Cephalic presentation

In the cephalic or head position the child is in the womb in the longitudinal direction, ie, along the vertical axis of the mother, and with the head down. Further possibilities of the child's orientation are the breech and transverse position.

In the cephalic, these are the real, that is the most common, normal location at the birth of the child ( 96%).

Position ( positioning )

Besides the location of the child, which the child's relationship to the longitudinal axis to the longitudinal axis of the mother describes ( longitudinal position, bank angle, slope), there is still the position of the child. This describes the position of the child's back in practice. A distinction is made (often abbreviated with the Roman numerals I and II), where the numbers denote the position of the back 1 to 2 position. I mean, the back is to the left, II means the back is to the right.

In the transverse position to assess the situation of the child's head. If it is located on the left side, there is an I. transverse position, he is on the right side, there is a transverse position II.

Attitude ( habitus )

This describes the longitudinal axis of the fetal head in relation to the longitudinal axis of the child's torso. One can find a front posterior position at full-term pregnancies in 92-93 % of cases. The occipitoposterior occurs in 3.5%, on the Deflexionslagen ( front main, forehead and face position ) in 1 % of cases.

Setting

Is not really the birth canal, the adjustment of the child's head, it is called a setting anomaly.