Isis, I'm trying to contact the midwife Lynne Pyke. Can you help? Regards,
Robyn ----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 8:44
AM
Subject: RE: [ozmidwifery] 3rd degree
tear and C/S
Hi
Veronica,
I just wanted to pipe
up in response to your posting.
I sustained a 4th
degree tear birthing my daughter in 2001. I just recently (11 Aug) gave
birth to my son who was bigger all round then my daughter. I birthed on all
fours, with minimal peri support and tore to only the 2nd
degree..
Every OB (except one)
I spoke to about my options pushed the CS route, or backed down to
recommending an episiotomy. The main reason was just in case I retore
along the old scar line to the 4th degree.. No help on how NOT to tear
apart from major surgery or surgical interventions.. Only doom and gloom
predictions of incontinence and colostomy bags..
In all my research
(did so for approx 2 years) I only found small risk factors (I am a cup 1/2
full type of person) that only made me more resolute to follow my
wishes.
The lady you are
speaking of needs to make this decision in the future- Will she trust totally
in her body's ability to birth a baby, or will she trust a doctor to
perform major abdominal surgery just in case?
Hi all,
I wanted to know
weather it is common place for women who have had a 3rd degree tear to be
offered an elective C/S for thier next birth. Today I was working with a
midwifery student and we did a beautiful birth with a women who was having her
first babe. Unfortunately she had a 2nd degree tear that needed attending
to. The resident that was on came and sutured her but then we had to
call the registrar because she was unsure of what she was doing. The
registrar had to take the sutures out and in doing this the tear extended to a
3rd degree tear. Afterwards, I was reading the notes and talking to
the midwife who had taken over the care of the women and the registrar had
offered the women a rpt C/S or an elective episiotomy for her next
birth. I wanted to know if there was any research to back up this
because I was pretty upset at the thought of this women having to have a C/S
after birthing so fantasically.
Veronica
