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22nd August 2021
03:19pm BST
The mother, Kristen, said that she had a tradition of taking photos of her children just moments after they were born and Emma, although breech, would be no exception.
A breech birth is when a baby is born bottom first instead of head first. Around 3–5 percent of pregnant women at term have a breech baby.
The photo shows baby Emma in an almost gymnastic pose, with her feet high up over her head.
Along with the photo the shocked mum wrote: "This was my poor little breech baby! She came out folded in half!!"
A lot of breech births come with complications, so naturally a lot of other mums were curious as to how Kristen's pregnancy had been.
"When I was pregnant with Emma, I had what I like to refer to as a 'dream pregnancy,'" she later told BabyCentre.
"I was never sick, tired, or all that uncomfortable. I just adored being pregnant! Much to my surprise, around 34 weeks I was in for a routine appointment and asked if we could take a sneak peak (by ultrasound) and discovered I had low fluid and a breech baby girl!
"I tried everything from 'Spinning Babies' to acupuncture to get her to turn. No such luck. My doctor then scheduled a c-section for 39 weeks. Fortunately, the c-section and the recovery went very smoothly and I had a healthy baby in my arms!"Explore more on these topics:
