Device application angle
The original IFU stated that the device should be applied ‘starting at 45° below the horizontal’. By the eighth attempted birth it was apparent that this was not the correct angle and operators naturally moved to a more ‘horizontal’ application:
D2: ‘I definitely pushed the device in at a much flatter angle, much more parallel with the bed than I had in the past…’
All operators quickly agreed that the angle required might be dependent on factors such as fetal position and station:
D1: ‘So I was kind of like, “Oh, OP, it might be more, you know, it could be difficult because it’s an OP…”’