A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found a possible link between vaginal deliveries with operations and birth injuries.
In the study an operative vaginal delivery is when a physician uses forceps or a vacuum extraction to pull the baby through a birth canal. The study found that the risk of baby injury is at the highest level when both the forceps and the vacuum extraction methods are used. In addition, the baby in the delivery was found to be most likely hurt during birth, when the operative vaginal delivery is unsuccessful.
The study found that babies born with a cesarean section are no more greatly injured than babies born using forceps or vacuum extraction.
