Whenever I do an activity with my nearly three-year old daughter that involves scissors, I am always careful to ask her, "Coralyn, do YOU use scissors by yourself?" After she correctly answers, "No." I again remind her, "Only use scissors if Mommy or Daddy are helping you. We don't play with scissors. It's not safe."
I wish that more doctors would heed my warning and stop "playing" with scissors. I am talking about the dreaded episiotomy that many pregnant women fear getting at some point during the labor process. Supposedly, an episiotomy is meant to help speed up the birth or make it easier for the baby to pass through the birth canal by making the opening of the vagina bigger.
All I have to say about an episiotomy is OUCH! Oh, and, "PUT THE SCISSORS DOWN!"
Ceridwen did a much more eloquent job of addressing the episiotomy "epidemic on the babble blog "Being Pregnant." Tomorrow, when I discuss birth plans with my childbirth students, we will definitely talk about how to AVOID an episiotomy! And I will share this article with them for sure!
I wish that more doctors would heed my warning and stop "playing" with scissors. I am talking about the dreaded episiotomy that many pregnant women fear getting at some point during the labor process. Supposedly, an episiotomy is meant to help speed up the birth or make it easier for the baby to pass through the birth canal by making the opening of the vagina bigger.
All I have to say about an episiotomy is OUCH! Oh, and, "PUT THE SCISSORS DOWN!"
Ceridwen did a much more eloquent job of addressing the episiotomy "epidemic on the babble blog "Being Pregnant." Tomorrow, when I discuss birth plans with my childbirth students, we will definitely talk about how to AVOID an episiotomy! And I will share this article with them for sure!