#obstetrical_delivery__obstetricaldelivery__delivery the act of delivering a child
supertype: #deed__feat__effort__exploit a notable achievement: "he performed a great deed"; "the book was her finest effort"
part of: #childbirth
subtype: #breech_delivery__breech_birth__breech_presentation delivery of an infant whose feet or buttocks appear first
subtype: #frank_breech_delivery__frank_breech__frankbreech position of a fetus in which the buttocks are present at the maternal pelvic outlet
subtype: #cesarean_delivery__caesarean_delivery__caesareandelivery__cesarean_section__cesarian_section__caesarean_section__caesareansection__C-section__cesarean__cesarian__caesarean__abdominal_delivery__abdominaldelivery the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way)
subtype: #forceps_delivery__forcepsdelivery delivery in which forceps are inserted through the vagina and used to grasp the head of the fetus and pull it through the birth canal; since the forceps can injure the fetus this procedure has generally given way to cesarean deliveries
subtype: #midwifery assisting women at childbirth
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