• Fully revised and updated edition.• This book on childbirth and obstetric maneuvers illustrated all the necessary processes and techniques in a clear and concise, step-by-step fashion.• Twelve detailed chapters cover the full scope of labor ward practice from the mechanism of childbirth and the management of normal labor to cesarean section and operative vaginal delivery.• Includes a detailed chapter on delivery complications, new information regarding the technique of vacuum-assistant delivery, an extended cardiotocography section based on the latest FIGO classification and the current analgesic options for labor and delivery.• This book is helpful for all clinicians, trainee obstetricians, midwives as well as undergraduate medical students.