Guest guest Posted November 11, 1999 Report Share Posted November 11, 1999 In a message dated 11/11/99 10:43:33 AM Pacific Standard Time, Mparker90@... writes: << From all that I have read, the medical community is " torn " (forgive the pun) about natural vs. produced episiotomies. It just depends upon the dr. you have and what their experience and philosophy is. >> It is thought that if a DR does an episiotomy then it will be a nice clean line in which to suture and if a woman tears naturally chances are it would be a jagged tear possibly several layers deep in different directions which would be very complicated to suture and require more time to heal. When my husband delivered our baby my doc was showing him how to do perineal massage which must have worked because I delivered a 9lb8ouncer without a single tear! I believe you can also do this prior to delivery... Chantel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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