By the 7th or 8th month

Find the mothers' pubic bone with your fingers. As she breathes out, press deeply just above her pubic bone.

If you feel a round, hard object that you can move a little from side to side, it is probably the back or side of the baby’s head. If you feel a different shape - like a bottom, back or legs - the baby may be in breech position.

Sometimes the baby's bottom is up but the head is not straight down. See a) and b). The head may be bent to the side or the chin may be up c)

If the lower part of the baby is not too deep down in the mother's pelvis, try moving that part of the baby from side to side, using gentle rocking movements with your hands on either side of the lower part of her abdomen. If the lower part of the baby makes its whole back move, then the baby may be in breech. If the back does not move, then the baby may be head down.