forceps delivery
Surgical tong extraction
Forceps delivery is a method of assisted childbirth in which a doctor uses forceps—curved metal instruments resembling large tongs—to grasp the baby's head and guide it through the birth canal.
The procedure is performed when labor stalls or the baby needs to be delivered quickly: After three hours of pushing, they opted for a forceps delivery.
- midwifeChildbirth assistance professional
- episiotomyPerineal incision during labor
- obstetricianChildbirth physician
- epiduralSpinal numbing injection
- bruisingCausing tissue discoloration
labor · second stage · fetal distress · blades · traction · fetal monitoring · contractions · assisted · pain management · postpartum recovery · birth · labor induction · maternal · pelvic floor · instrument · cervix · birth canal · crowning
forceps deliveryvacuum extraction
Suction-assisted childbirth method
cesarean section · C-section · surgical delivery · vaginal delivery
forceps deliverynatural childbirth
Delivery without medical intervention
natural birth · home birth · water birth · freebirth · free birth