Forceps and vacuum deliveries are relatively rare, occurring in just 3% of vaginal births. In these “assisted” deliveries, your healthcare practitioner uses either a vacuum device or forceps to help ...

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 ...

In nulliparous women at term who required assisted vaginal birth, a non-rotated occipitoposterior position of the foetal head was associated with significantly higher rates of maternal morbidity than ...

A newborn suffered a “short life and prolonged death” – within hours of his birth – after a Texas doctor attempted a vacuum-assisted delivery, according to a lawsuit. The lawsuit, filed May 29 against ...