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12 Mar 2024

Episiotomy during childbirth

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Delivery method

Your vagina is elastic and naturally designed to stretch to accommodate a baby, but sometimes you need to give mother nature a hand.

  • As the baby's head pushes from inside the vagina, the tissue begins to stretch, and this is when the midwife or obstetrician may suggest an episiotomy, especially if the birth is taking a long time.
  • The procedure is done under local anesthesia, if you have not had an epidural.
  • Stitches will be placed to repair the perineum and painkillers will be prescribed.
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🌜✨Yaya✨🎄
18 Dec 2022

When I say my labor was fast I ain't exaggerating. I lost my mucus plug Dec 16, 11:47 am. Contractions started around 7 pm, arrived at hospital midnightm Endured from midnight until 7:30am with no pain medication because the Dr on shift wasn't available. Check my dilation 3cm at 7:30am, gave birth at 9am. Grateful I didn't need a C-section or induction, but now porting some new scars from episiotomy and tear (even anal muscles)

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LadyG
Aww that's amazing moma, congratulations 😊
18 Dec 2022

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🌜✨Yaya✨🎄
yes, and no induction
18 Dec 2022

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Nicole
17 Sep 2022

Did you rip while giving birth? If so how bad was it? And did your doctor perform an episiotomy?

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Danielle 🦦🪷
With my first they told me I needed an episiotomy but with my second they didn’t give me one. And I’ve recently learned you have a higher chance of tearing with an episiotomy than without
17 Sep 2022

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Danielle 🦦🪷
If you’re worried about tearing start doing perineal massage
17 Sep 2022

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