Ventouse

Ventouse The ventouse is a suction cap which is made of silicone plastic. It fits onto the baby's head rather like a skull cap. Once the cap has been positioned, air is sucked out of it by means of a vacuum device.

Ventouse or vacuum extraction A silicone cup fixed to a suction pump goes over the baby's head and stays in place with suction. The mother pushes with each contraction, while the doctor pulls the ventouse.

Ventouse is a suction cup that fits on the baby's head and is sometimes used instead of obstetric forceps.

ventouse extraction In a ventouse delivery, a suction cup attached to a machine is placed on the baby's head to assist the baby's passage through the birth canal. vernix caseosa ...

Ventouse / Vacuum Extraction: A method of assisted delivery where a cap is placed on the baby's head and suction pressure is applied to speed up birth.

Ventouse - A plastic or metal vacuum cup that is placed over the baby's head to assist in a vaginal delivery.

The ventouse is not a rotating instrument. Attempts at cup rotation simply foster cup displacement, loss of station, or scalp injury. Under traction, the fetal head rotates automatically as descent occurs.

surgically assisting labour, by forceps or the Ventouse (a suction cap applied to the foetus' head) Caesarean section, if vaginal delivery is decided against or appears too difficult.

My choice was an episiotomy and ventouse delivery or emergency section. She was delivered in theatre after being given one shot only at the ventouse delivery.

Assisted Delivery - Forceps or Ventouse A functioning epidural can be used to make an assisted delivery a pain free experience should it be necessary. Obtaining the Pain Relief You Want ...

There's been some research that suggests you're also less likely to require a forceps{LINK} or ventouse{LINK} delivery, an episiotomy or tear badly.

I had a successful and uneventful pregnancy in July 2005 that resulted in the birth of a healthy little girl. It was a ventouse delivery after a 24 hour labour.

They used the ventouse to turn the head and bring it down on the cervix, and I immediately dilated to 10 cms. Then forceps were used to deliver our new son, Kyle.

See also: Forceps, Pregnancy, Contraction, Delivery, Midwife