{"id":11001,"date":"2023-02-28T09:31:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-28T04:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/healthwire.pk\/healthcare\/?p=11001"},"modified":"2023-10-26T10:03:58","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T05:03:58","slug":"episiotomy-and-perineal-tears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healthwire.pk\/healthcare\/episiotomy-and-perineal-tears\/","title":{"rendered":"A Guide on Episiotomy and Perineal Tears During Childbirth!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Episiotomy and Perineal Tears – sounds scary, right?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Being a woman, you likely have enough knowledge of episiotomies to know that you would want to avoid a snip down there. An episiotomy is an incision that enlarges the vaginal opening so your baby may emerge safely during a vaginal birth. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Episiotomies were frequently the norm of the day a few years ago under the presumption that they guarded women against spontaneous tears, which were difficult to mend and would cause later issues like urine incontinence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also, doctors were concerned that neonates would experience birth damage due to the head pressing too hard against the perineum during labor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s understand why episiotomy gets necessary on top of an already painful childbirth process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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