Sentences with phrase «lower episiotomy»

lower episiotomy rate and reduced analgesic requirements when compared with other delivery positions.

One Italian study published in 2005 by the National Institutes of Health showed a lower episiotomy rate, shorter first stage of labor and no increased rate of infection.

Not exact matches

The odds of receiving individual interventions (augmentation, epidural or spinal analgesia, general anaesthesia, ventouse or forceps delivery, intrapartum caesarean section, episiotomy, active management of the third stage) were lower in all three non-obstetric unit settings, with the greatest reductions seen for planned home and freestanding midwifery unit births (table 4 ⇓).

The planned home birth outcomes included much lower rates of epidural, episiotomy, and assisted delivery, and cesarean section.

Published by Birth (sponsored by Lamaze International), the Hutton study shows lower rates of interventions such as cesarean section, episiotomy, and medical pain relief for the home birth group.

That BC study was underpowered to detect differences in perinatal mortality, but hey, its more important to have a lower risk of episiotomy or instrumental delivery than a live baby, right?

Paradigm shifting research done in the 1980's and 1990's demonstrated that a median episiotomy (straight up and down), by weakening the tissue of the lower vagina, made tears down to the rectum MORE likely, not less.

Lower your risk: Recent studies have shown that the routine use of episiotomy does not benefit the mother or newborn.

There is also research showing that moms who planned to give birth at home (regardless of where they actually had their babies) ended up with fewer interventions, such as episiotomies and c - sections, compared with a group of equally low - risk women who had planned hospital deliveries.

Good pelvic muscle tone resulting in lower chance of an episiotomy or tearing.

Medical intervention rates included epidural (4.7 %), episiotomy (2.1 %), forceps (1.0 %), vacuum extraction (0.6 %), and caesarean section (3.7 %); these rates were substantially lower than for low risk US women having hospital births.

For low - risk pregnancies and births, women enjoyed better outcomes: reduced Caesarean sections, instrumental deliveries and episiotomies.

Women who gave birth at hospitals with more midwife - attended births had lower odds of delivering by cesarean and lower odds of episiotomy.