Honey,
I am in line with the other IP /MW comments on tears at
home.
Complicated tears require expert suturing & that's
what OBs are specialists at, dealing with abnormal events.
I have been suturing for 16 years & will do
anything I feel I can do well.If I felt I couldn't do a good job ,I'
Honey,
I feel that 3rd and 4th deg tears are getting out of the
ordinary and the woman needs a really good repair to function
well afterwards, this puts it in the realms of an OB. As well as
that the repairs can be quite painful and it is not unreasonable
to offer a proper anaesthetic for it. There
Personally, I don’t suture, not for
lack of wanting to, but I haven’t really had the opportunity to do it
other than a workshop here and there, and no practical experience whilst doing
my midwifery education. The midwife I work with would suture up to a
straightforward, ‘everything lining
