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Perineal Massage Doesn't Reduce Tear Rate.
Stretching and massaging the perineum during the second stage of labor does not reduce the rate of perineal tears and does not change postpartum urinary, fecal, or sexual outcomes, a recent study suggests.
In what they described as the first randomized trial to evaluate the practice, Georgina Stamp of the Centre for Research into Nursing and Health Care, Adelaide, and her associates studied outcomes in 708 women who received perineal massage during the second stage of labor and 632 who did not.
There were no differences between the intervention and the control groups in the rates of intact perineums, ...
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- Magazine article from: OB GYN News Splete, Heidi February 15, 2006 700+ words
...likely to recommend perineal massage to the women they...receptive to the idea of perineal massage, although I don...success with it." Perineal massage had no significant...or second-degree perineal tears or on third- or...
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- Magazine article from: Clinical Advisor Alper, Brian S. May 1, 2006 700+ words
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- Newspaper article from: Special Delivery March 22, 2006 700+ words
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- Magazine article from: OB GYN News Tucker, Miriam E. February 1, 2002 700+ words
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- Magazine article from: OB GYN News Boschert, Sherry October 15, 2001 700+ words
...poorly studied. Hands-on approaches include prenatal perineal massage by the woman or her partner during the last 4-6 weeks...Three recent studies found an association between prenatal perineal massage and reduced lacerations in nulliparous women, with a 6...
- Hands off the perineum during delivery? (Avoiding perineal tears).
- Magazine article from: OB GYN News Boschert, Sherry September 1, 2002 700+ words
...rapid delivery and support the shoulders (J. Reprod. Med. 47[6]:477-82, 2002). Although the overall rate of perineal tears was not significantly different between the hands-on and hands-poised groups (33% vs. 36%), significantly more...
- Epidurals and severe perineal tears.(Pregnancy & Birth)(Brief Article)
- Newspaper article from: Special Delivery September 22, 2003 700+ words
With some hospital epidural rates as high (or higher) than 90 percent, epidurals have become a popular method of pain control during birth. Many patients and healthcare providers are unaware of its potential negative consequences. Epidural analgesia is associated with an increase in severe perineal
- Forceps associated with severe perineal tears. (Risk Increased 12-Fold).
- Magazine article from: OB GYN News Boschert, Sherry January 15, 2003 700+ words
SAN FRANCISCO -- The risk for a third-or fourth-degree perineal tear increased 12-fold in women who underwent forceps-assisted deliveries in a retrospective study of 267 vaginal births. In a separate study of 148 nulliparous women who sustained fourth-degree lacerations during delivery; those who
Source: HighBeam Research, Perineal Massage Doesn't Reduce Tear Rate.