Thank you so much for your answers regarding the
episiotomy. I have been reading about it, and always knew how unneccessary it
is, but I guess I didn't realise how little it is needed, when the birth is
cared in a correct way. I must say I was supprised about your epis rates, and it
gave me
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> >> From: Mary Murphy
> >> To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au
> >> Sent: Monday, August 22, 2005 10:03 AM
> >> Subject: RE: [ozmidwifery] when to cut an episiotomy
> >>
> >> Because you asked: I have cut 3 in 22 y
ntact!!!
Andrea Quanchi
On 22/08/2005, at 11:35 PM, Katrina Flora wrote:
Not entirely sure I want to know, but Mary what is "buttonholing"?
Katrina
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From: Mary Murphy
To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au
Sent: Monday, August 22, 2005 10:03 AM
Subject: RE: [ozmid
Buttonholing is when the baby’s
head stretches the perineum to the point of splitting before it tears at the
vaginal opening. Ie closed at the vagina, closed at the rectal end and
split in the middle, like a buttonhole. It can (and did) cause delayed
healing because of the “blanching” of
7; tears since seeing a
> huge reduction in epis rates, used to see them on a regular
> basis.
> Sue
> "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good
> men to do nothing"
> Edmund Burke
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Andrea Quanchi
> To
Maybe the midwives could suture the tears
themselves?
Sonja
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From:
Susan
Cudlipp
To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au
Sent: Monday, August 22, 2005 11:51
PM
Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] when to cut an
episiotomy
In my training, in UK in
ing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do
nothing"Edmund Burke
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From:
Andrea
Quanchi
To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au
Sent: Monday, August 22, 2005 6:06
AM
Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] when to cut an
episiotomy
I think
Not entirely sure I want to know, but Mary what is
"buttonholing"?
Katrina
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From:
Mary
Murphy
To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au
Sent: Monday, August 22, 2005 10:03
AM
Subject: RE: [ozmidwifery] when to cut an
Sent: Monday, August 22, 2005 8:06
AM
Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] when to cut an
episiotomy
I think many midwives can claim very good episiotomy rates.
Mine over twenty years in "0". My virginal scissors get taken to each birth
but have never been out of the packet except to b
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
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Sent: Sunday, 21 August 2005 7:56
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Subject: RE: [ozmidwifery] when to
cut an episiotomy
I will only do an episiotomy if I am really concerned about getting
the
Hi
paivi
I have
never taken scissors to to a woman's peri. I believe that a tear is far better
that cutting. An episiotomy will only open up the soft tissue. this is not
usually the cause of any problem. However I suppose that there nay be some rare
occasions that require an episiotomy but
Quanchi
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Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 3:06
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Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] when to cut an
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I think many midwives can claim very good episiotomy rates.
Mine over twenty years in "0". My virginal scissors get taken to each birth
but h
Because you asked: I have cut 3 in 22 yrs
as a homebirth midwife. 1 for foetal distress, 1 for “buttonholing’
& the other I can’t remember. It was all so long ago. Working with
a group of 7 other midwives, I have never heard of them cutting episiotomies
either. MM
Who els
Also to consider, a sentence in "Episiotomy and the Second Stage
of Labor" edited by Sheila Kitzinger that has always stood out
for me as it makes so much sense. Whenever you put the scissors
in and cut you ALWAYS have second degree perineal trauma. If you
work to birth the baby with an intact peri
I think many midwives can claim very good episiotomy rates. Mine over twenty years in "0". My virginal scissors get taken to each birth but have never been out of the packet except to be put in a new packet and re sterilised. Who else would like to celebrate their lack of desire or interest in cut
I have never cut an episiotomy since I have
been registered as a midwife. I did as a student midwife in 1988.
Sally Westbury
Homebirth Midwife
"Learn from
mothers and babies; every one of them has a unique story to tell. Look for
wisdom in the humblest places - that's usually where y
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PäiviSent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 9:53 PMTo:
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cut an episiotomy
Hi Nicole,
That is so awasome, how many births have you done
in your caree
To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au
Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 12:55
PM
Subject: RE: [ozmidwifery] when to cut an
episiotomy
I
will only do an episiotomy if I am really concerned about getting the baby out
quickly. I have done one on a peri that was really tight, and
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FraserSent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 6:57 PMTo:
ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.auSubject: Re: [ozmidwifery] when to
cut an episiotomy
I'm not one of the
professionals in here, Paivi but hi anyway. : ) I've read in a few places
about how episiotomy
Title: Bericht
Hoi
Païvi,
This was on the
list a while ago.
greetings
Lieve
Routine episiotomy shows no
benefits, only harmSource: Journal
of the American Medical Association 2005; 293: 2141-8
Comparing maternal
outcomes with routine versus restrictive use of episiotomy in a sys
I'm not one of the
professionals in here, Paivi but hi anyway. : ) I've read in a few places
about how episiotomy rates suddenly drop when studies into them begin. A hb MW I
know does less than one a year so I figure that's a good
guide. Mostly in hospitals they're performed for no reason a
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