vacuum extraction
Cup-assisted birth
Vacuum extraction is a method of assisted childbirth in which a suction cup is applied to the baby's head to help guide it through the birth canal during delivery.
The technique is used when labor stalls or the mother cannot push effectively: The doctor recommended vacuum extraction after two hours of pushing.
Also called ventouse delivery.
- cupSmall drinking container
- headUppermost body part
- soft spotEmotional vulnerability or fondness
- episiotomyPerineal incision during labor
- suctionPulling via pressure difference
baby's head · obstetric forceps · scalp · chignon · cone head · birth canal · fetal monitoring · epidural · pressure · pulling out · fetal distress · contractions · breech birth · delivery room · labor and delivery · postpartum hemorrhage · gestational age · midwifery
vacuum extractionforceps delivery
Childbirth using grasping tools
forceps · cesarean section · C-section · cesarean · cesarean delivery
vacuum extractionnatural childbirth
Delivery without medical intervention
cesarean section · C-section · natural birth · home birth · emergency cesarean