Just remembered that I had a stitch for my 1st degree tear (TMI it was more of a graze and apparently they wanted to stitch it to make urinating less painful for me). Is stitches for a tear an intervention?
Surely stitches afterward doesn't count? I had a serious second degree tear (which was probably due to the directed pushing, lol) so not stitching wasn't an option.

My VBAC was not natural. This time around I would like to keep off the gas as long as possible, not have AROM, and will be listening to my body, not the midwife when it comes to pushing. The needle to get the placenta out doesn't really bother me though. To those who have had the needle and a physiological 3rd stage did it really make a difference to your experience?