Texas parents to sue doctor and start Facebook campaign to end use of forceps. Rachel Melancon and her fiance Allen Coats allege their daughter Olivia Marie died after a forceps delivery that crushed ...

Forceps might be a better instrument than a vacuum cup for assisting a successful birth, but new mothers might experience more trauma and complications after a forceps delivery, according to a new ...

Have you ever wondered what happens when labour doesn't progress as expected? Or how do doctors manage situations where delivery needs a little extra help? In those moments, forceps delivery can be a ...

Experts have warned both babies and mums are at greater risk of birth complications where forceps or vacuums are used BABIES who are born with the help of forceps are more likely to suffer serious ...

A doctor told a mother she should 'smoke 50 cigarettes a day' to have a smaller child – just minutes after a botched forceps delivery that caused her baby's death. Jenson Barnett suffered a fractured ...

The parents of a baby girl who died after her skull was crushed during a forceps delivery are suing the Texas hospital where she was born. Rachel Melancon had experienced a healthy pregnancy, but when ...

A new data analysis has found Canada has the highest rates of injuries from forceps and vacuum delivery among high-income countries. These injuries have been "documented for over a decade without ...

Kaylan Coates suffered a fractured skull and brain bleed during a forceps delivery and tragically died from a hospital infection days later, The Sun reports. A coroner has blasted the care given to ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - When babies need help coming into the world, forceps may carry less risk of newborn seizures compared with vacuum deliveries or Cesarean section, a new study suggests. In ...

Among patients who undergo forceps-assisted vaginal delivery, obesity does not appear to be associated with increased risk for complications such as injuries to the anal sphincter or the need for ...

A newborn boy died at a hospital in England from a brain hemorrhage during a botched forceps delivery which used an “excessive degree of force,” a coroner ruled. Frederick Joseph Terry, also known as ...

BABIES who are born with the help of forceps are more likely to suffer serious trauma, experts have warned. And their mums are up to ten times more likely to suffer severe tearing and blood loss, new ...