RE: [ozmidwifery] when to cut an episiotomy

[Jennifer Price]

Hi I am usually quite a silent participant but felt an urge to comment on this topic.  I have been a midwife for 15years and still am working in hospital settings with high risk women and women that choose to birth in a hospital.  The rate of episiotomy can be high in hospital settings but I have had to perform 8 in all this time and all for severe fetal distress and I feel that if all of my pregnant women that I cared for were low risk pregnancy and natural healthy labour then this would yield a different result.  Sometimes I keep a closer eye on previous history of 3rd & 4th degree tears who have done no perineal massage antenatally. hope this helps Jenni *********************************************************************************** This email, including any attachments sent with it, is confidential and for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). This confidentiality is not waived or lost, if you receive it and you are not the intended recipient(s), or if it is transmitted/received in error. Any unauthorised use, alteration, disclosure, distribution or review of this email is prohibited. It may be subject to a statutory duty of confidentiality if it relates to health service matters. If you are not the intended recipient(s), or if you have received this email in error, you are asked to immediately notify the sender by telephone or by return email. You should also delete this email and destroy any hard copies produced. ***********************************************************************************