Straight to the point with this one – you are a normal woman if you’re worried about how your vagina will feel and look after birth. It just doesn’t seem natural that something so big can fit through something so small without destroying it. Here’s the cool bit – remember I said in the fear of pain episode that your body can produce and use its own hormones to protect us from pain sensations? So we have the hormone oxytocin and the neuropeptide endorphins that help us with pain. Well your body can also adapt itself to birth a baby with minimal impact. Here’s what you need to know:
00:00 - Intro
01:25 - Terminology to understand this episode
05:03 - What you can do during pregnancy to reduce your risk of tearing
09:50 - What you can do during labour & birth to reduce your risk of tearing
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Yours In Birth,
Carla
Resources:
https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/mothers-babies/australias-mothers-babies-2016-in-brief/contents/table-of-contents
https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD005123.pub3/full
https://midwifethinking.com/2015/09/09/supporting-womens-instinctive-pushing-behaviour-during-birth/
https://www.cochrane.org/CD006672/PREG_perineal-techniques-during-second-stage-labour-reducing-perineal-trauma
https://www.cochrane.org/CD000081/PREG_selective-versus-routine-use-episiotomy-vaginal-birth
https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg190
https://midwifethinking.com/2016/01/13/perineal-protectors/