Biomechanics of pregnancy and vaginal delivery

During pregnancy, the female reproductive organs and pelvic structures undergo dramatic changes in geometry, anatomical position, function to accommodate growing fetus prepare for delivery. these processes, various complications can occur significantly impacting baby mother's health are understudied from a biomechanical perspective. Biomedical engineers work cooperatively with clinicians biologists understand that during pregnancy vaginal delivery how this impacts maternal fetal health. To accomplish this, their collaborators' design leverage imaging modalities, computational tools, tissue engineering systems quantify why surrounding evolve throughout pregnancy. This review focuses on techniques methods developed over past five years improve our understanding of biomechanics