Guest guest Posted September 17, 2007 Report Share Posted September 17, 2007 When I had my children (which was a very long time ago), I had a choice of whether I had natural childbirth or gas and/or an episiotomy. (That will tell you how long it was LOL). I elected to have gas and an episiotomy. I can still feel the scar, which is quite long as I had 9 and 10lb babies. I thought now that women still have a choice of whether they have an episiotomy or not (I will have to ask my daughters), and I thought a local anesthetic was given if you decided to have one. As I mentioned, my babies were delivered a long time ago, so now is it ever medically necessary (for whatever reason) to have an episiotomy, if you didn’t want one? So if you are given a choice, wouldn’t that make it elective? Just my opinion, I would never even think an episiotomy as barbaric. And another name for barbaric is brutal. I personally don’t think an episiotomy is brutal, any more than any other medical procedure that requires cutting. But that’ just me – to me it falls into the same category as all elective surgery. And isn’t all surgery elective, unless it is an emergency? If a doctor does it for (I think this is what you probably meant) as a convenience for him, what about the new surgery where they use a camera. I elected to have that – I thought it would be great – instead of a huge incision, they would go in one tiny hole in the abdomen region. (This was for gall bladder surgery and I also had it in my neck for thyroid surgery). But after the fact, I ended up having three holes in my abdomen and neck, as the doctor explained – the extra holes are where my doctor placed her instruments and camera. They could have just connected the dots and made one long incision. This procedure could also be called a convenience for the doctor. nne From: VulvarDisorders [mailto:VulvarDisorders ] On Behalf Of taurusrc@... Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2007 2:34 AM To: VulvarDisorders Subject: [sPAM] Re: Surgeons In my opinion, episiotomy is the most barbaric thing that gyns do. They do it with no anesthetic and it is done with no warning and sudden unexpected pain on top of what the mother is already suffering if she is having " natural " childbirth by choice or otherwise. I could not compare it to a pre-planned elective surgical procedure. Ora Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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