Tearing During Birth
Mommy Labor Nurse
Liesel Teen
5 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 21 March 2022
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
In this podcast, I’m going to go over the ins and outs of tearing, all the different types of ways to tear, how to prevent tearing if there is such a thing, how to care for a perineal tear if it does wind up happening to you, and more. My goal with this episode is to rid that fear of tearing from your brain!
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | But again, I'm all about setting realistic expectations here, okay? |
| 0:04.4 | So first time moms have about three times the risk of tearing the moms who have |
| 0:09.6 | birthed fashionally before, okay? In fact, if you are a first time mom, |
| 0:14.4 | you have about an 85% chance that you'll have some sort of tear, okay? |
| 0:18.8 | But remember, it's most likely going to be a first or a second degree tear, okay? |
| 0:30.6 | You're listening to the Mommy Libburner's podcast, where you'll gain the knowledge and confidence |
| 0:38.5 | you need to erase the unknowns of pregnancy and birth and rock the newborn days like a boss. |
| 0:44.7 | My name is Liesel teen, I'm a fellow mom, labor and deliver nurse, and your host. |
| 0:49.9 | Each week on this podcast, you'll hear a mix of birth stories, expert interviews, |
| 0:54.2 | and other fun, pregnancy and birth related content. As a reminder, |
| 0:58.5 | anything you hear in this podcast is not medical advice. |
| 1:01.7 | Please see MommyLaburners.com slash disclaimer for more details. |
| 1:06.0 | And now let's get into this week's episode. |
| 1:09.4 | What are we talking about? |
| 1:11.2 | Tearing! What are we going to do? |
| 1:13.8 | Not be afraid of it anymore. I'm in a weird mood today, guys. Just fair wording this episode. |
| 1:19.7 | It's going to be good, okay? We're going to be talking about tearing, but you guys know I got |
| 1:24.9 | recently diagnosed with ADHD, and I've been taking this medication called well-putron. |
| 1:29.8 | You're probably familiar with it, saying I tried to press it, but off label, it helps with ADHD |
| 1:34.4 | symptoms. And I'm feeling great, like I'm feeling really great, but it's actually making my ADHD |
| 1:41.1 | symptoms worse. So I feel like a space kid at, I'm in a good mood all the time, but I'm just like |
| 1:46.7 | really spacey. So I'm sorry if this episode is kind of all over the place. I'm going to try and |
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