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Childbirth, emergency delivery

Alternative names:

Delivery - emergency; Emergency delivery - childbirth; Birth - emergency

Symptoms:

  • Regular contractions that are less than 2 minutes apart (timed from the beginning of one contraction to the beginning of the next).
  • Urge to have a bowel movement (due to pressure from the baby's head against the rectum).
  • Strong urge to push.

Signs:

  • Bulging vaginal opening; baby's head visible during contractions. (It will recede, or pull back, between contractions.)
  • Mother pushing and straining.
  • Mother saying, "The baby is coming!"

Updated Date: 02/09/00

Updated By:J. Gordon Lambert, MD, Associate Medical Director, Utah Health Informatics and adam.com editorial



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