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Q: Perineal massage

Question to all those who have been through labour, did you do any perineal massaging prior to going into labour? Did it help?

This question was asked May. 24, 2015 6:49am
Category: Labour & Delivery

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Answered by Brandavir - May. 25, 2015 3:52pm
My Dr was rubbing/massaging my perineum during pushing. I had no idea what she was doing, but I remember appreciating it at the time. It wasn't until years later I learned what she was doing and why. I had no external tearing during that delivery, even though my son had an upper 95 percentile large head! I will be talking to my Dr about it this time around, as I do believe it helped me.

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Answered by Kitten90 - May. 25, 2015 1:25pm
Yes, and it didn't help me as it was still necessary for me to have an episiotomy. My midwife and I had already talked about that I wanted to tear naturally but if she didn't make the cut I literally would have torn my rectum. So apparently some of us don't stretch as well as others lol.

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