Directory of Episiotomy Resources

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• Baby Center: Episiotomy

  http://www.babycenter.com/0_episiotomy_165.bc
  The how and why, including commonly asked questions and their answers. Includes user submitted comments on personal experiences with the procedure.

• Benefits and Risks of Episiotomy

  http://www.gentlebirth.org/format/woolley.html
  Text of the manuscript subtitled "A Review of the English-Language Literature Since 1980" by R.J. Woolley which summarize the findings of studies on the subject.

• Episiotomy: Ritual Genital Mutilation in Western Obstetrics

  http://www.changesurfer.com/Hlth/episiotomy.html
  An article denouncing the practice of routinely cutting the perineum during hospital deliveries in the United States with abstracts for related studies.

• NPR : Study Questions Value of Episiotomies

  http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4630848
  A new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association finds no benefit from episiotomies. Melissa Block talks with Dr. Katherine E. Hartmann, who is lead author of the study. [3:53 streaming audio broadcast]

• Obstetric Myths Versus Research Realities: Episiotomy

  http://www.efn.org/~djz/birth/obmyth/epis.html
  Summary of significant points, references, and abstracts from related studies from this book on obstetric myths.

• Perineal Protection - Avoiding Tears and Episiotomy

  http://www.gentlebirth.org/archives/perinealProtection.html
  Suggestions for avoiding the procedure from midwives, including the use of perineal massage and birth stools.

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