Texas parents to sue doctor and start Facebook campaign to end use of forceps. Rachel Melancon and her fiance Allen Coats allege their daughter Olivia Marie died after a forceps delivery that crushed ...

A doctor told a mother she should 'smoke 50 cigarettes a day' to have a smaller child – just minutes after a botched forceps delivery that caused her baby's death. Jenson Barnett suffered a fractured ...

Experts have warned both babies and mums are at greater risk of birth complications where forceps or vacuums are used BABIES who are born with the help of forceps are more likely to suffer serious ...

The parents of a baby girl who died after her skull was crushed during a forceps delivery are suing the Texas hospital where she was born. Rachel Melancon had experienced a healthy pregnancy, but when ...

It's been over two weeks since the verdict came down in the Baby Olivia trial. Dr. George Backardjiev was found guilty of negligence for using forceps during Olivia Coats' delivery. Angie Coats, ...

BEAUMONT _ A Southeast Texas family whose baby died days after being born is pushing for legislation banning the method of delivery they're blaming for her death. Olivia Marie Coats was born Dec. 28 ...

Kaylan Coates suffered a fractured skull and brain bleed during a forceps delivery and tragically died from a hospital infection days later, The Sun reports. A coroner has blasted the care given to ...

Finley May, pictured shortly after his birth, died later from a spinal cord injury caused by forceps used to deliver him A baby boy died from injuries caused by forceps used during his delivery, a ...

Obstetric forceps look like ninja weapons. They come as a pair: 16 inches of solid steel for each hand with curved “blades” that taper into a set of molded grips. Designed for emergencies that require ...

A NEWBORN baby died just a week after his skull was fractured with forceps during a botched delivery. Tiny Kaylan Coates suffered a fractured skull and brain bleed during a forceps delivery and ...

BABIES who are born with the help of forceps are more likely to suffer serious trauma, experts have warned. And their mums are up to ten times more likely to suffer severe tearing and blood loss, new ...