One very happy mum and one midwife with her stats intact!!!!!!!
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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<x-tad-bigger>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</x-tad-bigger>
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Who else would like to celebrate their lack of desire or interest in cutting a woman's perineum.