Disadvantages of episiotomy

Many female friends who give birth naturally need to have an episiotomy, but everyone knows that the wound from an episiotomy will recover more slowly and can easily cause bacterial infection. Next, I will introduce to you some disadvantages of episiotomy. It is recommended that you consider your own body before going through the delivery process.

During natural childbirth, there are five possible situations in the mother's perineum: intact perineum or 1st to 4th degree tear. First-degree or second-degree tears are relatively minor lacerations that will not affect postpartum recovery, and the wound heals quickly: if a first-degree tear does not bleed, in many cases, it can heal on its own without even needing stitches, which is equivalent to a slight crack in the mucous membrane at the corner of the lip in winter; a second-degree tear that affects the subcutaneous tissue only requires a few stitches from the inside with absorbable sutures, and the sutures do not even need to be removed.

What needs to be avoided are lacerations of degree 3 or greater. This type of laceration threatens the tissues, muscles and even the rectum around the anus, and episiotomy is an important means of prevention. The doctor or midwife uses scissors or a scalpel to cut the perineum to expand the vaginal opening to assist in the delivery of the fetus. There are generally two ways: one is a straight perineal incision along the direction of the vagina, and the other is an episiotomy at about 40 degrees to the vagina. After the incision, stitches are needed, 4 to 5 stitches on the surface skin and dozens of stitches inside.

In fact, episiotomy is not a routine treatment method and should only be used as a last resort.

Wearing high heels too early leads to a high rate of episiotomy

According to experts, changes in modern people’s lifestyles are one of the reasons for the high episiotomy rate in China. Nowadays, many women start wearing high heels just after puberty, but they don’t know that high heels will affect the development of the entire pelvis and increase the inclination of the female pelvic entrance, making it difficult for the fetal head to come out during delivery.

The above introduces the disadvantages of episiotomy. Everyone should pay attention to body care when doing episiotomy wound, clean the wound regularly to prevent redness and swelling, or infection to avoid causing red flag vaginitis or adnexitis.