Sentences with phrase «episiotomies among»

There are also other types of interventions that can negatively impact your birth experience such as manual breaking of the water, membrane stripping, restriction of movement during labor, IVs, other drugs, continual fetal heart monitoring, and episiotomies among others.

Not exact matches

Results suggest clear medical advantages of water birthing: significantly shorter labor duration among the primiparae; a net reduction in episiotomy rates; and a marked drop in requests for pain relievers.

It found that among women who had vaginal hospital births, had all the usual interventions of vacuum, forceps, Epidurals and Pitocin inductions and augmentation, had an average birth weight of 3500 gm (> 8 lbs), but did not have an episiotomy - this study found that 66 % of primiparous women had no need for suturing, 33 % of primiparas had first or second degree tears sutured and 1 % had third - degree tears and 0.7 % had fourth - degree tears.

The current study sought to determine the associations among angle, length, depth, and incision point of episiotomy and OASIS.

A fear of tearing or requiring an episiotomy is quite common among expecting mothers.

«Nationally, about 12 percent of pregnant women still receive episiotomies, but there is wide variation in the practice among hospitals and providers,» Zielinski said.

Future research should focus on possible explanations for the significantly higher risk of PPH among those planning a hospital birth, and address the possibility that procedures such as augmentation, emergency Caesarean section and episiotomy are over-used in the hospital setting.

However, 4th degree tear rates in this particular study were very high, even among normal weight babies (1.5 %), and the authors did not describe how many women had episiotomies, which is a leading cause of severe tears.