Sentences with phrase «lower episiotomy rate»

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.

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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.

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.