Articles Tagged: forceps
Festive birth: We're making our second Christmas with Theo our first
Gillian shares her Christmas birth story. Her baby boy, Theo was born six weeks early and was taken home on Christmas Eve
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I was determined to give birth to my back-to-back baby naturally
Lucy, 29, from Newcastle Upon Tyne, was fed up when her due date came and went. But when she found out her baby was lying the wrong way round, things stared to get tricky...
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Forceps delivery leaves baby brain-damaged and blind in one eye
An NHS trust has apologised to a family after a newborn baby was left brain-damaged and blind in one eye following a forceps ...
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"Back to back" babies could be caused by low hormone levels
Pregnant women who have low levels of the hormone thyroxine are more likely to have a difficult birth, experts say. Low ...
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F: What is a forceps birth?
Forceps are large metal tools, somewhat like a pair of spoons. They fit together around the baby's head inside the birth ...
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How to write your birth plan
Writing your birth plan can be a wonderful thing to do in the weeks leading up to the big day. It helps to focus your mind on ...
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