Sentences with phrase «like forceps»

Because of the force that they produce, things like forceps and vacuum extractors often contribute to brachial plexus injuries.

Medical tools like forceps are meant to prevent damage to the child during birth, but these tools can be dangerous.

In long, difficult deliveries, many obstetricians rely on birth - assistive tools — like forceps and vacuum extractors — to pull a newborn through the birth canal.

Childbirth can permanently stretch the vaginal canal and opening, especially if an instrument like forceps or a vacuum is used during a delivery.

I came to learn that other common hospital interventions like forceps use and episiotomy were surprisingly uncommon and seen as unnecessary in home and birth center births.

Not exact matches

And while I giggled over the fact that the forceps in the birthing class looked like salad tongs and made Soylent Green jokes in the breastfeeding class («Formula is made of PEEEOPLE!»)

Traumatic birthing experiences, like the use of drugs to induce labor and numb pain, internal electrode probes screwed onto baby's scalp, forceps, C - section, immediate cord clamping, suctioning, rough handling, bright lights, separation from mom and being left alone in a nursery incubator etc., can be hard - wired into a deep memory base that you, as a now functioning adult, can't even remember, let alone access!

Forceps can injure a baby's head, as the doctor uses them much like tongs pulling meat off the barbecue.

I didn't like the idea of drugs, or forceps, or an episiotomy (shiver) and I dreaded the thought of a caesarean.

If you delivered your baby through birth interventions like a caesarean section, or forceps, or if you were induced, your child is at a high risk of developing long - term health complications, according to new research.

A forceps delivery involves inserting a special metal instrument into the woman that looks like large spoons or tongs to help pull a baby out.

In a forceps delivery, a health care provider applies forceps — an instrument shaped like a pair of large spoons or salad tongs — to the baby's head to help guide the baby out of the birth canal.

Forceps look like a large pair of metal spoons or tongs, and your doctor will position them around your baby's head.

Or if there was some kind of intervention whether it's vacuum forceps you'll notice your baby's head may have the asymmetrical things like that.

A fossil of the megacheiran Leanchoilia illecebrosa, showing its characteristic forceps - like great appendages.

More hospitals than ever are refocusing their attention on mother and baby health — which includes things like skin - to - skin contact after delivery and education about things that might thwart breastfeeding, like the use of forceps pain - relieving medication.

Forceps have been used for many years, and are like large tongs that your doctor will use to gently grip your baby's head and pull him or her down through the birth canal.

They used forceps and Grandma said my Uncle looked like he'd been beaten up, he was so badly bruised.