transverse lie , auch: transverse presentation

Usually performing the Leopold's maneuvers will demonstrate the transverse lie of the fetus.

One baby is laying across the uterus (transverse lie) - if this is the lowest-lying twin, you'll definitely need a caesarean.

She should go another three weeks--the babe's a transverse lie, but there's time enough for it to right itself--Hamish has turned it twice already.

The delivery of the second twin in a transverse lie with a shoulder presentation represents a special situation that may be amenable to a vaginal delivery.

The child is in what is described as a position of 'transverse lie;' with the elbow projecting through the cervix and the head being on the right side.

He had correctly diagnosed a transverse lie of the baby during labor; however, forceps were not used as they had fallen into disfavour in the British medical community.

Shoulder presentation with transverse lie are classified into four types, based on the location of the scapula (shoulderblade); note: this presentation needs to be delivered by cesarean section.

While a transverse lie prior to labor can be manually versed to a longitudinal lie, once the uterus starts contracting the uterus normally will not allow any version procedure.

Sometimes your doctor knows the answer before labor even begins - if you have placenta previa, for example, or if the baby is in a transverse lie (that is, the baby is lying sideways within the uterus rather than head-down).

A shoulder presentation refers to a malpresentation at childbirth where the baby is in a transverse lie (its vertebral column is perpendicular to that of the mother), thus the leading part (the part that enters first the birth canal) is an arm, shoulder, or the trunk.