It means the head of the baby is facing down and the baby is parallel to the mother's spine.
The head is the presenting part in the birth canal.
In a cephalic presentation the fetus is head down. Most common in this presentation would be delivery of the crown first.
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cephalic means relating to the head usually regarding birth of a baby and the 'heads presentation
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fetal head descends into cephalic presentation
the fatal on serious roaming condition faster than it should
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This simply means that the baby is head down rather than bottom down (breech.) This is the best presentation, and is a good sign.
pres means presentation and is the the lowermost presenting part.in this case it will be the head - ceph meaning cephalic.free means that the head is still free in the abdomen and has not engaged in the pelvis - all completely normal