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Shoulder Dystocia Injury

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Shoulder dystocia is a rare emergency that can happen during the end of the second stage of labour. It's all to do with how your baby moves down through your vagina and out into the world. Shoulder dystocia happens when your baby's head has been born, but one of her shoulders becomes stuck.

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This video explains shoulder dystocia, a rare emergency that can happen during the end of the second stage of labour. It describes how it relates to the way the baby moves down through the vagina, and that it happens when the baby's head has been born but one of the shoulders becomes stuck.

Key points

  • Shoulder dystocia is a rare emergency at the end of the second stage of labour
  • It concerns how the baby moves down through the vagina
  • It happens when the head has been born but one shoulder becomes stuck

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This video presents “Shoulder Dystocia Injury” — Shoulder dystocia is a rare emergency that can happen during the end of the second stage of labour. It's all to do with how your baby moves down through your vagina and out into the world. Shoulder dystocia happens when your baby's head. Whether you are preparing for a procedure, studying the technique, or learning how a condition is assessed, the recording shows the process as it is performed in practice.

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