I roared loudly through one, two, maybe three more pushes and then, with a hasty but
necessary episiotomy, out came my sweet Isabel.
Not exact matches
And when an
episiotomy was performed without my consent I was angry but at the time accepted it was
necessary (it wasn't but I made peace with it).
According to the website for the National Childbirth Trust, an
episiotomy may be
necessary if there are signs of fetal distress, you have a large baby, your health depends on a speedy labor, or you are exhausted from pushing.
Some women have had more pain if they end up having other types of assistance during birth such as
episiotomy or vacuum assisted birth as in this woman's case, that was one hundred percent
necessary.