What happens when you have a forceps birth?

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Forceps births: Find out what happens, why they're used and the trauma and injury some women experience after birth.

A forceps birth is an assisted birth where a pair of forceps are used to help deliver your baby. Forceps are smooth metal instruments that look a bit like large salad tongs. They come apart separately, but can click together. They’re curved to fit around your baby’s head and cradle it, not squash it. During a contraction and while you push, an obstetrician will gently pull with the forceps to help deliver your baby.

Before the procedure goes ahead, your obstetrician may first try a ventouse delivery as this causes less internal issues than forceps. If this doesn’t work, your obstetrician will reassess and decide if your baby can take another attempt at an assisted delivery, and move onto forceps. If the birthing team are in a rush to get your baby out, there may not be time for an anaesthetist to administer an epidural, and a pudendal block will be faster.

As your baby’s head is crowning, the obstetrician may make a small cut on the skin at the edge of your vagina, called the perineum, which is known as an

 

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