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J92@lemmy.world 1 week agoEven their necks are wild.
The writer and ex-doctor Adam Kay wrote in his book “This is Going to Hurt”, about his time in the maternity ward of an NHS hospital in the 2000s, that he would find it funny, visiting friends and their new kids and his friends reminding him to support the neck and stuff, when in the past he has had forceps around the head of a child and has leaned back with his full weight trying to assist in the removal of a child trapped in the birth canal, and both baby and mother coming out of it completely fine.
CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world 1 week ago
There is some trauma associated with that type of forceps extraction. There’s definitely some damage to the baby’s skull and mother’s vaginal canal. However most of the time there will be no long term issues. It’s only used if the birth is going poorly.
J92@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Yeah, the whole experience is a relatively traumatic one, the idea of bringing metal implements to bear probably means the alternative is worse, but part of expertise is in weighing options and risks.
As an aside, I believe Sylvester Stallone’s speech is due to nerve damage from a forceps incident at birth.