Forceps Aided or Instrumental Aided Delivery of a Baby during Labor

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Obstetric forceps are metal instruments that look like a pair of servers or tongs, which fit together. They are used to help with the baby's birth by applying added pull (traction) to gradually the baby down the birth canal or to help lift and guide the baby through the perineum. There are various types of forceps, they have the dual purpose of adding some extra pull to coincide with contractions and pushing. The illustration features a black woman of African heritage.

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Birth, giving birth, mother, child, pregnancy, parent, human anatomy, baby, infant, delivery, labour, labor, childbearing, accouchement, procreation, childbirth, parturient, vaginal birth, foetus, fetus, baby, black skin, brown skin, african-american, ghana.

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Joanna Culley