Leopold's maneuvers

Leopold's maneuvers are intended to be performed by health care professionals, as they have received the training and instruction in how to perform them.

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

Leopold's Maneuvers are difficult to perform on obese women and women who have polyhydramnios.

Leopold's Maneuvers may find the fetus in an oblique or breech position or lying transverse as a result of the abnormal position of the placenta.

In obstetrics, Leopold's Maneuvers are a common and systematic way to determine the position of a fetus inside the woman's uterus; they are named after the gynecologist Christian Gerhard Leopold.