Re: [ozmidwifery] Re Episiotomy

[Mary Murphy]

Marilyn Wrote.  I must admit after my training in the USA it has been hard to do and I am definetly more "hands on" than "hands off".   I find discussions about hands on and off interesting, given that if a woman is birthing in a pysiological position, (upright squat, hands and knees or kneeling leaning forward), there is nowhere for a midwife's hands to be except in the "catch" position, especially if a woman is birthing in water.  I wonder if all this discussion and trials  would be going on if birth was truly in the hands of women?  MM