Sentences with phrase «tear at first birth»

Furthermore, the report found that among women who had a vaginal delivery at second birth, the rate of a severe tear was 7.2 % in women with a tear at first birth, compared to 1.3 % in women without, a more than five-fold increase in risk.

Among women who had a third or fourth degree tear at first birth, 24.2 % were delivered by elective caesarean section, compared with 1.5 % of women who did not tear at first birth.

Not exact matches

Episiotomy, hospital birth and cesarean section: technology gone haywire — what is the sutured tear rate at first births supposed to be?

Your baby's tear ducts complete development just after birth and although tearing may be present at birth, the tearing function continues to develop throughout the first four weeks of life.