Before reading this article This article contains specific descriptions of childbirth, including long-duration labor, ...

A Dallas hospital and medical staff are named in a lawsuit by a couple whose baby died of injuries he sustained during the “prolonged” delivery process, according to the filing. Unsplash via Hush ...

Childbirth can be a beautiful and rewarding experience. However, even in the best of situations, it can also be traumatic for both mother and baby. That can be especially true in cases where medical ...

In first-time mothers requiring vacuum-assisted delivery, a lateral episiotomy (angled cut) in the tissue between the vaginal and anal opening more than halves the risk of obstetric anal sphincter ...

SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Clinical Innovations is celebrating 20 years of the Kiwi® Vacuum-Assisted Delivery System by strengthening the pioneering clinician training program that has seen more ...

Use of forceps is more likely to result in a vaginal delivery than use of vacuum devices (relative risk [RR] = 1.5; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.1 to 2.2), but has a higher rate of perineal trauma, ...

Available at: https://www.aafp.org/afp/2011/0701/p26.html Author disclosure: Dr. Olden is the Advisory Board Chair for the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP ...