Sentences with phrase «third degree tearing»

Anyway, 18 hours later, and about 1 hour of pushing (and third degree tearing), we welcomed L into the world.

Of course, when they're telling women with 2nd and third degree tears to «keep [their] legs together» instead of suturing, and routinely under - diagnosing the severity of tears, their stats are going to appear better.

I required an episiotomy (which resulted in a third degree tear)-- had that not been done I could have lost my son, who was not coming out or able to get oxygen.

A third degree tear extends downwards from the vaginal wall and perineum to the anal sphincter, the muscle that controls the anus and a fourth degree tear extends to the anal canal as well as the rectum.

I hemorrhaged from a retained placenta on top of the third degree tear I had.

Not exact matches

There are 12 high quality studies since 1995 (1 - 12) from Canada, Switzerland, Sweden, Holland, US, UK, New Zealand and Israel, which all show planned attended homebirth to have either lower or similar rates of perinatal mortality and very significantly lower rates of maternal morbidity, such as cesareans, hemorrhage, and third and fourth degree tears compared to matched groups of low risk women who plan to deliver in hospital.

There was a low rate of caesarean section, postpartum haemorrhage and third degree perinatal tears as well as low rates of stillbirth and early neonatal death in this sample of women and babies.

It found that among women who had vaginal hospital births, had all the usual interventions of vacuum, forceps, Epidurals and Pitocin inductions and augmentation, had an average birth weight of 3500 gm (> 8 lbs), but did not have an episiotomy - this study found that 66 % of primiparous women had no need for suturing, 33 % of primiparas had first or second degree tears sutured and 1 % had third - degree tears and 0.7 % had fourth - degree tears.

Rates were low for caesarean section, postpartum haemorrhage, third degree perineal tears, stillbirth and early neonatal death in this sample of women and babies.

If you've had a severe tear (third or fourth degree), in all likelihood you already started taking one.

If you've been unlucky enough to have experienced an episiotomy, or even a natural tear that went as deep as third degree, you'll remember the pain clearly.

Unit cost estimation involved a combination of bottom - up and top - down costing methods and followed guidance on costing healthcare services as part of an economic evaluation.15 17 Detailed unit costs, derived from the finance departments of participating trusts and information provided by senior midwives, were estimated for resource inputs into the following components of intrapartum and after birth care for all settings: homebirth delivery packs; NHS reimbursement for midwifery travel; some forms of pain relief; alternative modes of delivery; active management of the third stage of labour; suturing for episiotomy; suturing third and fourth degree perineal tears; manual removal of the placenta; blood transfusions; and care after a stillbirth or neonatal death.

An even smaller number of women — usually those who had severe, third - degree tears or a major episiotomy during birth — experience postpartum fecal incontinence.

Patients who sustained third - or fourth - degree perineal tears after a vaginal delivery were recruited for the study.

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.

John Thorp, BJOG deputy editor - in - chief said: «This study captures over 96 % of all deliveries in NHS hospitals in England over a 7 year period, and represents the first piece of research into the mode of delivery and recurrence rate in a pregnancy subsequent to a third or fourth degree perineal tear.

Each patient was given a single intravenous dose of a second - generation cephalosporin (cefotetan or cefoxitin) or placebo before repair of third - or fourth - degree perineal tears.

To estimate whether prophylactic antibiotics at the time of repair of third - or fourth - degree perineal tears after vaginal delivery prevent wound infection and breakdown.This was a prospective, randomized, placebo - controlled study.

«The results highlight the increased risk of severe tearing in women who have a third or fourth degree tear in their first delivery and therefore will help women along with a multidisciplinary team of healthcare professionals to make decisions about the mode of delivery in future pregnancies to ensure the best outcomes for mother and baby.»

Other risk factors to increase the risk of third and fourth degree tearing at second birth include; high birth weight, forceps delivery and the presence of shoulder dystocia.

I tore really badly with my first like third - degree tear and had to get stitched up.

Women in the planned home - birth group were significantly less likely than those who planned a midwife - attended hospital birth to have obstetric interventions (e.g., electronic fetal monitoring, relative risk [RR] 0.32, 95 % CI 0.29 — 0.36; assisted vaginal delivery, RR 0.41, 95 % 0.33 — 0.52) or adverse maternal outcomes (e.g., third - or fourth - degree perineal tear, RR 0.41, 95 % CI 0.28 — 0.59; postpartum hemorrhage, RR 0.62, 95 % CI 0.49 — 0.77).

Compared with women who planned a hospital birth with a midwife in attendance, those who planned a home birth were significantly less likely to have a third - or fourth - degree perineal tear (adjusted relative risk [RR] 0.43, 95 % CI 0.29 — 0.63), postpartum hemorrhage (RR 0.62, 95 % CI 0.49 — 0.77) or pyrexia (RR 0.45, 95 % CI 0.29 — 0.76)(Table 3).

Low risk women who choose to birth in a hospital are much more likely to have third and fourth degree tears, hemorrhage and c - section than low risk women who choose home birth.