During vacuum assisted operative vaginal delivery, your doctor uses a vacuum device to help guide your baby out of the birth canal. The vacuum device, known as a vacuum extractor, uses a soft cup that attaches to your baby’s head with suction.
In most cases, the vacuum extractor is used to avoid a cesarean delivery or to prevent fetal distress. When performed properly, vacuum assisted delivery involves far fewer risks than those of cesarean delivery or prolonged fetal distress.
The 5 Steps of Successful Vacuum Assisted Delivery:
Step 1: Locate the Flexion Point and Calculate the Cup Insertion Distance
Step 2: Hold and Insert the Cup
Step 3: Maneuver the Cup Toward and Over the Flexion Point
Step 4: Create Vacuum and Exclude the Maternal Tissue
Step 5: Using the Finger Tip Traction and the Finger/Thumb Technique, Pull Along Axis of the Pelvis
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