spoon like metal tools which may be placed around the baby's head to help guide it out
A pliers-like tool that locks closed It is often used for crimping barbs on hooks and for removing flies from the mouths of fish; also called "hemostats "
Metal tongs used to assist with the delivery of a baby See additional information
A pair of pinchers, or tongs; an instrument for grasping, holding firmly, or exerting traction upon, bodies which it would be inconvenient or impracticable to seize with the fingers, especially one for delicate operations, as those of watchmakers, surgeons, accoucheurs, dentists, etc
an extractor consisting of a pair of pincers used in medical treatment (especially for the delivery of babies)
Forceps are an instrument consisting of two long narrow arms. Forceps are used by a doctor to hold things
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