[ConservativeMind]

Episiotomies appear to not help like they have been thought to.

It was only helpful for certain pre-term births with first time mothers, as I read it (“nulliparous women with a term cephalic singleton undergoing spatula delivery”).

[ConservativeMind]

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[silverleaf]

ie, forceps?

[Larry Lucido]

“undergoing spatula delivery”

So I can moonlight as a hamburger flipper and obstetrician?

[wardaddy]

Any standard loggerhead will clear his or her own path and literally rip apart like wet tissue paper any real estate south of Vagina City

Which requires stitching back up obviously

I’ve seen my share torn asunder Vag to Bootie

Is it better to have OB Surgically do it first?

Maybe at least cosmetically if one is concerned about such

[MikelTackNailer]

A significant overall reduction in the prevalence of episiotomy in France from 2010 to 2021 has not been followed by an overall increase in obstetric anal sphincter injury (OASI),

So France is having less cases of

a$$hole babies. We should be so lucky.

[mewzilla]

Fascinating paper on the subject from 2024...

Analysis of Maternal Positions during the Dilation and Expulsive Phase and Their Relationship with Perineal Injuries in Eutocic Deliveries Attended by Midwives

[monkeyshine]

I picked the wrong day to quit sniffing glue

[FrankRizzo890]

My daughter was big. My ex-wife was small. I can STILL hear the sound this procedure made.

[boatbums]

My older brother was my mom’s first birth and he had to be delivered using forceps. His head was terribly bruised and she was convinced that this led to his epilepsy which required life-long medical treatment.