epi-no

elfgirl11

anyone know how I can get an epi-no in the USA? thanks!!!!!

qme09

Um, I have no idea what this is. Maybe I'm dumb haha, but i just don't know.

Sweets2005

oh no no no are those the scary devices that stretch you out so you don;t need an episiotomy? Those are not necessary and you shouldn't be putting things inside you, you just risk the introduction of infection!!

qme09

Sweets2005:

oh no no no are those the scary devices that stretch you out so you don;t need an episiotomy? Those are not necessary and you shouldn't be putting things inside you, you just risk the introduction of infection!!

 

What!? Like a sort of vagina stretcher?? Why????? I'm gonna google this, I have never heard of such a thing.

locash

qme09:

Sweets2005:

oh no no no are those the scary devices that stretch you out so you don;t need an episiotomy? Those are not necessary and you shouldn't be putting things inside you, you just risk the introduction of infection!!

 

What!? Like a sort of vagina stretcher?? Why????? I'm gonna google this, I have never heard of such a thing.

This scares me. YIKES!

Sweets2005

I think it is technically supposed to stretch out the perineum. I saw it in the back of a magazine once. It looked scary!

 

 

~Flossie~

Sweets2005:

I think it is technically supposed to stretch out the perineum. I saw it in the back of a magazine once. It looked scary!

 

 

OMG! Why would ANYONE use one of these?!?! 

qme09

ouchie ouch ouch

divasociety

I'm scurrrred.

uluvfranke

wow, and I thought internals were awful

Kellina

Oh. Em. Gee.

Why don't you just stick a 2 Liter bottle up there? Kid will fall right out after that... ew.

bisabelm

 That looks horrifying.

Just let your body do it's thing.

AKay25

Oh dear Lord! That does not look pleasant. Not for me, thanks.

qme09

sylwill:

Kellina:

Oh. Em. Gee.

Why don't you just stick a 2 Liter bottle up there? Kid will fall right out after that... ew.

I am going to go try this right NOW

I just did. It was terrific.

But seriously, why the fvck would anyone do this? Women have been having babies since the beginning of time, and like .00000001% of them used this torturous vagina stretcher. It's not necessary. Your body knows what its doing.

CheyenneShaw

Your doctor would probably go cross eyed if you asked him for permission to use this thing. It does not look safe at all, and definitely not for HOME use

uluvfranke

so who wants to take turns? I'll pump you if you pump me! haha

NSL

I seriously doubt your OB would be okay with you using one of those during labor.  And FWIW, episiotomies are no longer routinely done by most practitioners since studies have shown that natural tears heal better and faster than incisions.

qme09

uluvfranke:

so who wants to take turns? I'll pump you if you pump me! haha

 

I'm down. My place or yours? Should we like go to dinner or a movie first?

lauren_mpenny

Kellina:

Oh. Em. Gee.

Why don't you just stick a 2 Liter bottle up there? Kid will fall right out after that... ew.

Seen it when I worked in the ER, it IS possible! (But the girl wasn't pregnant.. she and her boyfriend got a little too kinky with Pepsi)

Also, that vag-stretch-thing scares me.

JLSmith124

Oh my...

This is not OK at all....lol 

JLSmith124

lauren_mpenny:

Kellina:

Oh. Em. Gee.

Why don't you just stick a 2 Liter bottle up there? Kid will fall right out after that... ew.

Seen it when I worked in the ER, it IS possible! (But the girl wasn't pregnant.. she and her boyfriend got a little too kinky with Pepsi)

Also, that vag-stretch-thing scares me.

 

Yes, this is true...I work in an operating room and have had patients that needed them surgically removed because they got stuck.... 

uluvfranke

qme09:

uluvfranke:

so who wants to take turns? I'll pump you if you pump me! haha

 

I'm down. My place or yours? Should we like go to dinner or a movie first?

dinner never hurt anyone. Do you like scary movies?

uluvfranke

JLSmith124:

lauren_mpenny:

Kellina:

Oh. Em. Gee.

Why don't you just stick a 2 Liter bottle up there? Kid will fall right out after that... ew.

Seen it when I worked in the ER, it IS possible! (But the girl wasn't pregnant.. she and her boyfriend got a little too kinky with Pepsi)

Also, that vag-stretch-thing scares me.

 

Yes, this is true...I work in an operating room and have had patients that needed them surgically removed because they got stuck.... 

really? REALLY? A two liter??

AppleMomma

I would not use it! I had an episiotomy and it hurt bad, I hear it hurts just as much to tear but it's better in the long run. I am worried my episiotomy cut might re-open when I have DD, but I would never use an epi-no!!

JLSmith124

Haha, yes, really

uluvfranke

JLSmith124:

Haha, yes, really

wowsa!

Chryssa-72603

OMG.... I too had never heard of this!  That is one of the worst inventions I have seen in a long time!  And, like someone else said, most doctors don't even do episiotomies anymore.  Maybe you should talk to yours about this.  There is no way your OB would be ok with this "device."

elfgirl11

actually my doc was fine with it. and it is popular overseas. (where the stupid FDA does not rein- EU, JP, Canadian standards are all higher than US standards, BTW)

its is not for use during labor; it is to train you to be able to push bigger and bigger objects out (focusing on the perineum) It doesn't ruin you. It actually makes you stronger.

someone I know was sewn up too tight afterwards...my hubby can barely fit as it is. don't want to complicate things.

elfgirl11

hmmmm.....pp maybe that is my answer!!!! hahahahahh

Cupcake Bride

Wow, so many women here taking the time to be rude and judgemental! I was just reading an Australian website about pregnancy and found a link about how to prevent perineal tearing. The epi-no is mentioned and yes it is a balloon that is inserted vaginally and used on a somewhat regular basis starting at 34 weeks pregnant. You think this is "yikes!!"? Well just wait until a baby comes marching out of your vag on the big day. THAT is yikes. Why shouldn't a woman look into options for herself? It's not going to introduce bacteria into your system any more than all the other stuff that gets shoved up there. (penis, your or your partners fingers, tongues (hello oral sex), tampons, lubricant, sex toys, doctor's fingers during pap smear, medical instruments) Just do a google search for "things that go into vaginas" and see what women put up there. And stop being so rude ladies!

jessib10

Also, not a comment which is made to be rude... But my baby better not come "marching" out of my vagina.

shadypines

PrimRoseMama

gobbo1985

Actually alot of OBs are ok with people using these. And my doula had a client that use one a few times a week in the last 3 weeks of her pregnancy and she didn't tear at all.