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  2. Childbirth - Wikipedia

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    Vaginal delivery involves four stages of labour: the shortening and opening of the cervix during the first stage, descent and birth of the baby during the second, the delivery of the placenta during the third, and the fourth stage of recovery which lasts until two hours after the delivery.

  3. Childbirth positions - Wikipedia

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    They may also be referred to as delivery positions or labor positions. In addition to the lithotomy position (on back with feet pulled up), still commonly used by many obstetricians , other positions are successfully used by midwives and traditional birth-attendants around the world.

  4. Vaginal delivery - Wikipedia

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    A spontaneous vaginal delivery (SVD) occurs when a pregnant woman goes into labor without the use of drugs or techniques to induce labor and delivers their baby without forceps, vacuum extraction, or a cesarean section. [1] An induced vaginal delivery is a delivery involving labor induction, where drugs or manual techniques are used to initiate ...

  5. Delivery after previous caesarean section - Wikipedia

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    There are many issues which affect the decision for planned vaginal or planned abdominal delivery. There is a slightly higher risk for uterine rupture and perinatal death of the child with VBAC than ERCS, but the absolute increased risk of these complications is small, especially with only one previous low transverse caesarean section. [1]

  6. Emergency childbirth - Wikipedia

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    Incidence of preterm delivery is approximately 12%, and preterm births are a significant contributing cause of unplanned emergency delivery. [10] Pre-term labor is defined as occurring before 37 weeks, and risks for pre-term labor include pregnancy with multiple fetuses, prior history of premature labor, structural abnormalities of the cervix ...

  7. Labor and delivery unit experiences baby boom among its ... - AOL

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    A hospital in Kansas is experiencing a baby boom, not among patients, but among its own staff. In the past 11 months, 16 staff members at The University of Kansas Health System's Olathe Medical ...

  8. Operative vaginal delivery - Wikipedia

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    Operative vaginal delivery, also known as assisted or instrumental vaginal delivery, is a vaginal delivery that is assisted by the use of forceps or a vacuum extractor. [ 1 ] Operative vaginal delivery is required in times of maternal or fetal distress to assist in childbirth as an alternative to caesarean section . [ 2 ]

  9. Failures at L.A. hospital led to patient's death after C ...

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    State investigators also found there was a 1½-hour delay in getting the patient a second transfusion of red blood cells. ... that could jeopardize patients in its labor and delivery unit. The ...