Hi, my name is Rebecca Woolf and I had an episiotomy. Oh and also?
It sucked. An episiotomy for any of you breeders-to-be is when the
doctor, cuts your vagina during delivery to make it easier to get the
baby out or if you, prefer a diagram, this.
Some episiotomies I'm sure are warranted. Mine, I believe, was not and
I'd like to take this opportunity to speak against episiotomy-happy
doctors and ask you, my dear readers some birth-after-episiotomy
questions.
Still with me? Okay then....
A
little back-story on my particular birth experience: My former OBGYN
sucked all kinds of ass. Not literally, as far as I know, but I like to
imagine him in compromising positions because the dude was a complete
asshole. You can read more about that, here,
if you so desire. As for now, I'd like to talk about the episiotomy he
gave me even though I told him I absolutely didn't want one. I pushed
once, people (ONCE!!) before my doctor gave up on me and cut me to "get
the baby out faster because it looks like you might tear..."
Once again, I was only pushing for two minutes before my doctor gave up and cut the shit out of my shit. No shit...
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