Childbirth can be a beautiful and rewarding experience. However, even in the best of situations, it can also be traumatic for both mother and baby. That can be especially true in cases where medical ...

Vacuum extraction birth carries risks for mother and fetus. Now, new instructions stipulate how such emergency births should be managed. In vacuum extraction, a rubber dome is placed on the baby's ...

There are three ways a baby can be born: a spontaneous vaginal birth where the mother pushes the baby out herself, an instrumental vaginal birth where forceps or vacuum extractors are used to pull the ...

Assisted vaginal birth refers to the use of a specially designed instrument to help with delivery during the last part of labor. It is also referred to as operative vaginal delivery, and accounts for ...

This is the first report demonstrating both a dural tear and disruption of a portion of the parietal lobes into the subgaleal space in association with a VE delivery. Baby ‘D’ was a 3570-g male infant ...

Ventouse or forceps delivery comes under the category of assisted or operative vaginal delivery. This is usually indicated in women who have prolonged second stage of labor, nonreassuring fetal heart ...