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Volume 383, Issue 9932, 31 May–6 June 2014, Pages 1863-1864
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The dilemma of vaginal breech delivery worldwide

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    However, Australian evidence demonstrates that women who seek a planned VBB typically face difficulty accessing a facility that is both supportive of their birthing choice, and adequately resourced with midwives and/or obstetricians who are experienced and confident in facilitating VBB.13 This is further supported with a decline in rates of a planned VBB over the last 15 years that is thought to have precipitated a reduction in the number of maternity clinicians with experience in facilitating a VBB.14,15 One small Australian study that explored the experiences of obstetricians (n = 5) and midwives (n = 4) involved in the care of women having a VBB at two different hospitals in New South Wales found that clinicians encountered considerable resistance towards facilitating VBB from colleagues.14

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