Post birth complications | The Midwives
A doctor helps the student with the delivery using a ventouse, a suction cup placed on the baby's head. Mum also encountered some issues as her blood pressure dropped.
Tweet- Clip length: 5'05''
- Broadcast year: 2013
- Nursing & Midwifery
Licence: ERA Licence required
UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted
- Provider: BBC
- Channel: BBC Two
- Programme: The Midwives
- Series: 2
- Episode: Midwife in the Making
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