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Episiotomy rates - holy cow!!

CallMeAlCallMeAl member
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My mind is seriously blown right now. We are hoping to have a low intervention birth, and I was researching intervention rates at the 2 big hospitals in our city. These hospitals are literally 10 miles away from each other, but are served by very different OB practices.

Episiotomy rate at the hospital where I'm delivering: 7%

Episiotomy rate at the hospital 10 miles away: 49%!!!!!!!!

Can you believe that difference?! It really shows how the "style" of an OB practice can seriously influence the results of an L&D experience.

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  • msjcordovamsjcordova member

    That is really insane!

    In our Labor class the Teacher was telling us how alot of hospitals in our area of CA strive not to even do them anymore and that the Dr's there all have a running bet of sorts of who can have the most births with no tearing and no episiotomy needed. 

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  • Sunshine05Sunshine05 member
    Yikes!  Episiotomies/tearing is the main reason I am in denial that I'll physically be giving birth in just two months.  Indifferent
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  • msjcordovamsjcordova member

    imageSunshine05:
    Yikes!  Episiotomies/tearing is the main reason I am in denial that I'll physically be giving birth in just two months.  Indifferent

    That made me LOL =) 

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  • MelicakesMelicakes member

    imageSunshine05:
    Yikes!  Episiotomies/tearing is the main reason I am in denial that I'll physically be giving birth in just two months.  Indifferent

    Totally with you Sunny.. Tearing or having an episotomy is my main driver behind my absolute fear of giving birth.... OUCH

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  • KYRNKYRN

    My practice (where I work and am a pt) has 1 Dr out of 4 that does them routinely.  Of course he delivered DS : (  He cut me all the way to my butthole before I could scream "drop the f-ing scissors"  It sucked majorly but he won't be delivering this one, I'm fine with tearing but don't think I needed an epis, DS was only 7-9.  I'm sure I'll tear a little because I have some scar tissue now but it's fine.

    Everything healed fine and I really can't tell a difference from before.  I had an epidural so I didn't feel a thing, it was a weird sensation though, it was like a void where there was previously pressure/sensation. 

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  • NicoleeBonsaiNicoleeBonsai member

    that is a shocking difference!

    we just had our L&D tour tonight - they said that they no longer do routine episiotomies, which i found reassuring. but they didn't disclose their rate. where can i find this info?!

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    That is really stark, especially considering they are typically no longer done as a matter of routine.
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  • CallMeAlCallMeAl member
    imageNicoleeBonsai:

    that is a shocking difference!

    we just had our L&D tour tonight - they said that they no longer do routine episiotomies, which i found reassuring. but they didn't disclose their rate. where can i find this info?!

     We found the info using a resource website that's part of our insurance where you can look up statistics about local hospitals. We have Anthem insurance... I'm not sure if maybe other insurance companies provide similar stats?

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    IVF # 2 ~Antagonist ~ ER 6/5/13 ~ ET 6/10/13 ~ + HPT 4dp5dt 
    Lilypie - (OUlo)

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  • sterpstra10sterpstra10

    imageSunshine05:
    Yikes!  Episiotomies/tearing is the main reason I am in denial that I'll physically be giving birth in just two months.  Indifferent

     This exactly!  It's pretty much the only reason I'm scared ha!

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