Pregnancy Instruments : Forceps delivery and Ventouse delivery

The stage of delivery starts when the mother felt the delivery of the child through series of contractions. There are many things to consider and the delivery could be done normally without external assistance. However, when it is the otherwise, there are several pregnancy instruments that can be used to assist the delivery of the baby. Two of the commonly used are forcep and ventouse instruments and when such instruments were used, the delivery is rather called Forceps delivery and Ventouse delivery.



Forcep delivery. When the mother is in the state of maternal distress, the doctor could initiate an external assistance called forcep delivery. The delivery is being done by using forceps to help pull out the baby from the womb.



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Another method is the use of ventouse delivery or vacuum delivery. The procedure uses ventouse or a vacuum type instrument to assist the delivery.

Ventouse or vacuum delivery are the principal forms of assisted vaginal delivery.

Both assisted methods, the forceps delivery and the vacuum delivery are proven safe in the right hands and there are only rare cases when there are complications observe.