephalic, head-first, presentation, cephalic presentation, considered normal, occurs in, 97% of deliveries, different types of cephalic presentation, depend on the fetal attitude, fetus' head is extended back, chin, face, forehead, exit first depending on the degree of extension, not considered preferable, this part, the fetal head is not the smallest, increasing the difficulty, the birth, preferably the fetal head is flexed down, chest resulting, "vertex" delivery, the crown, the head exits, breech presentation, breech presentation, considered abnormal, occurs, 3%, the time, a complete breech birth occurs, the buttocks present, the hips, knees, flexed, a frank breech occurs, the hips, flexed, legs, completely drawn up towards the chest, breech positions occur, either the feet, knees come, shoulder presentation, shoulder, arm, trunk, exit first fetus, transverse lie, type of birth occurs less than 1%, the time, transverse lie is more common, premature delivery, multiple gestation.