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Forceps delivery
By Laura Lee Davies on 26/08/2010 01:52:52
Forceps are sometimes used during delivery to help the you and your baby
Forceps delivery - helping your baby into the world At the end of a labour, when the baby is about to come out, sometimes the birth stalls a little or requires a final nudge in order to fully deliver the baby. Apart from a major intervention
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Ventouse delivery
By ThinkBaby on 13/09/2010 11:37:05
Ventouse is an aid used in the final stages of giving birth, but what is it and is it safe for you and your baby?
of the baby's head, and a handle which is attached to a vacuum pump which gently sucks to aid the mother's pushing. When is ventouse delivery used?During a regular vaginal birth, when the mother has pushed the baby to the opening of the vagina but cannot
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New wireless foetal monitor could improve birth
By Susie Boone on 18/02/2011 13:25:12
US approves monitor that could allow greater movement during labour and delivery
to make labour and delivery easier and faster.In tests, the wireless monitor has also proved very successful when used on very overweight pregnant women.Currently the monitor is only approved for use in the US, and time (and budgets) will tell whether it
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Twins born at exactly the same time
By Tessa Watkins on 09/04/2010 16:01:16
Baby girls enter the world together during double delivery
New mum Kayleigh Rooney-Wilson, 23, gave birth to her twin girls at exactly the same time. Little Nikita was born straight after her sister Nadine, and no time separates the pair on their birth certificates.“It all went by so quickly. It was scary because you expect a gap between...
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Birth complications more common at night
By Tessa Watkins on 14/06/2010 14:29:00
Picking the time of day to give birth could influence the chances of a smooth delivery
evening deliveries.Babies who were born at smaller community hospitals in the evening (between 6pm and midnight) and overnight (midnight to 8am) were 32-47% more likely to suffer from complications than those born during the day. Larger medical centres
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Elective caesarean now available for all mums-to-be
By Lara Brunt on 23/11/2011 08:49:12
A caesarean delivery will be offered to all pregnant women who ask for one, even if there's no medical need, according to new NICE guidelines
as it is with a planned vaginal delivery, and the risk of the uterus rupturing is rare."Read more...What birth option is right for you?Second time mums opting for caesareansWomen given a negative view of caesareans, says campaigner
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Mum gives birth to two sets of twins in one year
By Sarah McKenzie on 13/04/2010 13:00:54
Hazel Bowden is the only woman in the UK to have two double deliveries within 12 months
he could help me.” On 16 September 2006, Hazel began her second double delivery, giving birth to Sarah and Connor five weeks early. “At one point, Andy and I were preparing 24 bottles, getting through 35 nappies and doing four loads of washing every
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Packing your hospital bag for a longer stay
By Maria Muennich on 25/05/2007 05:39:08
If you're planning a caesarian or run into delivery complications then you - or your partner - will need to pack accordingly
be not all that much different from a full-term delivery, in which case you'll want to add to the above list: Your birth plan, if you have oneAny props you plan to use in labour, whether that’s aromatherapy candles, oils, a pillow, massage instruments, rescue
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Peaches Geldof talks birth and shares cute pics of Astala
By Sophie Westnedge on 21/05/2012 16:59:17
Sir Bob’s daughter reveals her newborn son needed to be rushed to intensive care straight after delivery
New mum Peaches Geldof has taken to Twitter to share cute snaps of baby son Astala and has opened up for the first time about his difficult birth in an interview with Hello! magazine.Sir Bob Geldof’s daughter, who gave birth to her first child in April, shared snaps of her baby s...
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Second time around for Lucy
By Lucy Lloyd on 08/11/2004 11:39:31
After an emergency c-section last time, Lucy hoped for a vaginal delivery for her second
About Lucy 36-year-old journalist Lucy approached her second labour hoping to have a very different experience from the first, and opting to try for a vaginal birth after caesarian. Here's her second birth story for ThinkBaby.With my first pregnancy, I’d been fortunate enough t...
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