Wow! I was just over at Science Codex and I read about a new study in The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, about the effects of natural childbirth (in this study, vaginal birth) vs. cesarean birth on a mother’s responsiveness to her baby. The study measured the brain activity of mothers who birthed vaginally [...]
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The Dangers of Forceps and Vacuum Extraction (and How to Avoid Them)
Posted by Stacey on July 30th, 2008
I have had a lot of people reach my site lately by searching for “vacuum extraction” and “forceps delivery,” so I thought that these issues would be worth addressing. Both the vacuum extraction and the forceps delivery are methods of manually pulling a baby out of the birth canal when it cannot be pushed out [...]
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