episiotomy

• I learned terms like amniocentesis, alpha-fetoprotein, episiotomy, gestational diabetes, Braxton-Hicks contractions, and postpartum stress. —  AnalogSFF,October2005
• Those procedures include drugs to start or speed up labor, episiotomy (cutting the genitals with surgical scissors to widen the vaginal opening), placing metal forceps or a vacuum extractor on the baby's head to pull the baby out (you can imagine the risks involved in this), and cesarean section to cut the baby out. —  My Strange Mind
• Among midwives in independent practice in the United States (that is, when doctors are not ordering midwives what to do), between two percent and twenty percent undergo episiotomy. —  My Strange Mind
• Scientific evidence shows that having an episiotomy means more bleeding, more pain, more permanent deformity of the vagina, more painful sexual intercourse for months or even years. —  My Strange Mind
• As well, unnecessary episiotomy is a form of sexual abuse. —  My Strange Mind

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