That would be me and as far as a common-sense, logical example of your probability to tear vs. getting through tear-free goes..... it is spot on. No emotive 'la la' language used at all. The question was "Does perineal massage really help?" & you responded with all sorts of IMO 'fear based' language around high interventions & episiotomies in private hospitals.
I very much doubt that a woman at the 'business end' of labor is going to be thinking of watermelons.... so my clear response about skin elasticity & the size of the baby seems as relavent as any response anyone else made AND YET you still chose to come in & "one-up" me....
"Anyone who is pleased with a highly intervented birth is kidding themselves"
I had an epi in a private hospital with a team of midwives & a wonderful obstetrician & he had forceps at the ready.... if Hunter was in danger I would beg him to use them.... I am in no way delusional about my satisfaction at holding a healthy baby in my arms, we can't all give birth in the bush under the stars.....
In the context of whether or not perenial massage helps? the answer is debatable but the contributing factors are not. Skin elasticity, size of baby & attending Ob/Midwife.
All the emotive & condascending language in the world won't change that.
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