delivery /de·liv·ery/ (de-liv´er-e) expulsion or extraction of the child and fetal membranes at birth.
forceps delivery,
abdominal delivery delivery of an infant through an incision made into the intact uterus through the abdominal wall.
breech delivery delivery in which the fetal buttocks present first.
forceps delivery extraction of the child from the maternal passages by application of forceps to the fetal head; designated low or midforceps delivery according to the degree of engagement of the fetal head and high when engagement has not occurred. 
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Forceps delivery.
postmortem delivery delivery of a child after death of the mother.
spontaneous delivery birth of an infant without any aid from an attendant.
| forceps delivery n. The birth of a child assisted by extraction with a forceps designed to grasp the head. |
forceps delivery,
an obstetric operation in which instruments are used to deliver a baby. It is performed to overcome dystocia, to quickly deliver a baby experiencing fetal distress, or, most often, to shorten normal labor. Local or regional anesthesia is usual, as is episiotomy. Prerequisites to forceps delivery include full dilation of the cervix, engagement of the fetal head, certain knowledge of the position of the head, and ruptured membranes. The blades of the forceps are introduced into the vagina one at a time and applied symmetrically to opposite sides of the baby's head; the handles of the forceps are pulled together so that the head is held firmly between the blades; the head is rotated, if necessary, to the occiput anterior or occiput posterior position; and traction is applied so as to draw the head from the birth passage. When the head has been delivered, the forceps are removed and the delivery is completed manually. Because cesarean section is performed more often now than formerly, traumatic forceps deliveries are uncommon. Kinds of forceps delivery are high forceps, low forceps, and mid forceps. Compare forceps rotation, trial forceps. See also obstetric forceps.
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