Dr Rachel Reed
midwife • academic • writer • presenter
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- The Anterior Cervical Lip: how to ruin a perfectly good birth
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- Shoulder Dystocia: the real story
- Pre-labour Rupture of Membranes: impatience and risk
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Tag Archives: episiotomy
Perineal Protectors?
Updated: September 2019 Most women will sustain some damage to their perineum during birth (AIHW 2018). Around 50% will have a tear or graze in the skin and/or vaginal wall (1st / 2nd degree). Occasionally (1% of non-instrumental vaginal births) … Continue reading
Posted in birth, midwifery practice
Tagged birth, episiotomy, perineum, positions, pushing, water
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