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Home / Health / Reproductive Health / Pregnancy and Birth / Childbirth / Episiotomy
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- About Episiotomy - A collection of links to articles on the subject plus information on using exercise to avoid and recover from the procedure.
pregnancy.about.com/cs/episiotomy
- Baby Center: Episiotomy - The how and why, including commonly asked questions and their answers. Includes user submitted comments on personal experiences with the procedure.
www.babycenter.com/refcap/pregnancy/childbirth/165.html
- Benefits and Risks of Episiotomy - Text of the manuscript subtitled "A Review of the English-Language Literature Since 1980" by R.J. Woolley which summarize the findings of studies on the subject.
www.gentlebirth.org/format/woolley.html
- Birth Psychology: Epsiotomy - A description of the procedure, its purposes, and women's responses to it.
www.birthpsychology.com/messages/episiotomy/episiotomy.html
- Childbirth.org: Episiotomy Resources - Articles on the use of kegels and prenatal perineal massage to avoid necessity. Includes links to other articles about the procedure.
www.childbirth.org/articles/epis.html
- Episiotomy: Ritual Genital Mutilation in Western Obstetrics - An article denouncing the practice of routinely cutting the perineum during hospital deliveries in the United States with abstracts for related studies.
www.changesurfer.com/Hlth/episiotomy.html
- Get Through Childbirth in One Piece - An article with references about methods for avoiding the procedure, written by the author of the book by the same name.
www.midwifeinfo.com/topic-episiotomy.php
- Much Ado About a Little Cut - Article from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists suggesting that routine episiotomy is no longer advisable.
www.acog.com/from_home/publications/green_journal/wrapper.cfm?document=2000/ong11779fla.htm
- Obstetric Myths Versus Research Realities: Episiotomy - Summary of significant points, references, and abstracts from related studies from this book on obstetric myths.
www.efn.org/~djz/birth/obmyth/epis.html
- Parent's Place: Episiotomy - Article on the pros and cons of the procedure.
www.parentsplace.com/expert/birthguru/articles/0,10335,243385_188710,00.html
- Perineal Massage: Your How-To Guide - Article on how performing perineal massage may allow the mother to give birth without an episiotomy or laceration.
www.parentsplace.com/expert/midwife/qas/0,10338,239741_113778,00.html
- Perineal Protection - Avoiding Tears and Episiotomy - Suggestions for avoiding the procedure from midwives, including the use of perineal massage and birth stools.
www.gentlebirth.org/archives/perinealProtection.html
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