Comments on: “…Don’t Make Me Cut An Episiotomy…” http://myobsaidwhat.com/2009/10/01/dont-make-me-cut-an-episiotomy/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:58:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Anne http://myobsaidwhat.com/2009/10/01/dont-make-me-cut-an-episiotomy/comment-page-1/#comment-1518 Anne Thu, 03 Dec 2009 02:19:28 +0000 http://myobsaidwhat.com/?p=334#comment-1518 If the dr who delivered my first had told me she was about to cut an episiotomy (against my instructions) after I'd been pushing for a while and the baby was having decels, that probably would have been enough incentive for my fatigued body to push just a little harder and get the baby out without one. As it was, I was stealing myself for a big push when it was cut, and she basically flew out, since I was finally listening to my body on how to push...and the dr had widened the opening! Second baby was delivered with a midwife who almost never cuts, and the small tears were much easier to recover from! If the dr who delivered my first had told me she was about to cut an episiotomy (against my instructions) after I’d been pushing for a while and the baby was having decels, that probably would have been enough incentive for my fatigued body to push just a little harder and get the baby out without one. As it was, I was stealing myself for a big push when it was cut, and she basically flew out, since I was finally listening to my body on how to push…and the dr had widened the opening!

Second baby was delivered with a midwife who almost never cuts, and the small tears were much easier to recover from!

]]> By: Sheva http://myobsaidwhat.com/2009/10/01/dont-make-me-cut-an-episiotomy/comment-page-1/#comment-1333 Sheva Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:18:32 +0000 http://myobsaidwhat.com/?p=334#comment-1333 Because threatening to cut her perineum is a GREAT way to encourage Mom to open and relax it. Because threatening to cut her perineum is a GREAT way to encourage Mom to open and relax it.

]]> By: Your Name http://myobsaidwhat.com/2009/10/01/dont-make-me-cut-an-episiotomy/comment-page-1/#comment-1328 Your Name Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:18:54 +0000 http://myobsaidwhat.com/?p=334#comment-1328 What a jerk.Im glad I had my midwife. What a jerk.Im glad I had my midwife.

]]> By: Knitted in the Womb http://myobsaidwhat.com/2009/10/01/dont-make-me-cut-an-episiotomy/comment-page-1/#comment-408 Knitted in the Womb Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:06:54 +0000 http://myobsaidwhat.com/?p=334#comment-408 Because we all know that in the absence of pushing, episiotomies just make those babies fall right out... Because we all know that in the absence of pushing, episiotomies just make those babies fall right out…

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