Vaginal Delivery WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Vaginal Delivery
A vaginal delivery is the most common form of childbirth and is usually considered the safest for both mother and baby. A vaginal birth occurs during the second stage of labor after the cervix has effaced and dilated to 10cm.1 Vaginal delivery may be accomplished with or without the use of pain medications.
Fast Facts:
- An assisted vaginal delivery occurs when the physician needs to use forceps or a vacuum device to help the baby out of the birth canal.2
- The act of having a vaginal delivery after a previous Cesarean delivery is called a VBAC.
- Although a woman begins the process of a vaginal delivery, a Cesarean delivery may be necessary.
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Research Notes References
- ↑ Pregnancyetc: Childbirth -- Vaginal Delivery
- ↑ BabyCenter: Assisted Vaginal Delivery
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- Contributor: Susan Scroggins
- Reviewer: Tara Salamone
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 15, 2009
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Meet our contributors and reviewers
- Contributor: Susan Scroggins
- Reviewer: Tara Salamone
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Vaginal Childbirth, Vaginal Birth, Assisted vaginal birth, Child Born Vaginally, Childbirth Vaginally
- Last update: Aug. 1, 2008
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.
