Episiotomy during vaginal delivery was first recommended in 1920 as a way to protect the pelvic floor from lacerations and protect the fetal head from trauma. It was rapidly adopted as a standard ...

There has been a steady decline in overall rates of episiotomy in the USA over the last four decades, and growing consensus in the literature that midline episiotomy was more harmful than ...

An episiotomy is a surgical procedure that widens the opening of the vagina with a small incision at the bottom of the vaginal opening toward the anus. Once a routine practice during childbirth ...

The husband stitch (also known as the "daddy stitch," "husband knot," or "vaginal tuck" ) is sometimes written off as a myth ...

Despite an uptick in body positivity over the last several years, many people who've given birth still feel the pressure to ...

Nurse shares story of husband who vowed to withhold food from wife after medical advice to abstain from intimacy ...

I saw clients in a small exercise room in my home. My partner went back to work a few days after I gave birth. And, ...

When the first, my daughter, was born, my scar tissue did not stretch, so my daughter and I could have died if a caring obstetrician had not done an extensive episiotomy. However, I felt I was not ...

Intercourse after childbirth can be quite painful. If the woman has had an episiotomy or laceration, there may be discomfort for weeks or even months after the stitches have healed. Resume your ...

The national rugby league tournament was coming up and I’d planned to be ready for it. But that was before Karasharn’s ...

"Interventions including induction, the need for medical pain relief, the use of instruments, episiotomy and caesarean are ...