In this video I go over 7 methods that might help you to reduce your risk of tearing into your perineum when you give birth to your baby! As a labor and delivery nurse I have seen my share of severe tears so let me try to help you to avoid them!
Let's talk about:
- WARM COMPRESSES
- LABORING DOWN
- AVOID EPISIOTOMY
- AVOIDING LITHOTOMY POSITION
- USING UPRIGHT BIRTHING POSITIONS, ALL FOURS, SIDE LYING, KNEELING
- SLOW AND CONTROLLED BIRTH OF BABY'S HEAD
- OPEN GLOTTIS PUSHING
- PERINEAL MASSAGE
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**UPDATED, from ACOG (on laboring down): "Collectively, and particularly in light of recent high-quality study findings, data support pushing at the start of the second stage of labor for nulliparous women receiving neuraxial analgesia. Delayed pushing has not been shown to significantly improve the likelihood of vaginal birth and risks of delayed pushing, including infection, hemorrhage, and neonatal acidemia, should be shared with nulliparous women receiving neuraxial analgesia who consider such an approach."
**UPDATED, from ACOG (on water birth): "There are insufficient data on which to draw conclusions regarding the relative benefits and risks of immersion in water during the second stage of labor and delivery. Therefore, until such data are available, it is the recommendation of the College that birth occur on land, not in water"
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