Ep78: Episiotomy - What It Is, What Q’s To Ask & When It May Be Necessary
Birth With Power
Dr. Nicole C. Rankins
4.8 • 650 Ratings
🗓️ 28 July 2020
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
In this episode I'm talking about episiotomy - what it is, how often it's done, risks associated with the procedure, and what you need to ask your provider. I'll tell you why episiotomies are no longer performed routinely and talk a bit about the fairly rare circumstances in which they are needed.
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| 0:00.0 | In today's episode of the podcast, you are going to learn all about apiziotomy. |
| 0:12.1 | Welcome to the All About Pregnancy and Birth Podcast. I'm Dr. Nicole Callaway Rankin's, a practicing |
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| 1:23.1 | Hello, hello. Welcome to another episode of the podcast. This is episode number 78. I am so glad that |
| 1:30.1 | you're spending some of your time with me today. So in today's episode of the podcast, you are going to |
| 1:36.3 | learn all about apisiotomy. Now, I want to say right up front that the good news is that overall |
| 1:42.6 | apisiotomy is actually not very common and it's |
| 1:45.9 | on the decline in terms of how frequently it's done. However, it does still happen. So I want you to |
| 1:53.9 | have all the information you need to know just in case. So in this episode, you are going to learn |
| 1:58.7 | what an apesiotomy is, how often apisiotomies get done, |
| 2:04.5 | the risk of apisotomy, some factors that are associated with apisiotomy use, when apizotomy |
| 2:11.9 | might actually be necessary, because sometimes it is actually necessary. And then questions to ask your provider about |
| 2:19.4 | apisiotomy both during your pregnancy and during your birth. Now learning about episiotomy |
| 2:25.8 | is an important part of being prepared for those possibilities, that unpredictability of birth. |
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