| Noun | 1. | obstetrical delivery - the act of delivering a child breech birth, breech delivery, breech presentation - delivery of an infant whose feet or buttocks appear first abdominal delivery, caesarean, caesarean delivery, caesarean section, caesarian, caesarian delivery, caesarian section, cesarean, cesarean delivery, cesarean section, cesarian, cesarian section, C-section - the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way) forceps delivery - 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 midwifery - assisting women at childbirth accouchement, childbearing, childbirth - the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child |