My midwife just left my house and said that you can start doing it at 35 weeks, and you can use olive oil, or you can use evening primrose tablets - that are broken open.
She showed DH how to do it, must of figured out that its hard enough to wipe my own butt, let alone fiddle around down there.. LOL
But yeah, she gave us a print out of how to do the exercises (can't say they look too bloody nice either.. LOL)
I havn't done it with either of my babies and probably wont this time either - I just cant be bothered lol! DD was 7lb12oz and DS was 9lb and I didnt tear with either of them. I also had an induction, epidural and 12 hr labour with DD and an induction, drug free 2 hr labour with DS. I think if you are going to tear or not it will happen either way. NOT LONG NOW NAE!!!!
I did it a little bit, didn't really use oil cause I just did it in the shower. Not sure whether it helped with the stretching BUT I think what it did help with was showing me where I needed to relax the muscles during the pushing phase ITMS. I think that helped, although by the time you're pushing everything is pretty surreal! I had augmented labour with ARM and synto and did not tear at all.
ETA OMG Nae barely a month to go! That is so exciting, I can't wait to see that BA!
I haven't done it with any of the three pregnancies...a mix of can't be bothered and can't reach, I think I have had a 7lb 13oz and a 9lb 5oz bub so far, and although I've had little internal tears and grazing, haven't torn the perenium as such. We tend to DTD right up to and beyond the due date, and fairly often and because my belly gets sooo big, it tends to be done....with me on all-fours....(trying to think of a polite way of putting it ) which puts a bit of pressure/stretch on that area anyway, so maybe that helps....your hubby might be awful pleased to hear that, too
Wish I'd known about this sooner as I got 2 stitches that were quite painful and probably wouldn't have if my tiny baby girl didn't decide to stick her elbow out on the way through
Going to keep this in mind for when we plan the next I think.
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I have had a 7lb 13oz and a 9lb 5oz bub so far, and although I've had little internal tears and grazing, haven't torn the perenium as such. We tend to DTD right up to and beyond the due date, and fairly often
and because my belly gets sooo big, it tends to be done....with me on all-fours....(trying to think of a polite way of putting it
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