Western Sydney University provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. There are three ways a baby can be born: a spontaneous vaginal birth where the mother pushes the baby out herself, an ...

In the course of an attempted instrumental delivery, prolapse of a pulseless umbilical cord occurred, concomitant with total collapse of the fetal heart rate pattern. Rescue was by extreme emergency ...

A new data analysis has found Canada has the highest rates of injuries from forceps and vacuum delivery among high-income countries. These injuries have been "documented for over a decade without ...

In recent years, doctors have preferred to perform a cesarean section instead of trying a forceps or vacuum birth, due to the fear of causing a baby neurological damage and/or physical injuries.

A PAEDIATRICIAN treating a newborn baby who suffered a massive bleed between his skull and scalp following birth told an inquest in Dublin he had seen a case like it just once in his 12 years working ...