Sentences with phrase «receive episiotomies»

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

I delivered at a hospital, and my son was delivered quickly, with me receiving an episiotomy.

Even assuming it is all women, and assuming that women having c - sections don't also get episiotomies, and the c - section rate is around 30 %, that means that over half of the women do not receive an episiotomy.

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 ⇓).

If you need an episiotomy and you haven't had any type of anesthesia or the anesthesia has worn off, you'll likely receive an injection of a local anesthetic to numb the tissue.

If you have received stitches as part of an episiotomy, that area may be uncomfortable.

Things can happen either place but you are almost guaranteed to receive too much interventions going into a hospital... ie episiotomies.